My thoughts on RD1

[DandyDon52]

Just relieved we did not take McKinley. That scene he pulled was embarrassing.

I didnt get to see it, so what did he do??

 

[Alexander]

I didnt get to see it, so what did he do??

http://heavy.com/sports/2017/04/tak...ther-photo-nfl-network-falcons-deion-sanders/

 

[DandyDon52]

Passing on Watt for Taco was crazy to me... hopefully someone earned their paycheck and knows something

from what I gather JG and Marinelli liked taco , but not watt.
So could be they got the player marinelli wanted.

 

[xwalker]

his nickname with scouts was "soft taco" because he took off long stretches of plays. Personally, I would take guy with relentless motor to get to QB and would had gone with Watt.

Link?

 

[Doomsday101]

IM going to toot my own horn for a minute lol. I said just a couple days ago the guys it seemed they were looking at first were Takkarist and Taco. And how ATL jumped Dallas and who wound up in Dallas i think it was dead on.

I keep telling this forum listen and read what the owners say and pay attention to these first visits. Because thats pretty much the priority of their board. This team is probably the only honest franchise in sports these days. They do what they say and stay on that line. The same approach they take with their players is the same approach they take with their business side and scouting.

Getting to Taco, i hear alot about how he's slow off the snap and his 40 time. Im sorry but you people have absolutely no clue on what ur talking about. Charlton is very quick off the snap and you see that when his job is to just go after the QB. But Michigan plays the read react with the weakside. Meaning he's going to read the RB or QB depending if the RB is on the opposite side before going in. Its called containing the edge. He's raw with 1 yr starting, but he has moves on moves already. With what Dallas has and what they want to do, he was the right guy for this team. NO tweener type that Dallas has but a legit DE with the skills to get after the QB.

Watch this and you see just how disruptive he is from both sides

True especially in the conference Michigan plays in where playing the run is as important as playing the pass. You got some programs they face that are great rushing team

 

[Verdict]

My first reaction was to be critical but after some reflection, I remembered that we had only 18 guys rated as first round players on our board. We had to pick someone and that person was not going to be rated as a first round guy.

Hopefully he can play a lot. He does not have a twitch, like the guys at NFL network said, but as a rotation guy, he might be able to hit thr QB.

Actually we could have drafted the player that was still on our board that carried a first round grade.


We could say hey we are throwing darts over here to pick our players, it's just the draft. It makes about as much sense as going off our board.


I Hope Taco turns into a stud player. But our own teams evaluation says he isn't a first round player, so we admit we reached on the pick.

 

[Verdict]

from what I gather JG and Marinelli liked taco , but not watt.
So could be they got the player marinelli wanted.

I think they liked Watts ability to rush the passer, but he was too small to be an every down DE. He wouldn't hold up to the run or be able to avoid injury playing DE every down at his current size. He might eventually get there, but if he could he probably would already be there with his work ethic.

 

[DandyDon52]

I think they liked Watts ability to rush the passer, but he was too small to be an every down DE. He wouldn't hold up to the run or be able to avoid injury playing DE every down at his current size. He might eventually get there, but if he could he probably would already be there with his work ethic.

yeah I looked at a hl reel and he is smallish. He should probably be a linebacker.

 

[HellCrowe]

Garett and the Joneses mentioned it at the press conference. Guys at 250 are quicker and beat guys with speed and quickness. Bigger guys of course with strength. Taco has both quickness and strength which he can build on but to top that off, he has the length which in its own right is a great benefit and cannot be taught.

Ceiling - Greg Hardy minus the head aches

 

[Kaiser]

Link? I saw where a bunch of idiot Ohio State fans were calling him that simply because he was an Ohio kid and went to Michigan. I'm sure they changed their tune after this year.

Taco had 2.5 sacks and 9 tackles against Ohio State in their 2016 matchup, If Ohio State fans called Taco anything, it should have been "Sir".

 

[adbutcher]

Taco had 2.5 sacks and 9 tackles against Ohio State in their 2016 matchup, If Ohio State fans called Taco anything, it should have been "Sir".

 

[dallasfan4lizife]

TBH this looks like another Demarcus Lawrence pick.

He might turn into a really good player. But with our FO's history with d-lineman, I won't count my chickens before they hatch.

 

[Fla Cowpoke]

Yeah bro, toot that horn: http://cowboyszone.com/threads/list-of-most-likely-to-be-picked-at-28.376957/#post-7308243

Can I like this a million times?

 

[Pessimist_cowboy]

Yeah I mean anyone could look at the 30 visits and say I told you so. Lets see who wins the draft game in draft zone .

 

[Pessimist_cowboy]

his nickname with scouts was "soft taco" because he took off long stretches of plays. Personally, I would take guy with relentless motor to get to QB and would had gone with Watt.

Which liquor store guy told you that one ?

 

[xwalker]

Actually we could have drafted the player that was still on our board that carried a first round grade.


We could say hey we are throwing darts over here to pick our players, it's just the draft. It makes about as much sense as going off our board.


I Hope Taco turns into a stud player. But our own teams evaluation says he isn't a first round player, so we admit we reached on the pick.

There may be more info since I looked, but from what I've seen so far, I'm not sure I believe that story. It seems that the Cowboys media guys (Broaddus and minions) took what Stephen said and added their own take on it.

 

[AsthmaField]

There may be more info since I looked, but from what I've seen so far, I'm not sure I believe that story. It seems that the Cowboys media guys (Broaddus and minions) took what Stephen said and added their own take on it.

I think that Dallas told some of the media at some point that they had 3 DE's with first round grades. They also said to the media last night that there was one corner left with a first round grade.

So... the media figured that Myles Garrett, Solomon Thomas, and Derek Barnett were the 3 first round DE's. Meaning Taco was not rated in their top 18.

At that point, logic says they took a round 2 guy with a round 1 guy still left.

Still, your point from last night that it was likely a case of (for instance) the CB being ranked 17th and Taco being ranked 19th is logical and is sound decision making. The difference in their grade would be small indeed and would dictate taking the position that you thought would be depleted most by pick 60.

I have no real problem with what the team did.

 

[GhostOfPelluer]

Taco had 2.5 sacks and 9 tackles against Ohio State in their 2016 matchup, If Ohio State fans called Taco anything, it should have been "Sir".

Or Daddy

 

[GhostOfPelluer]

I think that Dallas told some of the media at some point that they had 3 DE's with first round grades. They also said to the media last night that there was one corner left with a first round grade.

So... the media figured that Myles Garrett, Solomon Thomas, and Derek Barnett were the 3 first round DE's. Meaning Taco was not rated in their top 18.

At that point, logic says they took a round 2 guy with a round 1 guy still left.

Still, your point from last night that it was likely a case of (for instance) the CB being ranked 17th and Taco being ranked 19th is logical and is sound decision making. The difference in their grade would be small indeed and would dictate taking the position that you thought would be depleted most by pick 60.

I have no real problem with what the team did.

How the draft fell was a huge part of this. There are so many good CBs left that it's almost silly. There are only a few good DEs left.

 

[AsthmaField]

How the draft fell was a huge part of this. There are so many good CBs left that it's almost silly. There are only a few good DEs left.

Correct. Which is why I'm not worried about the CB being slightly higher rated than Charlton, even though I'm a BPA guy.

It also doesn't hurt that I'm not crazy about King, lol. I actually like Awuzie much more. If they want a super tall CB that needs a lot of work, they can just draft Douglas later on.

If both positions would have been equally as likely to be good at pick 60, then I expect the team would have simply gone with the higher rated guy. Instead they introduced logic to the situation. Like I said, makes sense and I have no issue with it.