The Cowboys Would Have Drafted Shazier over Martin

[big dog cowboy]

Yes, actually. Martin and Frederick were both fall-back picks.

That is an easy conclusion to draw and it does have some merit. But the truth is that happens with almost every pick in the draft.

 

[Idgit]

That is an easy conclusion to draw and it does have some merit. But the truth is that happens with almost every pick in the draft.

I hate that notion of 'fall back picks.' When you're picking 31, you're going to have a lot of good players unavailable to you. So what? If the guys you had left play well, it's because you rated them right. The team has no control over who's there, so to knock them somehow for having guessed right about the ones they took makes no sense. It only matters that they scouted them and liked them enough to add them to the roster.

 

[Sarge]

It seems like this dominant offensive line was built partly due to chance.

Fortunately.

True.

 

[RonSpringsdaman20]

Take the best available player... and that's what we did... credit to the front office for not reaching, and solid talent evaluation....

especially in the case of Fred, who they traded back for.

 

[Risen Star]

That is an easy conclusion to draw and it does have some merit. But the truth is that happens with almost every pick in the draft.

That's pretty much what a draft board is. Your best player in the draft and then a series of fall back options.

 

[Stash]

I hate that notion of 'fall back picks.' When you're picking 31, you're going to have a lot of good players unavailable to you. So what? If the guys you had left play well, it's because you rated them right. The team has no control over who's there, so to knock them somehow for having gusy rated above the ones they took makes no sense. It only matters that they scouted them and liked them enough to add them to the roster.

Speaking for myself, the point I'm making is that this offensive line was built through good fortune, not some grand master plan executed to perfection.

If things fell exactly as the Cowboys had planned, they would have had defensive players instead of offensive linemen. No complaints about how things worked out, they worked out great. Just that it wasn't simply a matter of being according to plan.

 

[Stash]

Take the best available player... and that's what we did... credit to the front office for not reaching, and solid talent evaluation....

especially in the case of Fred, who they traded back for.

Yep. It was great execution, and a great sign that we've been handling the draft process well. All of the options discussed that we could have drafted have turned out to be good players and that speaks highly of our overall process. And that's very encouraging for the future.

 

[Alexander]

Just like how the Patriots took some guy named Adrian Klemm in the first round of the draft that they got Tom Brady with the 199th pick in.

They took Klemm in the second round. They didn't have a first round pick in that draft.

 

[darthseinfeld]

Whats your draft and 2014 season look like if we draft Shazier?

I think we go hard after Turner in the third. OG seemed like a place they were set on getting players for. Dont know if it would have had any effect on the Lawrence trade up, but they may not have made it so they can get either Turner or Jackson in the third.

Im gonna guess they dont make the trade and take Elay. Then draft Trai Turner in the third. 4th round is interesting. Do they still draft Hitchens if they draft Shazier?

 

[big dog cowboy]

Do they still draft Hitchens if they draft Shazier?

Good question. I'll bet not.

 

[WV Cowboy]

Yes, actually. Martin and Frederick were both fall-back picks.

So was Emmitt Smith, .. that's the way things work in the draft sometimes.

Actually those fall-back picks are even more impressive when you think about it.

Every team has their Plan A, .. but when a team is so prepared that they still hit a home-run with their Plan B or Plan C, .. I think that is impressive.