No wide receivers in the 2008 draft are better...

[Rack]

The ignorance on this board continues to amaze me.

 

[LeonDixson]

I'm curious as to which of our 1st round picks you would have given up to get Royal or Jackson. Felix or Jenkins? Because those WRs weren't there when we drafted in the second.

 

[Spectre]

The ignorance on this board continues to amaze me.

yea because Sam Hurd is better than all the receivers in this year's draft.

ignorance.

 

[Tovya]

I'm curious as to which of our 1st round picks you would have given up to get Royal or Jackson. Felix or Jenkins? Because those WRs weren't there when we drafted in the second.

My point exactly.

I bet tons of teams are kicking themselves for not getting Felix when they had the chance.

People just need to stop whinning about or receiver corps. We will be just fine.. plenty of talent, youth, and experience all rolled into one big package.

 

[Rack]

yea because Sam Hurd is better than all the receivers in this year's draft.

ignorance.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

why are people *****ing about this when Miles Austin, Sam Hurd and Isaiah Stanback look really good?

we're not a talentless team where we should be beating ourselves over the head about which WR we didn't take, when we already have TO and Crayton as wideouts

 

[Idgit]

I think he was talking about this past draft.

And I agree... someone out there gets paid too much to do a poor job of scouting for most of the NFL teams. I saw Eddie Royal's potential months ago and called it. Hardy will be another player. And I'm sure more will blossom.
To say that none looked better than the garbage we have a WR is just a ridiculous comment by Jerry.

Jerry was talking about this year. And he was probably weighing the incremental improvement to the team of picking a WR over the players we picked in the slots we picked them.

The fact is, we had WRs slotted on our board in whatever order, and good value wasn't available when our picks came up. This doesn't mean that our scouts missed. It does mean that your knock on the scouts wasn't very well thought out. Your derogatory comments about the current WR corps were worse. The current corps of WRs on this team represents a victory for our scouts. It's probably the single best job of drafting they've done at a position this side of QB.

 

[tyke1doe]

Although I believe he's an immature chucklehead right now, the best receiver in the 2008 draft will turn out to be Martellus Bennett. Dude is so talented, he can do it all. He will have one of the best RAC averages in the league, he's almost as strong, and blocks like a OG, and he has some of the best hands in the NFL.

So, while I would like to see him grow up a little faster, I'll take Martellus any day over either of those receivers mentioned in the beginning.

Hope Bennett's attitude is better than Young's. :

 

[CF74]

HURD IS NO TURD!!!:horse::horse::horse:

 

[kmp77]

What spot is Crabtree projected to be taken at, if he continues his domination that is?

 

[Biggems]

What I like about Royal is he is a heady player. How many WRs take a reverse and then throw it away to avoid losing yardage, much less rookie WRs? Not very many at all.

He seems to have a very good work ethic. He seems to have his head on straight. He seems to be a team player and is willing to do whatever it is the team needs. He seems to be willing to put the work in to improve his game so he can better help his team. He is a versatile player. He has great hands and is super fast. He runs quality routes.

He might not reach the HOF, but I have a feeling, barring a serious injury, that he will have a long, productive NFL career.

 

[Spectre]

So you agree that Hurd and Austin are better than every receiver in this past draft?

 

[J-Skip]

Give me DeSean Jackson for any one of our receivers, with the exception of Owens or Crayton.

And do it fast, before Monday gets here!

 

[TheCount]

What spot is Crabtree projected to be taken at, if he continues his domination that is?

He'll probably be a top 10 - top 5 pick if he keeps doing what he's doing.

Most of the teams that needed QB or whatever addressed it last draft, so I think we'll see more skill players taken in the 1st this year assuming the class is any good.

 

[Coakleys Dad]

Give me DeSean Jackson for any one of our receivers, with the exception of Owens or Crayton.

And do it fast, before Monday gets here!

I think were all getting ahead of ourselves with this guy, give him a few games before we go crazy. He had a good pre season against back ups and he did good against the rams, I wanna see him against us.

 

[Stash]

Jerry was talking about this year. And he was probably weighing the incremental improvement to the team of picking a WR over the players we picked in the slots we picked them.

While it's no doubt early, both Royal and Jackson have looked great so far. As for Jackson specifically, it's more than simply 'one game'. Before he was overscrutinized in the draft, Jackson was considered the best receiver in the class and a sure-bet first round pick. He's been good.

The fact is, we had WRs slotted on our board in whatever order, and good value wasn't available when our picks came up. This doesn't mean that our scouts missed. It does mean that your knock on the scouts wasn't very well thought out. Your derogatory comments about the current WR corps were worse. The current corps of WRs on this team represents a victory for our scouts. It's probably the single best job of drafting they've done at a position this side of QB.

The fact is that people like to simply look at where players were drafted and say "they weren't available when the Cowboys picked". That's some thoughtless oversimplification to me. If the Cowboys wanted them or valued them enough, they could have drafted them. They had the draft pick ammo this year or next to get whoever they wanted if they valued them enough. Obviously they didn't.

And as for the comments about the great job by the scouting department? Sorry, I don't see it. Maybe if Hurd or Austin had been drafted by the team, it might look good. But the team essentially 'lucked into' both as undrafted free agents. And the scouts had nothing to do with the team's best receiver being on the roster. The Cowboys haven't done a good job of drafting receivers for years.

The jury is still out on a lot of factors in this equation to make a solid conclusion one way or the other.

In other words, "too soon to say".