mmillman
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and this is why I don't.
First: Getting Cleveland's first next year and Spencer was brilliant. This pick could be McFadden, Jackson, Grove etc........ That could solve some upcoming problems that I see. Fast forward one year and Jones is gone, Owens and or Glenn are gone. Adams tests free agency and gets a better offer and is gone. Crayton is paid to be some teams number 2 and is gone. Ferguson retires. Ellis isn't the same player. Aaron Glenn retires, Henry moves to safety an unexpected injury happens. All of these likely to happen? No, but a couple of them likely will.
The two number 1's next year allow Dallas to get an impact player at any of these positions and plug the dike. The worry that I see is that Dallas is getting long in the tooth at CB (forgot to mention Newman) and WR. RB is a problem because Jones doesn't look like the answer for a dynamic RB. Dallas cannot hang Romo out to dry with a plodding running game, no blindside protection and no speed at WR. WR is not a position a rookie typically comes in and is a reliable number 1.
Nicklebacks can be found in free agency, LT's typically cannot. The McFadden's and Bush' of the world are hard to come by and you don't pass on them (right Houston).
Maybe the future FS is on the team. Hamlin, Watkins, one of these late round big cornerbacks Dallas drafted. Maybe the LT is on the team. McQuistan, Free, the BC kid?
What I don't see is a replacement for Glenn and Owens. A replacement for Jones if he sputters. A replacement for Ferguson (this is huge as the 3-4 doesn't work without a big plugger in the middle).
Romo wasn't built in a day, but this draft was a good step toward a perrenial contender for the next 5-6 years. I have been critical of past manuevers by Jones but this year my hat is off as I think he did a great job manuevering around the draft.
First: Getting Cleveland's first next year and Spencer was brilliant. This pick could be McFadden, Jackson, Grove etc........ That could solve some upcoming problems that I see. Fast forward one year and Jones is gone, Owens and or Glenn are gone. Adams tests free agency and gets a better offer and is gone. Crayton is paid to be some teams number 2 and is gone. Ferguson retires. Ellis isn't the same player. Aaron Glenn retires, Henry moves to safety an unexpected injury happens. All of these likely to happen? No, but a couple of them likely will.
The two number 1's next year allow Dallas to get an impact player at any of these positions and plug the dike. The worry that I see is that Dallas is getting long in the tooth at CB (forgot to mention Newman) and WR. RB is a problem because Jones doesn't look like the answer for a dynamic RB. Dallas cannot hang Romo out to dry with a plodding running game, no blindside protection and no speed at WR. WR is not a position a rookie typically comes in and is a reliable number 1.
Nicklebacks can be found in free agency, LT's typically cannot. The McFadden's and Bush' of the world are hard to come by and you don't pass on them (right Houston).
Maybe the future FS is on the team. Hamlin, Watkins, one of these late round big cornerbacks Dallas drafted. Maybe the LT is on the team. McQuistan, Free, the BC kid?
What I don't see is a replacement for Glenn and Owens. A replacement for Jones if he sputters. A replacement for Ferguson (this is huge as the 3-4 doesn't work without a big plugger in the middle).
Romo wasn't built in a day, but this draft was a good step toward a perrenial contender for the next 5-6 years. I have been critical of past manuevers by Jones but this year my hat is off as I think he did a great job manuevering around the draft.
