The Cowboys Will Draft Draft Tony Romo's Successor In The 2014 Draft

[NeonDeion21]

Tony Romo is the Dallas Cowboys quarterback for at least the next two seasons. But I believe that they will draft his eventual successor in this quarterback class. The Cowboys have tried unsuccessfully to find an eventual replacement before. They were interested in Andy Dalton in 2011 and would’ve drafted him in the second round had he fallen to their pick. They also liked Russell Wilson in the later rounds in 2012 but he went to the Seattle Seahawks in the third round. This is the year that the team finally uses a mid-round draft pick on a quarterback. And if you forced me to tell you what quarterback from this class will likely be on the Cowboys roster in 2014, I would say Aaron Murray from Georgia.

The Cowboys were present at Aaron Murray’s Pro Day yesterday with quarterback coach Wade Wilson in attendance. The Cowboys are also set to use one of their 30 pre-draft visits on Murray in the upcoming days. The team has legit interest in Murray and wouldn’t hesitate to pull the trigger on the star quarterback from Georgia in the mid rounds despite his ACL tear in mid November. This begins my scouting report on Aaron Murray and why I believe he could be a good fit in the Dallas Cowboys offense.

Aaron Murray is a highly decorated collegiate passer (SEC Passing TD holder, SEC Career Passing Yard Leader) who started all four years at Georgia and was productive in each season. What I find most impressive about Murray and his career stats is that he broke SEC passing records without great receivers (outside of 2010 with A.J. Green). This is Murray’s career stats, broken into his four years:

Read the rest at: http://cover32.com/cowboys/2014/04/1...essor-in-2014/

 

[Cowboy Brian]

Yesssss!

Murray is going to be a great one, we need him with the star on his helmet.

 

[jnday]

I have very little hope in drafting a mid-round talent and grooming him as the next starter. The odds are very low that it will pan out. QB is a position that a team needs to invest whatever it takes to get top talent. There are very few that develop into top starters.

 

[Fla Cowpoke]

There have been a fair amount of later picks that were groomed and traded for much more value a few years down the road. Doesn't really mater if they panned out for the new team, just that you took a late pick and got higher value.

Worth a flyer in the later rounds even if the chance of success is slim. Chance of success in those rounds for any position is slim.

 

[vlad]

My gut feeling based on what I imagine Jerry's thought process is:

- Weeden was brought in to be the next Orton.
- They will draft non-QBs as long as Romo can stand because we have soooo many holes, and the year they know Romo is done, they will draft one in the 1st/2nd round if available and play him immediately, or stick with Weeden (assuming he is decent) until they can get a top round QB they like.

Now all that goes out the window if someone like Johnny Football is available and they like him - then I have no idea what they do.

Me personally, if I like Murray enough then I pull the trigger, I just don't know if Jerry will operate like that. At best its crap shoot anyway, but will be interesting. Thanks for the link.