TroyEmmittAndMichael
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For what it's worth, my assessemnt of why JJ and Parcells made nary a move for OT. I am aware that this is all conjecture, and that the team had more needs to fill than just OT. I just wished we would have addressed it in rounds 2 or 3. Which is where I think the draft worked against JJ and Parcells more than they want to let on.
So, after re-assessing all the OT's taken in the draft, it appears that the Cowboys were right in the thick of the big OT run that occurred in the 2nd round. 5 tackles were taken - more than in any other round.
From what I've been reading and judging from the results of the draft, it seems like the Cowboys were ready to select Colledge, but then Green Bay picked him, at the time, 2 picks before us. GB pick 47, Dallas pick 49.
Since Colledge was off the board, Dallas traded down from 49 to pick 53 with the Jets. In doing so, the Cowboys might have traded down too far because Marcus McNeill was selected at 50 by San Diego, injury-risk notwithstanding.
This probably led them to select Anthony Fasano at 53 since at that point he was going to be the 4th TE taken off the board (Davis, Lewis, Klopfenstein - gone) versus making the 5th OT selection at that time (Ferguson, Justice, Colledge, McNeill - gone).
Whether it was the Cowboys turning their attention away from OT after Colledge was gone and didn't think McNeill was a good value at 49 or whether they got too cute and moved down too far in the 2nd round (4 spots to pick 53) to select McNeill, the Cowboys decided to look for an OT in the later rounds of the draft. (IMO, I think they should have selected Jeremy Trueblood from Boston College at pick 53.)
Waiting in the later rounds, though, cost the Cowboys an upgrade at OT. Right after Fasano was picked at 53, Whitworth and Trueblood went at picks 55 and 59. Spencer and Winston went at picks 65 and 66 in the 3rd round before the Cowboys picked at 80 in the round, which they traded to move down to pick 92 anyways after seeing that Spencer and Winston were gone. After that, the Cowboys must have thought none of the remaining OT's were even worth considering since they waited until the 7th round to pick one.
List of Offensive Tackles Selected in the Draft:
1st Round
D'Brickashaw Ferguson, Virginia
2nd Round
Winston Justice, USC
Daryn Colledge, Green Bay
<---------------------------Anthony Fasano was picked here.
Marcus McNeill, Auburn
Andrew Whitworth, LSU
Jeremy Trueblood, Boston College
3rd Round
Charles Spencer, Pittsburgh
Eric Winston, Miami
Rashad, Butler, Miami
<---------------------------Jason Hatcher was picked here.
4th Round
Jhari Evans, Bloomsburg
Joe Toledo, Washington
Guy Whimper, East Carolina
5th Round
Quinn Ojinnaka, Syracuse
Jonathan Scott, Texas
Brad Butler, Virginia
Tony Moll, Nevada
6th Round
Kevin Boothe, Cornell
Jeromey Clary, Kansas State
Charlie Johnson, Oklahoma State
7th Round
Pat McQuistan, Weber State
Terrance Pennington, New Mexico
So, after re-assessing all the OT's taken in the draft, it appears that the Cowboys were right in the thick of the big OT run that occurred in the 2nd round. 5 tackles were taken - more than in any other round.
From what I've been reading and judging from the results of the draft, it seems like the Cowboys were ready to select Colledge, but then Green Bay picked him, at the time, 2 picks before us. GB pick 47, Dallas pick 49.
Since Colledge was off the board, Dallas traded down from 49 to pick 53 with the Jets. In doing so, the Cowboys might have traded down too far because Marcus McNeill was selected at 50 by San Diego, injury-risk notwithstanding.
This probably led them to select Anthony Fasano at 53 since at that point he was going to be the 4th TE taken off the board (Davis, Lewis, Klopfenstein - gone) versus making the 5th OT selection at that time (Ferguson, Justice, Colledge, McNeill - gone).
Whether it was the Cowboys turning their attention away from OT after Colledge was gone and didn't think McNeill was a good value at 49 or whether they got too cute and moved down too far in the 2nd round (4 spots to pick 53) to select McNeill, the Cowboys decided to look for an OT in the later rounds of the draft. (IMO, I think they should have selected Jeremy Trueblood from Boston College at pick 53.)
Waiting in the later rounds, though, cost the Cowboys an upgrade at OT. Right after Fasano was picked at 53, Whitworth and Trueblood went at picks 55 and 59. Spencer and Winston went at picks 65 and 66 in the 3rd round before the Cowboys picked at 80 in the round, which they traded to move down to pick 92 anyways after seeing that Spencer and Winston were gone. After that, the Cowboys must have thought none of the remaining OT's were even worth considering since they waited until the 7th round to pick one.
List of Offensive Tackles Selected in the Draft:
1st Round
D'Brickashaw Ferguson, Virginia
2nd Round
Winston Justice, USC
Daryn Colledge, Green Bay
<---------------------------Anthony Fasano was picked here.
Marcus McNeill, Auburn
Andrew Whitworth, LSU
Jeremy Trueblood, Boston College
3rd Round
Charles Spencer, Pittsburgh
Eric Winston, Miami
Rashad, Butler, Miami
<---------------------------Jason Hatcher was picked here.
4th Round
Jhari Evans, Bloomsburg
Joe Toledo, Washington
Guy Whimper, East Carolina
5th Round
Quinn Ojinnaka, Syracuse
Jonathan Scott, Texas
Brad Butler, Virginia
Tony Moll, Nevada
6th Round
Kevin Boothe, Cornell
Jeromey Clary, Kansas State
Charlie Johnson, Oklahoma State
7th Round
Pat McQuistan, Weber State
Terrance Pennington, New Mexico
