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[Cowboyny]

This.

Brayden Willis 6'3 1/2" 241 33 1/4" arms, 9 3/4" hands

• Senior year, 35 catches 456 yards, 7 TD

Fullback Gawd Kyle Juszczyk 6'1 1/4" 248 lbs 32 5/8" arms 9 1/8" hands

• Senior year, 52 catches, 706 yards, 8 TD

MM had Kuhn in his Packer days

 

[Aliencowboy]

Looks like a Thicker Dez Bryant. Undersized at 237 but He is a ferocious Blocker. He would be a monster at H Back opening holes or catching passes and he could be split out wide in Green Zone to exploit miss matches. Special teams Star

I am very intrigued by Him. If the Draft does not allow the Cowboys to select some of the bigger names I would be very Happy with Brayden as a Consolation Pick

49ers are interested as well. He looks to fit to bill of the type of Athletes they are looking for

My New pre Draft Pet Cat









https://sportdfw.com/2023/02/25/dallas-cowboys-draft-brayden-willis-profile/

A thicker Dez Bryant - wow you said that. You have no shame.

 

[gimmesix]

I would agree with but this Draft is weak at WR and Long at RB and TE. This is a weird year where people can actually pick their flavor

If Kincad or Meyers fell to them in the 1st I would not be mad at All but to reach for anyone else would not be wise

Only positions that I find is a need for a plug and play player is LG and that can be had in Rd 3 . a stud DT would be nice but But there are some Question marks on The projected late 1st Rd DT prospects

I feel the Cowboys are set up to pick Best Available

Do you know how the last time we successfully drafted a plug and play offensive lineman in the third round?

None of these guys: Connor McGovern, Chaz Green, Robert Brewster, James Marten, Stephen Peterman, Steve Scifres, Clay Shiver, George Hegamin, James Brown or James Richards. Those are our third-round offensive linemen since when we drafted Erik Williams (Richards and Williams were drafted the same year, 1991)

The point is, every year fans fall back into this mind-set that it's easy to just pick up starters in every round, especially the earlier rounds, but there's a whole lot more miss than hit.

We've had a lot more success in the second round, and even that's shaky: Larry Allen (hit 1994), Shane Hannah (fail 1995), Flozell Adams (hit 1998), Solomon Page (miss 1999), Andre Gurode (hit 2002), Al Johnson (miss 2003), Jacob Rogers (miss 2004), Connor Williams (hit? 2018)

 

[BoysWin]

MM had Kuhn in his Packer days

Give me Sam LaPorta

 

[NotForLong]

This.

Brayden Willis 6'3 1/2" 241 33 1/4" arms, 9 3/4" hands

• Senior year, 35 catches 456 yards, 7 TD

Fullback Gawd Kyle Juszczyk 6'1 1/4" 248 lbs 32 5/8" arms 9 1/8" hands

• Senior year, 52 catches, 706 yards, 8 TD

From Last Year

(Within Article Big Mike says He Loves FBs but a problem with FB is that they do not play Special Teams . . . Brayden plays Special Teams)

https://www.usnews.com/news/sports/...acks-once-nfl-staple-position-keeps-declining

The NFL is an ever-evolving beast, though. What makes sense one year tends to be out of vogue the next. And it's very possible that the fullback position, currently headed to the mothballs, will eventually make a comeback.

Might even be sooner than some expect.

McCarthy has always valued fullbacks. That year the Packers had three? They won the Super Bowl. But the Cowboys don't have a single one on the roster this season, a good example of how teams have adapted to changing times.

“I’m a big believer in two-back offense,” McCarthy said. “Two-back offense kind of went out of the league here probably the last 10 years, but it’s coming back more and more the last couple of years. That’s part of the evolution of schematic focus and tendencies and trends. If you just say, ‘What do you want your offense to look like?’ I would always want a fullback on the 48 each and every week. There’s always points in the game where you’ve just got to go run the football downhill."

“The position is the personnel director's nightmare,” Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy admitted, “because they don't play on special teams. That's really the fact of the matter. That's always the challenge. One year in Green Bay, we had three fullbacks on our 53-man roster, but they were all contributors on special teams.

Just ask 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan, who uses Juszczyk more than perhaps any team uses a fullback.

“I feel like that's the only way you can dictate your terms,” Shanahan said. “When you have a fullback in the game, if you really want to run the ball, you can run the ball regardless of what the defense is doing.”

Only way He doesn't become a Cowboy is if the 49ers draft Him

 

[NotForLong]

Do you know how the last time we successfully drafted a plug and play offensive lineman in the third round?

None of these guys: Connor McGovern, Chaz Green, Robert Brewster, James Marten, Stephen Peterman, Steve Scifres, Clay Shiver, George Hegamin, James Brown or James Richards. Those are our third-round offensive linemen since when we drafted Erik Williams (Richards and Williams were drafted the same year, 1991)

The point is, every year fans fall back into this mind-set that it's easy to just pick up starters in every round, especially the earlier rounds, but there's a whole lot more miss than hit.

We've had a lot more success in the second round, and even that's shaky: Larry Allen (hit 1994), Shane Hannah (fail 1995), Flozell Adams (hit 1998), Solomon Page (miss 1999), Andre Gurode (hit 2002), Al Johnson (miss 2003), Jacob Rogers (miss 2004), Connor Williams (hit? 2018)

Wow. . . I love History

 

[MAZEREZAM]

I like Willis. Had him in one of my earlier mock drafts, in the 5th round, I think. This was when people were buzzing about how MM used the big HB/FB in Green Bay.

 

[KingintheNorth]

I don't dislike Willis for that role, I just really like Derek Parish from Houston. He's started at defensive end, linebacker, at fullback and is pretty athletic.