Twitter: Super Bowl Teams Who Continually Draft OL In The 1st Round.

[bigE79]

I have no problem with OL high in the first round if he's a bona fide blue chipper like Tyron or Zach, but to reach like they did yesterday...

He'll be a good player, but guys like him can be had in the later rounds.

He was ranked the best guard in the draft,but you win championships with defense and ours was putrid last year,we needed DL help way worse imo

 

[Sydla]

Again there is a certain level of hilariousness watching people complain we reached on Booker and should have taken a weapon instead to see the Golden go in the mid 20s.

Based on his draft position, taking Golden at 12 would have been a reach.

Walker was the guy I wanted at 12.

 

[mardwin]

They should prioritize the interior DL. Barkley ran through them like butter.

 

[cowboys5xsbs]

They should prioritize the interior DL. Barkley ran through them like butter.

Barkley ran through everyone like Butter

 

[Aerolithe_Lion]

This is confirmation bias more than anything. It in no way precludes an Oline heavy drafting team from making a SB.

Philadelphia spent a 1st round pick on a CB before the 2024 SB. They traded for another one in Slay. In 2017, they traded for another first round CB in Ronald Darby. They also spent a 1st on Nelson Agholor in 2017, Devonta Smith for 2024, and traded a 1st for AJ Brown.

New England and KC’s combined 8 appearances on this list had 0 1st round WRs, and 1 1st round CB. Does this mean Philadelphia shouldn’t have been allowed to make the SB because they didn’t build their team exactly like those two? Thats a silly argument.

Rushing leaders don’t win SBs… well he just did. Passing leaders don’t win SBs until Mahomes just did in 2022. Black QBs don’t meet in SBs… well now it’s happened multiple times. And now people who draft first round guards aren’t allowed in the SB? Why?

All this says is these teams had secure Olines when they were making their picks. Dallas was missing 1+ essential Olinemen, and they fixed that. Dallas has had secure Olines before, so it’s not as if it’s something that can’t happen again in the future. Are we saying First round hits on the Oline don’t make teams better? Would Dallas be better off if Tyler Smith and Booker were busts? Is that the argument? There’s no specific reason why this is frowned upon, It’s just confirmation bias.

 

[pansophy]

The problem remains that this kid could literally be HOF level, like Martin before him, and it not translate to any success at all because he plays a position that accounts for very small impact in the grand scheme of things.

Using the 12 pick on a guard, when you have impactful position needs, is not what a serious franchise would do.

Yeah, not disagreeing with you there -- but if our target playmaker(s) aren't there I would rather use the 12th pick on a guy who could be with us 10-12 years then take a high risk/reward guy at another position. Could also argue that we have guys in the positions that matter most except perhaps RB (QB, WR, DE/LB pass rusher, CB). I have mixed feelings about Dak, but you know nothing is happening there right now.

So if the rationale is getting guys at highest impact positions with high impact players then we have already filled those spots. So now it is about getting guys in place to hold things together. We haven't had running lanes in a long time, and a lot of guys can do well with good blocking. Getting our running game to be effective is probably the highest impact thing we can do on offense right now.

 

[phildadon86]

This front-office is laughably bad.

It’s actually scary how many fans here lap up everything they do like puppies. It’s sad.

 

[phildadon86]

I don't form opinions based on a twitter post. Those are usually ramblings of unsatisfied people who have no other form of expression. However if enough data and research is behind the post, I will pay attention. In this case, it would be interesting to know, all those teams that did not spend a draft pick on O line in the first round, how many of those players did they get in free agency that had first round draft grade. If I have that information then I can evaluate this claim better.

It doesn’t matter. This team also doesn’t use FA properly.

 

[phildadon86]

Game is won in the trenches but don't think there are many who think we are Super Bowl ready this year. I think we just sniff the playoffs this year and hopefully be better next.

Keep drafting like this and by the time these kids are ready Lamb is ready for a new contract.

As the world turns.

They make picks with no thoughts to the future. The throwaway year last season is further proof this FO doesn’t care about winning. They doubled down on that with their HC hire, and then tripled down with the pick last night.

They are playing the long game with players that will be 30 plus by the time it’s ready to compete.

 

[Rayman70]

In the 90s we had 12 rounds of the draft. Now just 7. Just to put everything into proper context. So yeah, where guys have to get drafted as a priority has changed accordingly over the years. Don't think it's a Dallas or Jones thing at all. Just how it is now. Look at last night. Chiefs took a Olineman in rd 1. It really doesn't matter where you find good players, just that You find them. Period.

 

[Rajveer]

It doesn’t matter. This team also doesn’t use FA properly.

Totally in agreement with that statement.

 

[Proof]

The Cowboys continue to do things differently from the winning franchises in the NFL.

This why fans like myself hate seeing my team draft OL every year in the 1st round.

It means nothing without weapons.

maybe I'm misreading it, or misinterpreting, but every year except two there was a team that drafted 1st round OL? lol

 

[LovinItAll]

So 50% of the SB teams mentioned draft OL in the first round. Seems pretty balanced to me.

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

maybe I'm misreading it, or misinterpreting, but every year except two there was a team that drafted 1st round OL? lol

You’re misinterpreting it maybe.

Only Seattle in 2014 had multiple O-Lineman that they chose in the 1st round on their team with 2.

Dallas now has 3.

 

[Xizor]

Keep drafting like this and by the time these kids are ready Lamb is ready for a new contract.

As the world turns.

They make picks with no thoughts to the future. The throwaway year last season is further proof this FO doesn’t care about winning. They doubled down on that with their HC hire, and then tripled down with the pick last night.

They are playing the long game with players that will be 30 plus by the time it’s ready to compete.

That's if we can afford him after Dak's new 80 million dollar contract. I disagree because Cowboys have done pretty good in draft last few years minus 2023. Where they fail is contracts and free agency. Think that is because draft is ran by Will Mcclay while contracts and free agency is ran by nepotism. Always felt that reason we do so bad with contracts and free agency is because Stephen has done it for so long that the agents know how to play him. Heck I think they even use us. How many times you hear that we have interest in said player but in reality we never did. Most other teams change FO members every few years but not us. I am tired of doing the same thing and expecting a different result.

 

[MountaineerCowboy]

Barkley ran through everyone like Butter

Not the Cheifs.

Hurts dominated that game because they shut Barkley down.

 

[LovinItAll]

That's if we can afford him after Dak's new 80 million dollar contract. I disagree because Cowboys have done pretty good in draft last few years minus 2023. Where they fail is contracts and free agency. Think that is because draft is ran by Will Mcclay while contracts and free agency is ran by nepotism. Always felt that reason we do so bad with contracts and free agency is because Stephen has done it for so long that the agents know how to play him. Heck I think they even use us. How many times you hear that we have interest in said player but in reality we never did. Most other teams change FO members every few years but not us. I am tired of doing the same thing and expecting a different result.

Dak’s cap hit this year is $50.5MM.

 

[America's Cowboy]

I’m with you. I don’t dislike the pick…I’m always whining about the trenches…but it’s probably the wrong trench in this case.

Most teams have one high pick, another mid rounder and the rest late/UDFA types as starters on the OL.

OL early is a safe bet. Probably the safest, but it’s going to leave them short elsewhere.

I didn’t do my usual research on this draft because Jerry has stolen the joy from me, but I was told around here there was no DT worth taking unless Graham slid….and THREE of them went just after we picked.

Tell me they wouldn’t have been better off with drafting a guy like Harmon, signing Poona to 3/27 and keeping a guy like Golston at 3/19 and probably and extra mid rounder for dealing down for Harmon, and some cap room for another player….as opposed to JUST Osa at 4/80.

They have NO idea what they are doing.

This! ^^^

Cowboys biggest problem in the past has been failing to hire a very good Oline coach who can "coach up" lesser drafted Olinemen into becoming much better performing ones. This has forced the Cowboys to draft Olinemen in the 1st round and use lesser rounds to address picking up playmakers. We all have seen how that philosophy has failed over the years and continues to fail.

 

[Xizor]

Dak’s cap hit this year is $50.5MM.

It was a joke. phildadon86 said that by time we rebuild this team Lamb's contact will be up and I was joking and meant Dak's next contract. Hopefully in reality we have a new QB in 2028.

 

[DCBoysfan]

I don’t hate the pick.

But the team needs weapons.

It does appear the GM is stuck in the 90s.