I know right now on paper everything looks like it worked out for us in this draft....Looks like the D-line got fixed...Got an impact RB...If Jaylon Smith works out...get a big time steal in the 2nd. But in the back of my mind...I still have this sick feeling 4 years from now....we will look back and Paxton Lynch is torching the league while we are still searching for a QB to replace Romo. And we will all be wondering why we didn't spend a 3rd round pick to move up in the draft to get a franchise QB?
btw, Even though I didn't like the pick, I'm just as excited about the player as you are!Differences of opinion my good friend. We've had it since Demarco was jettisoned and I don't expect that to change. I hope you have the same expectations..lol
Lynch scored a 6 on the wonderlic, that is Vince Young territory
I don't want a stupid QB
Dak has a Masters degree btw
I don't get the love for Lynch. He doesn't look like he's a sure fire thing to me. He looks very uncomfortable in the pocket and is a bit erratic, with no touch on his passes.
I think the zero fumbles could big for us. It seemed like Murray coughed the ball up in almost every game with play-off implications. One things for sure the pick really puts the pressure on the offense to be our dominant unit.
A lot of people like to blame losses on the defense when they can't get a stop in fourth quarter in close games. If your'e not one of those than we're in agreement.
Nothing changes, bro.
Offense has been our signature since Romo arrived.
At least now we have a player who can get it done for years to come.
DMAC and Morris were temp plugs.
Happy Day
When I realize all the draft picks for the OL in the last 4 years..
the defense being handed short picking is clear.
And it happened again this draft with Elliott.
But I can live with that.
We win or die with offense and that's just how it is.
The defense is about a gang mental and playing a scheme..
more than offense which requires more individual skills such as RB, WR, and QB.
And certainly teams win championships with great defense and we have had our share.
But this team is offensively dependent.
No changing that.
I think yards after contact is a bigger story.
The one thing Murray did exceptionally well was fall forward. Even the "bad" runs tended to net 3 or 4 yards, and very rarely was he stopped for less.
McFadden IMO was the complete opposite last season. While he averaged 4.6 YPC, he certainly didn't get 4 yards every time he touched the ball. Because he went down so easily on contact IMO, his runs tended to more of the 1 yard, 2 yard, 1 yard, 16 yard burst, then 2 yards etc variety. The result to my mind was we were on the field a lot just like 2014, but every drive eventually we would get two of those short runs in a row, get into 3rd and long with the QB situation being what it was they were just not going to convert that very often. So many long drives ended in FGs and turnovers instead of TDs because McFadden couldn't do what Murray did in 2014 - keep the team in manageable 3rd down distances.
I'm still not a huge fan of the pick at 4, but if Zeke can get the "dirty yards" that Murray could and McFadden couldn't reliably, it will make a huge impact to the offense. And if Zeke can get some of that meat off the bone that Murray left out there as well, that's so much the better.
But I still personally would have just paid Lamar Miller in FA and went Ramsey with this pick I think.
Nothing changes, bro.
Offense has been our signature since Romo arrived.
At least now we have a player who can get it done for years to come.
DMAC and Morris were temp plugs.
Happy Day
When I realize all the draft picks for the OL in the last 4 years..
the defense being handed short picking is clear.
And it happened again this draft with Elliott.
But I can live with that.
We win or die with offense and that's just how it is.
The defense is about a gang mental and playing a scheme..
more than offense which requires more individual skills such as RB, WR, and QB.
And certainly teams win championships with great defense and we have had our share.
But this team is offensively dependent.
No changing that.
We don't lose Zeke.
Jerry wanted an extra 3rd, Baltimore was going to give up a 4th. I have no problem with this negotiation tactic because that's what negotiating is about...you go high and see if you can get that. They go low and see if you will budge on that.
But as MMQB explains...Baltimore never told Jerry they were going after Zeke if they moved up. SiriusXM reported the same thing...the Ravens wanted Ramsey or at least make sure they got Ronnie Stanley (they wanted Tunsil until the video came out).
It was *Jerry* that got into his own head of thinking that the Ravens would take Zeke. And he screwed the pooch because of it. Could have gotten the same guy with an extra 4th rounder and could have gotten Lynch.
And it shows that this idea that we would be giving up a 2nd, 3rd and 4th for Lynch is false. We just had to give up our 2nd and 3rd for Lynch and we get the deal done.
This is a disastrous draft.
YR
I see your perspective.
However, i think you forgot to account for one scenario.
Say Cowboys trade with Ravens for the 4th pick and Ravens do end up taking Ramsey. Jacksonville could have traded out of 5th spot to a team that wanted Zeke. This would leave Cowboys high and dry at 6th with their top prospects gone (Goff, Wentz, Bosa, Ramsey, and Zeke). That would be a truly disaster scenario.
Therefore, I can see why the Cowboys decided stay put at 4th. The risk (losing Zeke) is much too great than the reward (getting an extra 4th).
I would rather see Dallas as being a team that is known for ball control, smash-mouth offense and having a very fast, physical defense. Basically , the 90's Cowboy teams are the model that I like. It is a winning combination in any era of football.
There is not another player in the league that I'd relied on like Romo. It is too much. It was proven last year that the team is hot garbage without him. That needs to change . If not , it will take ten years to recover from his retirement. It is a combination of poor planning and bad coaching that got the team in this mess.