So what did we give up to move to #55 from #59?

[Roughneck]

Hopefully very little.

 

[Ultra Warrior]

Our original 2nd round pick & our late 4th round pick.

 

[Hostile]

#125 in the 4th.

 

[Roughneck]

#125 in the 4th.

Man, we really must have thought he wouldn't be there at #59.

 

[cowboyjoe]

#125 in the 4th.

yeah, i wished we had taken Ducasse the OT/OG though for need;
we havent taken a need player yet;

 

[jchap]

Thats a steep price for a non-need like ILB

 

[AbeBeta]

pretty consistent with the value chart

 

[GoDallas]

stupid to trade up 4 spots.

 

[Westcoasthabsfan]

stupid to trade up 4 spots.

totally agree, dont get that move

 

[newlander]

just wasted a pretty good pick(125).....baffling

 

[cowboyjoe]

stupid to trade up 4 spots.

thats not why its stupid, moving up to get a really good lb like sean lee is good, from 4 spots, but reason why its dumb, whatever coach, or owner that told us to go get holland for a 5th round pick, who never hardly played. Now thats why its stupid!

 

[Hypnotoad]

last year people were complaining how we waited for the draft to come to us - but all the players we wanted were getting taken 2/3 picks before us.

Why not trade away some picks and get who you want?

all of a sudden - its "Why give up picks"???

 

[SDogo]

we havent taken a need player yet;

You say it's like a bad thing that Dallas is doing what winning franchises do and stick to their boards.

 

[cowboyjoe]

sean lee has drawn comparisions like jack ham the very good linebacker that played for the steelers in the 70s,

he is smart, studies the game and plays it hard and the way its suppose to be played

 

[cowboyjoe]

last year people were complaining how we waited for the draft to come to us - but all the players we wanted were getting taken 2/3 picks before us.

Why not trade away some picks and get who you want?

all of a sudden - its "Why give up picks"???

right, we misssed out on max unger last year, i think that the cowboys were determined for that not to happen again

 

[DallasInDC]

last year people were complaining how we waited for the draft to come to us - but all the players we wanted were getting taken 2/3 picks before us.

Why not trade away some picks and get who you want?

all of a sudden - its "Why give up picks"???

completely agree

 

[bbgun]

stupid to trade up 4 spots.

That's my only quibble. All the players are pretty much interchangeable at this point, so there's no guy you just have to have. If he's not there when you pick, get on with your life.

 

[The Ominous]

Who says these picks weren't even for needs? I think putting a guy like Dez on the other side of Austin is JUST what we needed. As for Lee, Brooking is up there in age, so why not draft a position that may be of NEED soon?

We accomplished nearly everything with these picks. We got the best players on our board and drafted for needs without giving up much on the draft charts.

 

[cowboyjoe]

You say it's like a bad thing that Dallas is doing what winning franchises do and stick to their boards.

its not totally bad, you always go by your board and you dont reach;

i do believe however that Ducasse was listed about the same place on the cowboys board as sean lee, but i think wade really wanted this player because of what keith brooking said about lee after he sat down with him for a dallas visit going over film

 

[LucaBrasi]

I love this pick. He grew up about 10 minutes frome me, comes from a good family. Tough, hard nosed football player that Jack Ham says is the best lb to play at Penn St. and he should know.