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DAL trades Demarcus Lawrence, Byron Jones and a 2020 1st round pick to DET for 2019 1(8) and 6(184)
Reasoning for DAL - DAL is going to have a tough decision about which stars are going to be paid and which walk; IMO Cooper, Dak and Jaylon should be 1st tier priority, with Zeke and Chido being a close 2nd tier. Tank and Jones are obviously top priority as well, but their asking price are (will be) way too expensive. This trade frees cap for the others to extend and gives us a draft superstar which can give us immediate impact. If it works, were giving up a late 2020 1st round, if it doesn't, we'll still have cap to retain the stars worthy and hopefully extra cap to sign help in 2020 FA. Also, we get value for Tank and Byron rather than letting them walk/ sit out.
Reasoning for DET - With their 8th and 184th pick, DET receives 2 established stars that can be paid accordingly with the cap space they have, as well as 1st rounder for 2020.
1(8) from DET- Ed Oliver DT(LE), Houston - Incredible player that will be asking for top dollar......in 4 to 5 years. Oliver has dominated the draft process which teams well with his dominate game film. Here's the twist; Oliver is an interior player, but with his speed, strength, hand work, we pen him in at LE, giving us the beefy starting line of Oliver, Collins, Woods and Quinn, with Taco, Covington, Hyde and Armstrong as our 2nd wave. 10 sack rookie season at LE.
2(58)- Darnell Savage S, Maryland - Abrams, Thornhill, Thompson, Hooker. I'd be happy with any of these guys; this one just happens to be my preference. Team him with Illoka at SS and put Woods and Heath as our reserve. Woods may be offended, but he must also understand that he is a 6th round pick and it is the teams responsibility to always be looking to upgrade.
3(90)- David Edwards OT, Wisconsin - Big, athletic OT with heavy hands. I chose the OL in the 3rd for the reason that we should always be taking OL in the top 3 rounds.
4(128)- Josh Oliver TE, San Jose State - Good pass catching TE. 3rd round grade that dropped to our 4th.
4(136)- Tony Pollard WR/RB/KR/PR, Memphis - My pet cat. This guy is going to be a game changing player. With Coop, Dak and Zeke to worry about, Pollard is going to be the Lou Williams of the NFL.
5(165)- Carl Granderson DE, Wyoming - Developmental LE. Lets say Oliver's talents are better suited at 3tech after year 1, Granderson with a years experience can be penned as the LE starter......ideally.
6(184) from DET- Montre Hartage CB, Northwestern - Losing Byron Jones is going to make CB the weak link on this team, especially the way this draft has turned out. I trust Richard to coach up "no-names" for us more than anyone else on the coaching staff. I think with Chido, Brown, Lewis (maybe), Hartage and 1 or 2 of the UDFAs from last year stepping up, we can mask the weakness. If we can't, CB becomes our 2020 top priority.
7(241) - Michael Dogbe DT, Temple - Bigger guy with some pass rush ability. I've seen him taken around the 5th-6th round if he is even considered at all in some of these 7round mock drafts. I say he takes a little bit of a Desmond King-ish fall, and we steal a good 1tech.
Reasoning for DAL - DAL is going to have a tough decision about which stars are going to be paid and which walk; IMO Cooper, Dak and Jaylon should be 1st tier priority, with Zeke and Chido being a close 2nd tier. Tank and Jones are obviously top priority as well, but their asking price are (will be) way too expensive. This trade frees cap for the others to extend and gives us a draft superstar which can give us immediate impact. If it works, were giving up a late 2020 1st round, if it doesn't, we'll still have cap to retain the stars worthy and hopefully extra cap to sign help in 2020 FA. Also, we get value for Tank and Byron rather than letting them walk/ sit out.
Reasoning for DET - With their 8th and 184th pick, DET receives 2 established stars that can be paid accordingly with the cap space they have, as well as 1st rounder for 2020.
1(8) from DET- Ed Oliver DT(LE), Houston - Incredible player that will be asking for top dollar......in 4 to 5 years. Oliver has dominated the draft process which teams well with his dominate game film. Here's the twist; Oliver is an interior player, but with his speed, strength, hand work, we pen him in at LE, giving us the beefy starting line of Oliver, Collins, Woods and Quinn, with Taco, Covington, Hyde and Armstrong as our 2nd wave. 10 sack rookie season at LE.
2(58)- Darnell Savage S, Maryland - Abrams, Thornhill, Thompson, Hooker. I'd be happy with any of these guys; this one just happens to be my preference. Team him with Illoka at SS and put Woods and Heath as our reserve. Woods may be offended, but he must also understand that he is a 6th round pick and it is the teams responsibility to always be looking to upgrade.
3(90)- David Edwards OT, Wisconsin - Big, athletic OT with heavy hands. I chose the OL in the 3rd for the reason that we should always be taking OL in the top 3 rounds.
4(128)- Josh Oliver TE, San Jose State - Good pass catching TE. 3rd round grade that dropped to our 4th.
4(136)- Tony Pollard WR/RB/KR/PR, Memphis - My pet cat. This guy is going to be a game changing player. With Coop, Dak and Zeke to worry about, Pollard is going to be the Lou Williams of the NFL.
5(165)- Carl Granderson DE, Wyoming - Developmental LE. Lets say Oliver's talents are better suited at 3tech after year 1, Granderson with a years experience can be penned as the LE starter......ideally.
6(184) from DET- Montre Hartage CB, Northwestern - Losing Byron Jones is going to make CB the weak link on this team, especially the way this draft has turned out. I trust Richard to coach up "no-names" for us more than anyone else on the coaching staff. I think with Chido, Brown, Lewis (maybe), Hartage and 1 or 2 of the UDFAs from last year stepping up, we can mask the weakness. If we can't, CB becomes our 2020 top priority.
7(241) - Michael Dogbe DT, Temple - Bigger guy with some pass rush ability. I've seen him taken around the 5th-6th round if he is even considered at all in some of these 7round mock drafts. I say he takes a little bit of a Desmond King-ish fall, and we steal a good 1tech.
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