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Rick Gosselin: Taylor Mays will be a better safety in the NFL than he was at USC
Posted at 12:51 PM on Fri., Apr. 9, 2010 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
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Sportday NFL writer Rick Gosselin chatted with readers Wednesday afternoon and answered a number of questions about this month's NFL draft, the Cowboys and other football-related questions. A sampling of those questions:
Steve asks...: What does your intelligence gathering tell you about S Taylor Mays? Will he be a better safety in the pros than in college?
Rick Gosselin: I think Taylor Mays will be a better safety than he was at Southern Cal because the NFL will ask him to do more. He has the measurables to do whatever you ask of him with that size (6-3, 230) and speed (4.34). But comparisons to Roy Williams seem to have some NFL teams running scared. So Mays has a sliding value right now. But I think some team is going to get a really good player at a great value when he finally comes off the board.
Steve asks...: I think the Cowboys need a WR. A few years ago you predicted the Cowboys would draft Bowe (now a Chief). Which WR would you spend a 2nd or 3rd round pick on?
Rick Gosselin: The value at wide receiver is in the third round where there may be 8-10 taken. A Scott Long, Marcus Easley or Carlton Mitchell would be interesting picks at the bottom of the third. They all have size & speed and the Cowboys have always liked that combination.
VR asks...: Thinking special teams... two of the Cowboys' biggest holes are at kicker and kick returner. What might be their options to fill each in the mid to late rounds?
Rick Gosselin: Brett Swenson of Michigan State is the top-rated kicker on the draft board. He'll be a later rounder but I don't see the Cowboys drafting a kicker -- not with just six draft picks. Too bad Steve Hoffman isn't still around to find one for the Cowboys. This is a deep, deep draft for kick returners and most of them play positions. A Javier Arenas would be attractive. So would a Jordan Shipley, Marty Gilyard, Perish Cox and an Antonio Brown. I think you'll see a kick returner turn up somewhere in those six draft picks -- but he will come disguised as a position player.
Matthew in Fort Worth asks...: When you grade the Cowboys draft this year would you be brave enough to include your recommended pick at each selection? That way we can grade your picks a couple of years down the road.
Rick Gosselin: My Top 100 board will be posted the day before the draft. My position series starts this Sunday and I'll have my Top 15 players at each position in print. That will give you an idea how I feel about the players on this draft board.
Posted at 12:51 PM on Fri., Apr. 9, 2010 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
SportsDayDFW.com sports Bio | E-mail | News tips
Sportday NFL writer Rick Gosselin chatted with readers Wednesday afternoon and answered a number of questions about this month's NFL draft, the Cowboys and other football-related questions. A sampling of those questions:
Steve asks...: What does your intelligence gathering tell you about S Taylor Mays? Will he be a better safety in the pros than in college?
Rick Gosselin: I think Taylor Mays will be a better safety than he was at Southern Cal because the NFL will ask him to do more. He has the measurables to do whatever you ask of him with that size (6-3, 230) and speed (4.34). But comparisons to Roy Williams seem to have some NFL teams running scared. So Mays has a sliding value right now. But I think some team is going to get a really good player at a great value when he finally comes off the board.
Steve asks...: I think the Cowboys need a WR. A few years ago you predicted the Cowboys would draft Bowe (now a Chief). Which WR would you spend a 2nd or 3rd round pick on?
Rick Gosselin: The value at wide receiver is in the third round where there may be 8-10 taken. A Scott Long, Marcus Easley or Carlton Mitchell would be interesting picks at the bottom of the third. They all have size & speed and the Cowboys have always liked that combination.
VR asks...: Thinking special teams... two of the Cowboys' biggest holes are at kicker and kick returner. What might be their options to fill each in the mid to late rounds?
Rick Gosselin: Brett Swenson of Michigan State is the top-rated kicker on the draft board. He'll be a later rounder but I don't see the Cowboys drafting a kicker -- not with just six draft picks. Too bad Steve Hoffman isn't still around to find one for the Cowboys. This is a deep, deep draft for kick returners and most of them play positions. A Javier Arenas would be attractive. So would a Jordan Shipley, Marty Gilyard, Perish Cox and an Antonio Brown. I think you'll see a kick returner turn up somewhere in those six draft picks -- but he will come disguised as a position player.
Matthew in Fort Worth asks...: When you grade the Cowboys draft this year would you be brave enough to include your recommended pick at each selection? That way we can grade your picks a couple of years down the road.
Rick Gosselin: My Top 100 board will be posted the day before the draft. My position series starts this Sunday and I'll have my Top 15 players at each position in print. That will give you an idea how I feel about the players on this draft board.
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