MMQB - Dallas Draft: Looking Back

[Supercowboy1986]

It takes multiple D players to significantly improve a D, unless it is a dominant edge rusher.
That is why selecting a dominant RB was picked for immediate impact on the team.
I dont think they viewed Bosa as a dominant edge rusher, and no other draftee appears to be either.

You can make that same arguemrnt for EE at #4. Yes, a RB wouldn't be a star without the guys blocking for them and the capability of the qb. Look at gurley/EE or 22/Barry sanders. All that considered, many including posters here believe gurley is the superior running back with an inferior supporting cast.

A dominant rb without a supporting cast wouldn't be dominant and would be a wasted pick. Therefore that position is weak.

 

[waldoputty]

You can make that same arguemrnt for EE at #4. Yes, a RB wouldn't be a star without the guys blocking for them and the capability of the qb. Look at gurley/EE or 22/Barry sanders. All that considered, many including posters here believe gurley is the superior running back with an inferior supporting cast.

A dominant rb without a supporting cast wouldn't be dominant and would be a wasted pick. Therefore that position is weak.

Right, but we are talking about the decision for 2016 draft.
The OL was already in place, and EE was the reasonable way to extract the max benefit out of it.

One pick would have done the trick, but Romo got hurt and required us lucking into Dak with another pick.

 

[Sage3030]

He also would have started Moore in all the games Romo didn't play in 2015, ahead of Weeden or Cassel.

I think we may have won a few more games last year if we had. Call me crazy, but the offense looked a bit better with him in there.

I'm happy his spot was lost to Dak(not that he got hurt). He's been amazing. Much better than Moore ever will be.

 

[percyhoward]

I think we may have won a few more games last year if we had.

Playing Moore saves us the draft pick we spent on Cassel, and tells us a whole lot about Moore, one way or the other. But it also probably knocks us down a few spots in the draft order.

It's just good to know who thought what was a good idea.

 

[Eddie]

I am so grateful for Oakland for jumping us and drafting Cook,he is not a Leader and not a good QB .We would not be 9-1 him,he is not a clutch player.

The crazy thing is that after we lost out on Cook, we drafted Tapper. We didn't snag Dak until the compensatory picks came in at the end of the 4th. Why did we wait so long? How did he last so long???

If we re-did the draft Dak and Wentz would be #1 and 2.

 

[LocimusPrime]

Who could we have drafted on defense instead of tapper and jaylon. Just curious. Genuinely curious this is not a smart Alec comment

 

[dallasdave]

Who could we have drafted on defense instead of tapper and jaylon. Just curious. Genuinely curious this is not a smart Alec comment

 

[LocimusPrime]

 

[dallasdave]

Dancin in the street

 

[LocimusPrime]

 

[dallasdave]

Yeah, I tried to ignore that one

 

[MichaelWinicki]

Who could we have drafted on defense instead of tapper and jaylon. Just curious. Genuinely curious this is not a smart Alec comment

My the time Jaylon's pick came up the prime pass rushing DE's were off the board. As were the corners and even the safety position was drafted early. You had some more run-stopping DT's left but the best of the DT's were gone too.

It was a tough spot if you were going defense.

Could have grabbed an OL but I'm not sure that would have gone over big. Same thing with WR. Of course Dallas selected a RB in round 1.

The bottom line is that there weren't any "automatic's" at Dallas' spot in round 2.

 

[darthseinfeld]

Who could we have drafted on defense instead of tapper and jaylon. Just curious. Genuinely curious this is not a smart Alec comment

My the time Jaylon's pick came up the prime pass rushing DE's were off the board. As were the corners and even the safety position was drafted early. You had some more run-stopping DT's left but the best of the DT's were gone too.

It was a tough spot if you were going defense.

Could have grabbed an OL but I'm not sure that would have gone over big. Same thing with WR. Of course Dallas selected a RB in round 1.

The bottom line is that there weren't any "automatic's" at Dallas' spot in round 2.

Noah Spence was really the only D player at that spot that represented really good value. And I dont they were willing to cross that bridge

 

[ThreeandOut]

My the time Jaylon's pick came up the prime pass rushing DE's were off the board. As were the corners and even the safety position was drafted early. You had some more run-stopping DT's left but the best of the DT's were gone too.

It was a tough spot if you were going defense.

Could have grabbed an OL but I'm not sure that would have gone over big. Same thing with WR. Of course Dallas selected a RB in round 1.

The bottom line is that there weren't any "automatic's" at Dallas' spot in round 2.

Going by the draft board that leaked after the draft, the highest rated available defensive player without an injury concern was Sua Cravens. He would have been a solid pick.

 

[reddyuta]

My the time Jaylon's pick came up the prime pass rushing DE's were off the board. As were the corners and even the safety position was drafted early. You had some more run-stopping DT's left but the best of the DT's were gone too.

It was a tough spot if you were going defense.

Could have grabbed an OL but I'm not sure that would have gone over big. Same thing with WR. Of course Dallas selected a RB in round 1.

The bottom line is that there weren't any "automatic's" at Dallas' spot in round 2.

We were interested in Sterling shepard but i suspect not in the 2nd Rd.He is having a great rookie season.

 

[goshan]

Limiting your opponent's possessions works as long as you outscore them on each possession. Against playoff teams, this strategy puts a lot of pressure a) on your defense to play over their heads, or b) on your offense to finish every drive with a score.

The strategy backfired on us in Green Bay in 2014 because we didn't do either. Even though we outrushed them and won the TOP battle, they outscored us on each possession.

Same reason the Giants beat us in 2007. We didn't finish drives.

 

[yimyammer]

what do you think of patrick mahomes?

I think Techs gimmicky offense leaves him woefully unprepared for the NFL

 

[yimyammer]

Linehan was the one person on the staff to have him evaluated correctly.

Where did y'all learn about Linehan's predraft evaluation? Anyone have a link?

 

[percyhoward]

Where did y'all learn about Linehan's predraft evaluation? Anyone have a link?

"Farther down, on one side of the card, a box with six grades in small print: one assigned by the scouting director, two by scouts, one by the head coach, one by the offensive coordinator and one by the quarterbacks coach.

In large type next to the name: "1.44."

That was the team grade for the player, and it was the reason the card was placed in the middle of the fourth round.

According to Jones, Linehan was "on the table" for the Cowboys to draft Prescott. Linehan had him rated with the top quarterbacks in the draft, Wentz and Goff, and he pushed for the team to rate him higher than it did. Linehan studied the Mississippi State offense as well as the quarterback. His impression was that Prescott was making more whole-field reads than most spread quarterbacks."

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2672393-why-everyone-missed-on-dak-prescott

 

[waldoputty]

I think Techs gimmicky offense leaves him woefully unprepared for the NFL

sounds like Dak though?