TheFinisher
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Now understanding the big picture, I'm pretty happy about Dallas' draft. We just locked up our franchise QB and this draft was all about protecting him (Frederick) and adding weapons (Williams, Escobar, Randle).
Romo has a really tough time with interior pressure, so it was essential for us to address that early. Everyone wants to kill us for taking Frederick at 31 but this was the same team that trotted out Phil Costa as their starting center in 2011 and Ryan Cook in 2012. And outside of the upgrade he provides as a rock in pass pro, we added one of the best mauling Center prospects in the past 5 years to the worst rushing team in the league in 2012. Was he ideal value at 31? Probably not. But looking at who else was on the board, and the early run on OL, there was a good chance he was gone before our 2nd rounder. We couldn't afford to gamble on that.
So now that Romo has a new best friend at Center, we went ahead and loaded up his options:
WR:
Dez
Miles
Terrance Williams
Dwayne Harris
TE:
Witten
Escobar
Hanna
RB:
Murray
Randle
We now have one of the deepest groups of playmakers in the league, and the personnel to become extremely diverse and multiple within our formations.
Even with doing that, we were able to land some high upside DB prospects in J.J. Wilcox(SS) and B.W. Webb(Slot)... both of whom will have a chance to challenge for serious PT sooner rather than later.
So color me optimistic, but we did a really nice job of collecting talent this weekend. No real flashy picks like the Claiborne move last year, but a lot of solid singles and doubles. We always complain about our lack of depth on this roster and the drop-off of talent after the top-end... well we just added 7 quality players that fill roles this year as we continue to overturn this roster under JG.
Romo has a really tough time with interior pressure, so it was essential for us to address that early. Everyone wants to kill us for taking Frederick at 31 but this was the same team that trotted out Phil Costa as their starting center in 2011 and Ryan Cook in 2012. And outside of the upgrade he provides as a rock in pass pro, we added one of the best mauling Center prospects in the past 5 years to the worst rushing team in the league in 2012. Was he ideal value at 31? Probably not. But looking at who else was on the board, and the early run on OL, there was a good chance he was gone before our 2nd rounder. We couldn't afford to gamble on that.
So now that Romo has a new best friend at Center, we went ahead and loaded up his options:
WR:
Dez
Miles
Terrance Williams
Dwayne Harris
TE:
Witten
Escobar
Hanna
RB:
Murray
Randle
We now have one of the deepest groups of playmakers in the league, and the personnel to become extremely diverse and multiple within our formations.
Even with doing that, we were able to land some high upside DB prospects in J.J. Wilcox(SS) and B.W. Webb(Slot)... both of whom will have a chance to challenge for serious PT sooner rather than later.
So color me optimistic, but we did a really nice job of collecting talent this weekend. No real flashy picks like the Claiborne move last year, but a lot of solid singles and doubles. We always complain about our lack of depth on this roster and the drop-off of talent after the top-end... well we just added 7 quality players that fill roles this year as we continue to overturn this roster under JG.
