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- Spending draft weekend in Dallas gave me the chance to absorb plenty of the wit and wisdom of Jerry Jones, the Cowboys' owner/general manager, who was very much front and center in conducting the team's draft. Jerry-speak has always fascinated me, but I thought he was particularly on his game in his post-picking news conferences.
- On whether or not first-round pick Felix Jones is sturdy enough to ever be more than a complementary back behind Marion Barber:
- "He's 6-feet tall, 207 pounds,'' Jones said. "Y'all probably heard this, gathered this, but he's thick in the bottom, from the waist down. And we've had another one that was this size, not in height, but about that weight that carried the ball 25, 30 times a ballgame -- Emmitt Smith.''
- On the risk of trading for Pacman Jones:
- "There's a lot of me that under certain circumstances would rather have somebody who's been knocked down a lot and gotten back up and proven they can get back up. I'd rather be with him or her in tight situations than someone who'd never been knocked down. That does create some resolve, especially in football.
- "I'm not trying to sound like some preacher here, but I have always been one that just because a person has made some bad decisions, do not close your eyes and ears and decision-making to giving them an opportunity.''
- I could be wrong about this, but Cowboys offensive coordinator and heir apparent head coach Jason Garrett seemed to be the only Dallas assistant who occupied a seat full-time in the team's war room during the draft. The rest of the Cowboys' assistant staff rotated in and out of the room throughout the weekend.
- Just another indication that Dallas head coach Wade Phillips is probably what amounts to a well-paid seat warmer in '08.
