cnuball21
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After fuming Friday night after our 1st 2 picks I took some time to digest our draft and think on it as a whole.
2: Hill - arguably the most disappointing picks of the draft for me. I see Hill as an athletic kid that'll be best suited as a nickel / dime rusher at the next level. He went to a small school and struggled to anchor against the run so it's essentially another Collins type player WITH character concerns. Reach on the talent of the player and you add in the character stuff left me pretty disappointed. Add in the fact that were some great talents left on the board when we picked makes it even more frustrating.
3: McGovern: we have an all pro G and we just drafted a top 50 talent last year to play G. And before you tell me the plan is to move Williams out to OT and cut ties with Collins, please remember Williams' scouting report said he lacks length and lateral quickness to play OT at the next level. I actually like the value of the talent here, but it doesn't make sense for now or next year. I wouldn't have preferred OL at all, but at least a natural OT would've made more sense.
4: Pollard: really like the player and the type of value he can bring to the O. I see him as a poor mans Curtis Samuel that can give us some return value. I think he's Austin's eventual replacement, but I think we over drafted and could've had him in the 5th if not the 6th.
5: M.Jackson: this is probably my favorite pick of the draft. I though he could go as early as the 3rd. Good speed with good length, and had a passer rating of 36 when targeted last year. Great developmental kid for Richard but lacks a little bit in transition so might need to stick to press in a zone type scheme.
5. J. Jackson: Meh...below average athlete but solid production. He looks ok on tape and produced just don't know if he has enough juice at the next level.
6: Wilson: I've got nothing...literally haven't heard of him until we drafted him.
7: Weber / Jelks: I think Weber was slotted to go late so I'm good with the pick. Should be a competent backup to Zeke and I think he's better than what we have. Jelks is another good developmental guy and someone I thought would go sooner. A bit of a tweener - but a great first step and great length so will create good competition on the DL.
All in all, I feel like we reached early and made an OL pick that doesn't make much sense and did good late and with UDFAs. I really like Wise and think he can be a solid nickel rusher in a few years.
2: Hill - arguably the most disappointing picks of the draft for me. I see Hill as an athletic kid that'll be best suited as a nickel / dime rusher at the next level. He went to a small school and struggled to anchor against the run so it's essentially another Collins type player WITH character concerns. Reach on the talent of the player and you add in the character stuff left me pretty disappointed. Add in the fact that were some great talents left on the board when we picked makes it even more frustrating.
3: McGovern: we have an all pro G and we just drafted a top 50 talent last year to play G. And before you tell me the plan is to move Williams out to OT and cut ties with Collins, please remember Williams' scouting report said he lacks length and lateral quickness to play OT at the next level. I actually like the value of the talent here, but it doesn't make sense for now or next year. I wouldn't have preferred OL at all, but at least a natural OT would've made more sense.
4: Pollard: really like the player and the type of value he can bring to the O. I see him as a poor mans Curtis Samuel that can give us some return value. I think he's Austin's eventual replacement, but I think we over drafted and could've had him in the 5th if not the 6th.
5: M.Jackson: this is probably my favorite pick of the draft. I though he could go as early as the 3rd. Good speed with good length, and had a passer rating of 36 when targeted last year. Great developmental kid for Richard but lacks a little bit in transition so might need to stick to press in a zone type scheme.
5. J. Jackson: Meh...below average athlete but solid production. He looks ok on tape and produced just don't know if he has enough juice at the next level.
6: Wilson: I've got nothing...literally haven't heard of him until we drafted him.
7: Weber / Jelks: I think Weber was slotted to go late so I'm good with the pick. Should be a competent backup to Zeke and I think he's better than what we have. Jelks is another good developmental guy and someone I thought would go sooner. A bit of a tweener - but a great first step and great length so will create good competition on the DL.
All in all, I feel like we reached early and made an OL pick that doesn't make much sense and did good late and with UDFAs. I really like Wise and think he can be a solid nickel rusher in a few years.
You lost me on the 2nd pick. Dallas rotates their dline players. They’re all starters on game day and so will this kid. Also, how often have you seen the defense get pressure up the middle? Not often. This guy has the skills to Change that. What do QB’s hate the most? Pressure up the middle.
