So, whose responsible for this less-than-stellar draft?

[GimmeTheBall!]

In my mind, it seemed to be a Jerra-Stephen draft: You know, two "football guys" pulling a fast one by getting the O lineman (Frederick the Giant) no team could live without. Then the Jones braintrust goes for a so-so TE that did not address other critical needs. Then, a WR when, again, there is no critical need for one (albeit China Doll Austin probably does need a backup). Then came the later rounds with marginal athletes that even the experts will not vouch for, so Jerra-Stepha cannot be blamed for these later picks.

Really, did Jason Garrett even have a say in these proceedings?

Who knows, this draft might well be the best in our history (yeah, and Al Davis will come back from heaven and buy a team in Farmers Branch: The Fighting Idiots from Farmers Branch).

Or it could be another mediocre draft with the 'Boys ending up with 1 serviceable player (probably the TE). But most possibly this will rank with the worst.

Mens, my question to you, the unwashed but loyal, energy-drink drinking mens, was this a Jerra draft? Was this a Jerra-Stephen draft or was this a Jason Garrett draft.

Please, do not give me the This was a Scouts draft because Jerra pulls the trigger on drafts.

Methinks the middle option, with father and son being "football guys" and drafting for respect (theirs) and to show the rest of the free world that their aesthetic sense of talent and athleticism is better than the "experts"?

Our draft: Not having seen the lads in action, a solid C.

I weep for the future.

 

[Trajan]

I'm no fan of Jerry and Co but it is much to early to call the draft one way or another. I give the players some room to show us who they are before calling it a loss.

 

[joseephuss]

It was a less than stellar draft overall. Every team had a less than stellar draft because this was a year of less than stellar available draft picks.

 

[ragman]

I also give the Cowboys a C in this draft. However, if you look at Jason Cole's column in Yahoo Sports, he gave the Cowboys a F.

 

[CATCH17]

I also give the Cowboys a C in this draft. However, if you look at Jason Cole's column in Yahoo Sports, he gave the Cowboys a F.

I give their draft strategy an F and I give them an F for fixing the problems with this team.


As far as the players we drafted I gotta give them a solid B. I think all of these guys can play football. The only guy im a little timid on is Wilcox because of his lack of experience and small school background.

The Packers supposedly had him as the 2nd best Safety in the draft and thats a good endorsement imo.

 

[Parcells4Life]

So having the #1 ranked Center which we badly needed, the top rated pass catching TE, and the #1 receiver in the NCAA is a bad draft?!

Not to mention a DeMarco Murray clone so we don't have a drop off when/if he goes down and a linebacker that had 7 INTs in the SEC!

If that's a terrible draft to you, what would have been good picks?

The only player I really wanted was Warford in the 2nd round but I trust Callahan to know that his offense can use Escobar and actually live up to the potential.

 

[Teague31]

Nfl.com gave us the highest rating in the league

 

[burmafrd]

So having the #1 ranked Center which we badly needed, the top rated pass catching TE, and the #1 receiver in the NCAA is a bad draft?!

Not to mention a DeMarco Murray clone so we don't have a drop off when/if he goes down and a linebacker that had 7 INTs in the SEC!

If that's a terrible draft to you, what would have been good picks?

The only player I really wanted was Warford in the 2nd round but I trust Callahan to know that his offense can use Escobar and actually live up to the potential.

from what Broaddus said Warford was never one we wanted.

 

[Eddie]

I'm glad they didn't draft for need.

Then again, reaching for a 3rd Center in the 1st round is an example of such.

They took the other players based on their board. That's how we MUST do it.

Granted, we need help along the DL and Safety ... but if we start reaching, we'll be back in 2000 all over again.

Not a stellar draft. But me thinks we took a few players who can contribute and help us this year.

 

[Doomsday101]

I guess the ansewer will take a year or 2 to know. If these guys fail then it was Jerry, if they pan out it was Garrett and the scouting department.

 

[big dog cowboy]

http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2013...s-all-seven-cowboys-draft-picks-as-2nd-to-3rd

Cowboys Draft Results: NFL.com Grades All Seven Cowboys Draft Picks As 2nd To 3rd Rounders

As seven Cowboys starters received a grade of 70 points or higher, and indication that they are all expected to be eventual starters in the league and carry a 2nd or 3rd-round grade. Here's the rundown of all seven picks:

Round Player Position College NFL.com Grade
1 (31) Travis Frederick OG/OC Wisconsin 78.7
2 (47) Gavin Escobar TE San Diego State 79.0
3 (74) Terrance Williams WR Baylor 83.6
3 (80) J.J. Wilcox S Georgia Southern 77.0
4 (114) B.W. Webb CB William & Mary 74.0
5 (151) Joseph Randle RB Oklahoma State 80.6
6 (185) DeVonte Holloman LB South Carolina 70.5

 

[basstapp]

all of you guys overreact. A lot of people are giving us favorable grades on our draft. We addressed our offensive line, rb depth, playmakers for tony to throw to, a solid corner, a project safety with a high ceiling and a SEC linebacker who has a knack for picking the ball off. Please tell me what you would have done better based on how the draft fell?

You would have drafted Floyd ?

 

[Miller]

So having the #1 ranked Center which we badly needed, the top rated pass catching TE, and the #1 receiver in the NCAA is a bad draft?!

Not to mention a DeMarco Murray clone so we don't have a drop off when/if he goes down and a linebacker that had 7 INTs in the SEC!

If that's a terrible draft to you, what would have been good picks?

The only player I really wanted was Warford in the 2nd round but I trust Callahan to know that his offense can use Escobar and actually live up to the potential.

First of all, I'm not ranking this draft yet or ripping guys but all of your statements need to come in degrees of what was needed for this team. #1 ranked center sound great on paper but overall he was rated as a 2nd-4th rounder for a reason..his limitations. We passed on DT, other O-linemen and safeties to get him. So again, its degrees of what you got. That #1 pass catching TE runs a 4.84 and we have a top TE..albeit an older one..along with a backup. We got rid of one guy who could catch but was a head case. And not once did we run a NE style offense. So where is he fitting? Same with WR. We have WRs. If he was a top WR, why was he available in the 3rd? Much of that is Baylor's system and some inexperience. Is he a great athlete? Yes. But your just going around labeling all these guys without seeing what we needed....O-line out the wazoo, D-line for our aging line and safeties and we got barely any of that for our new D.

Again, these guys can probably help. But I don't think half of them help this year. I don't see a "direction" with this group. JMO.

 

[Gameover]

Cowboys haven't averaged 25 per game since the 2007 season, getting Romo some weapons is a need.

 

[TwoCentPlain]

The same people who are responsible for the last 3 drafts (2010-2012 which have been pretty good) and the 2009 debacle.

Look, you win some and you lose some. Get over it. The Cowboys seem to have got some good players in the 2013 draft. As Parcells rightfully said when evaluating, "separate the player from where he was drafted." We'll find out soon enough whether these players can play.

Your attempt to grade this draft is an exercise in futility. Not only don't you know what you are grading, you don't have a clue as to what criteria to use.

Only a fool would grade the draft on need right now. Unless you know what the team needs at the beginning of Sept and the beginning of Dec.

 

[DBOY3141]

I also give the Cowboys a C in this draft. However, if you look at Jason Cole's column in Yahoo Sports, he gave the Cowboys a F.

Yes because we all know Jason Cole is clued into NFL scouting.

 

[xwalker]

In my mind, it seemed to be a Jerra-Stephen draft: You know, two "football guys" pulling a fast one by getting the O lineman (Frederick the Giant) no team could live without. Then the Jones braintrust goes for a so-so TE that did not address other critical needs. Then, a WR when, again, there is no critical need for one (albeit China Doll Austin probably does need a backup). Then came the later rounds with marginal athletes that even the experts will not vouch for, so Jerra-Stepha cannot be blamed for these later picks.

Really, did Jason Garrett even have a say in these proceedings?

Who knows, this draft might well be the best in our history (yeah, and Al Davis will come back from heaven and buy a team in Farmers Branch: The Fighting Idiots from Farmers Branch).

Or it could be another mediocre draft with the 'Boys ending up with 1 serviceable player (probably the TE). But most possibly this will rank with the worst.

Mens, my question to you, the unwashed but loyal, energy-drink drinking mens, was this a Jerra draft? Was this a Jerra-Stephen draft or was this a Jason Garrett draft.

Please, do not give me the This was a Scouts draft because Jerra pulls the trigger on drafts.

Methinks the middle option, with father and son being "football guys" and drafting for respect (theirs) and to show the rest of the free world that their aesthetic sense of talent and athleticism is better than the "experts"?

Our draft: Not having seen the lads in action, a solid C.

I weep for the future.

If you're going to make the argument that Jerry/Stephen were overriding Garrett in the draft, then you should leave out the part about the Tight End.

Garrett is known to be enamored with Tight Ends. He was on war-room video back in 2008 pushing to draft MartyB.

If Jerry was really making the decision in isolation, do you really think they would have passed on Cordarrelle Patterson? Patterson was 1 of the top 2 shinny toys in this draft.

 

[DefendingTheStar]

This was a Garrett draft. First 3 pick offense which includes two new passing targets. Garrett is a pass first run later guy. I liked the picks but giving Garrett's history of passing on 2nd and 1 or 3rd and 1 this scares me.

 

[CIWhitefish]

Mens, my question to you, the unwashed but loyal, energy-drink drinking mens, was this a Jerra draft? Was this a Jerra-Stephen draft or was this a Jason Garrett draft.

It was a Dallas Cowboys draft. That's it.

 

[wileedog]

Cowboys haven't averaged 25 per game since the 2007 season, getting Romo some weapons is a need.

I think a fair argument to make is that keeping Romo upright and having something resembling an NFL running game were bigger ones.

Or perhaps some more help at Safety and DLine so that we don't need to average more than 25 points a game.