Re doing the Cowboys 2015 draft

[RS12]

Round 1, pick No. 27: Byron Jones, DB, Connecticut


Jones is the only duplicate pick for the Cowboys. He proved his worth in 2015 and received a top grade for his draft selection after the season. In short, Jones was the best choice for the Cowboys at this spot. // Other considerations: S Damarious Randall, ILB Eric Kendricks, WR Dorial Green-Beckham, CB Ronald Darby

http://dal.247sports.com/Gallery/42...sjpg-4191453?View=Full#byron-jonesjpg-4191453

 

[lwehlers]

other then jones this just might be the worst draft since the 2012 draft. I would not be surprised if none of the players picked after jones even makes it to the end of there third year.

 

[btcutter]

a bit early.
Redo 2015 draft in 2018.

 

[reddyuta]

i still have great hopes for gregory, and the 2 LBs

 

[KingintheNorth]

The Chaz Green pick should have been Jeremy Langford and the Damian Wilson pick should have been Stefon Diggs. I'd still take Gregory at 60.

 

[KJJ]

I would like to re do the 2012 draft where the Cowboys passed up Luke Kuechly, Dontai Poe and Michael Brockers for Mo Claiborne and burned not only the 6th overall pick but a second rounder to make that move.

 

[Carson]

The Chaz Green pick should have been Jeremy Langford and the Damian Wilson pick should have been Stefon Diggs. I'd still take Gregory at 60.

Absolutely agreed.

 

[Plankton]

I would like to re do the 2012 draft where the Cowboys passed up Luke Kuechly, Dontai Poe and Michael Brockers for Mo Claiborne and burned not only the 6th overall pick but a second rounder to make that move.

Not to mention Fletcher Cox, who was the guy I was hoping that they would draft after the trade up.

 

[KJJ]

Not to mention Fletcher Cox, who was the guy I was hoping that they would draft after the trade up.

Yeah, he was another one.

 

[ghst187]

I don't think I would pick Jones again if I were redoing it. I've still yet to see him make a great play or an INT. Darby has been much more impressive and a true CB.
The saddest part of last year's draft was that half of this board had one of Lockett and/or Diggs on their mocks but our FO apparently didn't and we really blew it on those guys as either would've been starting for us at some point this season.
Hard to argue with getting Gregory at 60 though, that's the pick I'd stick with. The other nutso thinking was that there were about 10 RBs that would've really helped us from last draft and we could've almost closed our eyes and picked one in about any round and gotten production but we passed in all 7 rounds and wound up paying for it.

Seems like our FO never really sticks to any one long-term, well thought out plan, they just keep knee-jerking year after year and it shows up most in FA and the draft. We lose Lee last season so we go overboard signing every FA LB and over drafting LBs, half of which we ended up cutting all the while passing over better players at other positions.
Get ready because this offseason will be about QBs and DBs, I suspect we'll have one stupid FA QB signing and we'll overdraft one, when the best plan at backup QB is having a bell cow RB like Elliott.

 

[PJTHEDOORS]

other then jones this just might be the worst draft since the 2012 draft. I would not be surprised if none of the players picked after jones even makes it to the end of there third year.

Everyone except the pro bowl OL, McFadden, Lee, Lawrence, and the Kicker had down years. Rookies weren't great, yes. But the team didn't help them.

 

[reddyuta]

I don't think I would pick Jones again if I were redoing it. I've still yet to see him make a great play or an INT. Darby has been much more impressive and a true CB.
The saddest part of last year's draft was that half of this board had one of Lockett and/or Diggs on their mocks but our FO apparently didn't and we really blew it on those guys as either would've been starting for us at some point this season.
Hard to argue with getting Gregory at 60 though, that's the pick I'd stick with. The other nutso thinking was that there were about 10 RBs that would've really helped us from last draft and we could've almost closed our eyes and picked one in about any round and gotten production but we passed in all 7 rounds and wound up paying for it.

Seems like our FO never really sticks to any one long-term, well thought out plan, they just keep knee-jerking year after year and it shows up most in FA and the draft. We lose Lee last season so we go overboard signing every FA LB and over drafting LBs, half of which we ended up cutting all the while passing over better players at other positions.
Get ready because this offseason will be about QBs and DBs, I suspect we'll have one stupid FA QB signing and we'll overdraft one, when the best plan at backup QB is having a bell cow RB like Elliott.

Lockett was such a gimme,i had no doubt he would be a star in the league.

 

[ghst187]

Lockett was such a gimme,i had no doubt he would be a star in the league.

agree.
I see Sterling Shepard as this year's version of Lockett. I think the kid will be a very good pro, he just doesn't return punts like Lockett.

 

[reddyuta]

agree.
I see Sterling Shepard as this year's version of Lockett. I think the kid will be a very good pro, he just doesn't return punts like Lockett.

shepard is so perfect for our Offense,he can play outside and in the slot and he has suddeness to him.

 

[Vanilla2]

other then jones this just might be the worst draft since the 2012 draft. I would not be surprised if none of the players picked after jones even makes it to the end of there third year.

Wow

 

[thisiscowboyscountry]

Hard to judge anything after 1 year, however like many I thoughtwe passed on some pretty good players at positions of need after round 2.

 

[Nova]

Not to mention Fletcher Cox, who was the guy I was hoping that they would draft after the trade up.

Yeah most of us wanted him over brockers. I thought that's who they were moving up for and then found out it was Claiborne. Was excited about Claiborne, but at the same time I didn't really study him because I didn't even think him a possibility. Just got caught up in the hype.

 

[Nova]

This redraft is kind of dumb.

Too early, obviously, but I don't know how you pass up a consensus top 10 pick in Gregory at 60.

ESPECIALLY considering that he only dropped for off the field concerns that have yet to materialize. What's more, he actually seems like a very very mature kid.

 

[robjay04]

Yeah most of us wanted him over brockers. I thought that's who they were moving up for and then found out it was Claiborne. Was excited about Claiborne, but at the same time I didn't really study him because I didn't even think him a possibility. Just got caught up in the hype.

Many pundits believed Claiborne was the best defensive player in the draft. I really can't hate on the front office for making a move that unanimously praised at the time.

Also, giving up a second stunk, but the value was solid for the trade up, it just stinks the player didn't turn out.

 

[Eddie]

I'm fine with Gregory in the 2nd.

I'm disappointed at the rest of the draft. It's not like we were perennial contenders where rookies can't crack the starting line up. We're a 4-12 team with little contribution from the rookie squad outside the first two rounds.