I doubt anyone has ever landed 3 "blue chip" players in 1 draft.
Not when they started the draft with just 1 first round pick, 1 second and 1 third... and didn't trade any players or next year's picks.
I have seen some pretty nice hauls, but it is always because they started the draft with multiple first round picks... or they traded next year's first round pick... or they traded a pro bowl player (like Jimmy Graham to Seattle).
Never have I seen a team have 1 first, 1 second, 1 third, 1 fourth, 1 fifth, and 2 sevenths... and end up with 3 top 20 picks. They didn't even have to trade up at all.
Getting Jones was very nice at 27. He could have gone a good bit higher.
Getting the best edge rusher in the draft at 60 was unbelievable. Even with his off the field issues, 60 was way too low for a guy with his ability.
Getting Collins as an UDFA goes well beyond any word I can use to describe it. The only word I can think of is luck. Blind luck, and Jerry's salesmanship.
The only high round miss the Cowboys have had since 2010 is Morris Claiborne and that was, IMO, Jerry's fault. He just couldn't pass up a cheap trade up, even though they hadn't done their due diligence on Claiborne.
But, Jerry made up for it with his quick strike to get Collins.
A fantastic haul, even if no other player hits except for Jones, Gregory, and Collins. If Green or Wilson hit too, it will be franchise altering fantastic. It might already be come to think of it.
