The Micah Draft

[SFloridaCowboy]

Four years after a draft is a good time to judge how well a team drafted. In 2021, with extra picks, the team did very poorly other than Micah and Osa.

Another 2nd round bust, Kelvin Joseph. Does Dallas lead the world in 2nd round busts? Trystin Hill, Kelvin Joseph, Gavin Escobar, Schoonmaker. I do not see Sam Williams taking a leap as he should have.

I recall in past years Larry Allen, Flozell Adams, Solomon Page, Darren Woodson, as great 2nd round picks. Now, Diggs, another 2nd rounder, is on his way out, following in the footsteps of 1990's CB Kevin Smith who could not get back his great talent after a serious injury. Selecting an OL in the 2nd round is safe based upon historical analysis.

Was not our secondary better last year with Jordan Lewis? Great move Jerry. Even Israel Muakuamu was better than some of these 2025 stiffs in the DB department.

Jerry overpaid for DLAW when it was obvious his skills were declining and thus had no money for free agents. He should have signed a rising DE from another team instead of resigning DLAW who needed serious shoulder surgery, and lost his elite sack-making ability.

nd	Player	Pick	Pos	Yrs	From	To	AP1	PB	St	wAV	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	College/Univ
1	Micah Parsons	12	LB	5	2021	2025	2	4	3	56	69				0				0			0	Penn St.
2	Kelvin Joseph	44	DB	4	2021	2024	0	0	0	2	33				0				0			0	Kentucky
3	Osa Odighizuwa	75	DL	5	2021	2025	0	0	4	27	74				0				0			0	UCLA
3	Chauncey Golston	84	DL	5	2021	2025	0	0	0	12	68				0				0			0	Iowa
3	Nahshon Wright	99	DB	5	2021	2025	0	0	0	2	39				0				0			0	Oregon St.
4	Jabril Cox	115	LB	3	2021	2023	0	0	0	3	26				0				0			0	LSU
4	Josh Ball	138	OL	1	2022	2022	0	0	0	1	13				0				0			0	Marshall
5	Simi Fehoko	179	WR	5	2021	2025	0	0	0	1	30				0				0	10	139	1	Stanford
6	Quinton Bohanna	192	DT	5	2021	2025	0	0	1	8	35				0				0			0	Kentucky
6	Israel Mukuamu	227	DB	4	2021	2024	0	0	0	4	50				0				0			0	South Carolina
7	Matt Farniok	238	G	2	2021	2

 

[big dog cowboy]

Defensive heavy draft that should be paying benefits now.

It's not and we see the results every week.

 

[Hawkeye0202]

There are solid, safe 2nd players in every draft......Jerry's problem is that he's always looking for a former 1st round talent that needs rehabbing. Thinking he will hit a home run, or that he has a system that's smarter than the rest of the league.

 

[atlantacowboy]

Joseph was a horrible pick from day 1. Perfect example of how this front office weights measurables. He was a mediocre college player, but was somehow going to lock down a side of an NFL field. On top of that, he was a knucklehead more interested in his rap career than developing as a football player. Osa and Micah panned out. So, this was not our worst draft.

 

[John813]

IIRC Dallas really wanted Surtain or Horn. When both were taken, Parsons was still BPA but they still did a small trade down to gain a 3rd.
With no corner taken in day 1, they sort of shoehorned a CB pick in day 2. Cause using FA is for the devil per Helen Boucher our VP of pro scouting.
Jospeh had red flags but they ignored it due to "potential". But the flags were flying day 1 here.

 

[CowboyoWales]

There are solid, safe 2nd players in every draft......Jerry's problem is that he's always looking for a former 1st round talent that needs rehabbing. Thinking he will hit a home run, or that he has a system that's smarter than the rest of the league.

Yep, add Sean Lee and Jaylon Smith to the list.....it gets suspicious as the majority appear to be Defenses (Jerry hates D. is my new phrase).
Can see it again with the FIVE 1st Rd Defensive reclamation products we've obtained for this season. Jerry's hoping/guessing.

 

[CowboyoWales]

IIRC Dallas really wanted Surtain or Horn. When both were taken, Parsons was still BPA but they still did a small trade down to gain a 3rd.
With no corner taken in day 1, they sort of shoehorned a CB pick in day 2. Cause using FA is for the devil per Helen Boucher our VP of pro scouting.
Jospeh had red flags but they ignored it due to "potential". But the flags were flying day 1 here.

You're right and it highlights the whole organisational (Jerry) strategy towards our Defense.....draft for immediate positional need (regardless of skillset) anything that helps the Defense keeps us in a game whilst the Offense does it's stuff.
Trading back indicated we didnt want Micah, in Jerry world why would we want a LB, we had LVE, Jaylon S, and just signed Keanu Neal (a Quinn fave).
The Defense is always an afterthought.

 

[Johannes44]

D-Law was never elite at sacking anyone. Dude lucked out on playing in the NFC East right as the giants and Commanders were headed downward. Go look at his big sack number seasons (oddly they coincided with the years he was up for a new contract) and you will find most of his sacks came against teams like the Giants and Commanders and other minnows. When faced against better competition guy just disappeared.

 

[baltcowboy]

Four years after a draft is a good time to judge how well a team drafted. In 2021, with extra picks, the team did very poorly other than Micah and Osa.

Another 2nd round bust, Kelvin Joseph. Does Dallas lead the world in 2nd round busts? Trystin Hill, Kelvin Joseph, Gavin Escobar, Schoonmaker. I do not see Sam Williams taking a leap as he should have.

I recall in past years Larry Allen, Flozell Adams, Solomon Page, Darren Woodson, as great 2nd round picks. Now, Diggs, another 2nd rounder, is on his way out, following in the footsteps of 1990's CB Kevin Smith who could not get back his great talent after a serious injury. Selecting an OL in the 2nd round is safe based upon historical analysis.

Was not our secondary better last year with Jordan Lewis? Great move Jerry. Even Israel Muakuamu was better than some of these 2025 stiffs in the DB department.

Jerry overpaid for DLAW when it was obvious his skills were declining and thus had no money for free agents. He should have signed a rising DE from another team instead of resigning DLAW who needed serious shoulder surgery, and lost his elite sack-making ability.

nd	Player	Pick	Pos	Yrs	From	To	AP1	PB	St	wAV	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	College/Univ
1	Micah Parsons	12	LB	5	2021	2025	2	4	3	56	69				0				0			0	Penn St.
2	Kelvin Joseph	44	DB	4	2021	2024	0	0	0	2	33				0				0			0	Kentucky
3	Osa Odighizuwa	75	DL	5	2021	2025	0	0	4	27	74				0				0			0	UCLA
3	Chauncey Golston	84	DL	5	2021	2025	0	0	0	12	68				0				0			0	Iowa
3	Nahshon Wright	99	DB	5	2021	2025	0	0	0	2	39				0				0			0	Oregon St.
4	Jabril Cox	115	LB	3	2021	2023	0	0	0	3	26				0				0			0	LSU
4	Josh Ball	138	OL	1	2022	2022	0	0	0	1	13				0				0			0	Marshall
5	Simi Fehoko	179	WR	5	2021	2025	0	0	0	1	30				0				0	10	139	1	Stanford
6	Quinton Bohanna	192	DT	5	2021	2025	0	0	1	8	35				0				0			0	Kentucky
6	Israel Mukuamu	227	DB	4	2021	2024	0	0	0	4	50				0				0			0	South Carolina
7	Matt Farniok	238	G	2	2021	2

Sadly that draft was all about Micah. If it wasn’t for injuries to Tank and Gregory I don’t know if Micah would have ever been the pass rusher he is now. One player can change anything and we traded that player for late round lottery tickets.

 

[baltcowboy]

There are solid, safe 2nd players in every draft......Jerry's problem is that he's always looking for a former 1st round talent that needs rehabbing. Thinking he will hit a home run, or that he has a system that's smarter than the rest of the league.

KJ Boss Man fat made absolutely no sense. Then we follow him up with Sam Williams and Kneeland. We suck at drafting.

 

[TwentyOne]

Four years after a draft is a good time to judge how well a team drafted. In 2021, with extra picks, the team did very poorly other than Micah and Osa.

Another 2nd round bust, Kelvin Joseph. Does Dallas lead the world in 2nd round busts? Trystin Hill, Kelvin Joseph, Gavin Escobar, Schoonmaker. I do not see Sam Williams taking a leap as he should have.

I recall in past years Larry Allen, Flozell Adams, Solomon Page, Darren Woodson, as great 2nd round picks. Now, Diggs, another 2nd rounder, is on his way out, following in the footsteps of 1990's CB Kevin Smith who could not get back his great talent after a serious injury. Selecting an OL in the 2nd round is safe based upon historical analysis.

Was not our secondary better last year with Jordan Lewis? Great move Jerry. Even Israel Muakuamu was better than some of these 2025 stiffs in the DB department.

Jerry overpaid for DLAW when it was obvious his skills were declining and thus had no money for free agents. He should have signed a rising DE from another team instead of resigning DLAW who needed serious shoulder surgery, and lost his elite sack-making ability.

nd	Player	Pick	Pos	Yrs	From	To	AP1	PB	St	wAV	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	College/Univ
1	Micah Parsons	12	LB	5	2021	2025	2	4	3	56	69				0				0			0	Penn St.
2	Kelvin Joseph	44	DB	4	2021	2024	0	0	0	2	33				0				0			0	Kentucky
3	Osa Odighizuwa	75	DL	5	2021	2025	0	0	4	27	74				0				0			0	UCLA
3	Chauncey Golston	84	DL	5	2021	2025	0	0	0	12	68				0				0			0	Iowa
3	Nahshon Wright	99	DB	5	2021	2025	0	0	0	2	39				0				0			0	Oregon St.
4	Jabril Cox	115	LB	3	2021	2023	0	0	0	3	26				0				0			0	LSU
4	Josh Ball	138	OL	1	2022	2022	0	0	0	1	13				0				0			0	Marshall
5	Simi Fehoko	179	WR	5	2021	2025	0	0	0	1	30				0				0	10	139	1	Stanford
6	Quinton Bohanna	192	DT	5	2021	2025	0	0	1	8	35				0				0			0	Kentucky
6	Israel Mukuamu	227	DB	4	2021	2024	0	0	0	4	50				0				0			0	South Carolina
7	Matt Farniok	238	G	2	2021	2

If you wanna make yourself some work check all our other drafts for the last 10 years. They look just the same.

We find one or two players the rest ist crap.

I did that already and posted here. Just becaue i had enough of that stupid Stephen and Jerry advertising us as a "build thru the draft" and "we are a good drafting team". Thats BS. We are a bad team when it comes to drafting. And the results show for years now.

We got the lable "good drafting team" under Garrett when we hit on 3 OL with first rounders. But that is long long gone. Since then we more than suck.

in the last few years we hit on some OLmen but that should also be taken with a grain of salt. We tried to find a new LT with two prime picks. Both picks busted. One is now a good OG the other one is medicore at best. Not something you want from spending your premium pick on. We also spent a premium pick on another OG.

You dont spent premium picks on guards. Thats bad resource management. thats another sign we are bad at drafting. We need to overspent for talent. Why? Because we are not able to judge talent.

 

[big dog cowboy]

D-Law was never elite at sacking anyone.

That wasn't his game. He was/is a run stopping DE first.

 

[Pompey-Cowboy]

Gave up on Makuamu too soon.

 

[Captain-Crash]

is that joseph guy in jail, yet?

 

[jwitten82]

That wasn't his game. He was/is a run stopping DE first.

They paid him like that was his game

 

[tomokawan]

Defensive heavy draft that should be paying benefits now.

It's not and we see the results every week.

That is why I dont trust them with draft picks. I would rather use some of the capital on a young up and coming defensive player.

 

[tomokawan]

IIRC Dallas really wanted Surtain or Horn. When both were taken, Parsons was still BPA but they still did a small trade down to gain a 3rd.
With no corner taken in day 1, they sort of shoehorned a CB pick in day 2. Cause using FA is for the devil per Helen Boucher our VP of pro scouting.
Jospeh had red flags but they ignored it due to "potential". But the flags were flying day 1 here.

I dont know how many times I have seen this. Players Dallas wants and needs are gone right before they picked. I saw that with Aaron Donald. When the Rams already had Sue. I was pissed. But we did well with our pick.

 

[RS12]

Yeah. That was another pom pom frenzy of a draft that was gonna put em over the top. Good times.

 

[goshann]

Yep, add Sean Lee and Jaylon Smith to the list.....it gets suspicious as the majority appear to be Defenses (Jerry hates D. is my new phrase).
Can see it again with the FIVE 1st Rd Defensive reclamation products we've obtained for this season. Jerry's hoping/guessing.

Sean Lee was a great 2nd round pick even with the injuries

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

Four years after a draft is a good time to judge how well a team drafted. In 2021, with extra picks, the team did very poorly other than Micah and Osa.

Another 2nd round bust, Kelvin Joseph. Does Dallas lead the world in 2nd round busts? Trystin Hill, Kelvin Joseph, Gavin Escobar, Schoonmaker. I do not see Sam Williams taking a leap as he should have.

I recall in past years Larry Allen, Flozell Adams, Solomon Page, Darren Woodson, as great 2nd round picks. Now, Diggs, another 2nd rounder, is on his way out, following in the footsteps of 1990's CB Kevin Smith who could not get back his great talent after a serious injury. Selecting an OL in the 2nd round is safe based upon historical analysis.

Was not our secondary better last year with Jordan Lewis? Great move Jerry. Even Israel Muakuamu was better than some of these 2025 stiffs in the DB department.

Jerry overpaid for DLAW when it was obvious his skills were declining and thus had no money for free agents. He should have signed a rising DE from another team instead of resigning DLAW who needed serious shoulder surgery, and lost his elite sack-making ability.

nd	Player	Pick	Pos	Yrs	From	To	AP1	PB	St	wAV	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	College/Univ
1	Micah Parsons	12	LB	5	2021	2025	2	4	3	56	69				0				0			0	Penn St.
2	Kelvin Joseph	44	DB	4	2021	2024	0	0	0	2	33				0				0			0	Kentucky
3	Osa Odighizuwa	75	DL	5	2021	2025	0	0	4	27	74				0				0			0	UCLA
3	Chauncey Golston	84	DL	5	2021	2025	0	0	0	12	68				0				0			0	Iowa
3	Nahshon Wright	99	DB	5	2021	2025	0	0	0	2	39				0				0			0	Oregon St.
4	Jabril Cox	115	LB	3	2021	2023	0	0	0	3	26				0				0			0	LSU
4	Josh Ball	138	OL	1	2022	2022	0	0	0	1	13				0				0			0	Marshall
5	Simi Fehoko	179	WR	5	2021	2025	0	0	0	1	30				0				0	10	139	1	Stanford
6	Quinton Bohanna	192	DT	5	2021	2025	0	0	1	8	35				0				0			0	Kentucky
6	Israel Mukuamu	227	DB	4	2021	2024	0	0	0	4	50				0				0			0	South Carolina
7	Matt Farniok	238	G	2	2021	2

yuck.