Trapasso Mock 2/22/23 (CBS Sports)

[jterrell]

Clark isn’t ready to start. He looked lost and like a deer in the headlights last year.

If he’s a starter our defense goes backwards.

And I’d be shocked if Micah plays more LBr than Edge. They’ve made it clear in the first 2 years they want him rushing most of the time.

Clark did look lost last year but still had a decent amount of burn at Barr's expense.
He will get every chance to elevate after a healthy off-season.

Micah doesn't have to split time 50/50 by any means but you only play 1 or 2 LB in modern defenses and if he is playing 33% LB, you really only need 1 starter.

There's simply no way I go in for a LB OR Edge at 26.
I'd trade back first.

 

[cnuball21]

Clark did look lost last year but still had a decent amount of burn at Barr's expense.
He will get every chance to elevate after a healthy off-season.

Micah doesn't have to split time 50/50 by any means but you only play 1 or 2 LB in modern defenses and if he is playing 33% LB, you really only need 1 starter.

There's simply no way I go in for a LB OR Edge at 26.
I'd trade back first.

Fair enough. Normally I’d agree with
you but if a LBr can do it all and pass rush at a high level I’m in.

 

[rambo2]

This is the recipe…the golden recipe that I doubt the Cowboys will do bc Jerry is stuck in the 90s.

He’s gonna have us run to the podium for a RB at 26.

That's only if Robinson or Gibbs are available. They also might trade back and get an extra pick.

 

[cnuball21]

That's only if Robinson or Gibbs are available. They also might trade back and get an extra pick.

I was being sarcastic…

 

[xwalker]

What did Adrian Peterson ever win?

Great TB but he never lifted a team to a SB.

Build the OL, fill the running back depth chart with FAs and mid round picks.

That’s the recipe.

What if Bijan is Emmitt Smith 2.0 ?

 

[darthseinfeld]

An OC is really only as good as his QB. There are some exceptions like Shanahan in San Fran. But I just don't think Jackson is that good a QB that he takes Washington from a bottom feeder in the NFCE to the favorite to win the SB. He's OK for sure but good enough that he tips the scales that much? Nah.

Those types moves tend to backfire for Washington

 

[Sydla]

What if Bijan is Emmitt Smith 2.0 ?

The comparisons to a TB that played 3 decades ago is weird. The game has changed.

Again, name for me a 1st round TB that won a SB with the team that draft them in the last 20 years.

Hint. There isn't one. Why? Because the league (well most of them league) has figured out you can build a strong run game by investing in the OL and then largely bargain shopping for TBs instead of throwing first round picks at college kids.

This is a capped league and you have to find ways to limit investment to build a more complete roster. Throwing first round picks at TBs just doesn't seem very smart to me. I'd rather take an OL or DL, which are more valuable, and then come back with a RB in the later rounds.

 

[xwalker]

The comparisons to a TB that played 3 decades ago is weird. The game has changed.

Again, name for me a 1st round TB that won a SB with the team that draft them in the last 20 years.

Hint. There isn't one. Why? Because the league (well most of them league) has figured out you can build a strong run game by investing in the OL and then largely bargain shopping for TBs instead of throwing first round picks at college kids.

This is a capped league and you have to find ways to limit investment to build a more complete roster. Throwing first round picks at TBs just doesn't seem very smart to me. I'd rather take an OL or DL, which are more valuable, and then come back with a RB in the later rounds.

I'm not gung-ho to draft a RB at #26 but depending on the other players available (not available) at that pick I'm open to drafting a RB.

I didn't hate the Zeke pick considering the other options; although my preferrence was OT Laremy Tunsil (preferrably after trading down).
- Jalen Ramsey had micro-fracture surgery in high school which combined with his questionable personality was a big concern to me.

I was one of the first at CZ (long before the year Zeke was drafted) to point out position value relative to the draft.

Having said that, the draft is about probability of success.

OG is not a top tier value position; however, Zack Martin was the closest draft prospect to a guaranteed success that I've seen. It was worth drafting him at #16.

In 2017 I said that if they were not going to draft TJ Watt, then they should just draft RB Dalvin Cook instead of Taco or other available players.
- Now Cook has been a Pro Bowl player consecutively for the past 4 seasons while Taco was worthless.
- They could have traded Zeke instead of giveing him the big contract or they could traded Cook a year or two later for close to the pick they would have used to get him.
- Note: Cook was the only remaining player with a 1st round grade on the Cowboys draft board.

 

[Sydla]

I'm not gung-ho to draft a RB at #26 but depending on the other players available (not available) at that pick I'm open to drafting a RB.

I didn't hate the Zeke pick considering the other options; although my preferrence was OT Laremy Tunsil (preferrably after trading down).
- Jalen Ramsey had micro-fracture surgery in high school which combined with his questionable personality was a big concern to me.

I was one of the first at CZ (long before the year Zeke was drafted) to point out position value relative to the draft.

Having said that, the draft is about probability of success.

OG is not a top tier value position; however, Zack Martin was the closest draft prospect to a guaranteed success that I've seen. It was worth drafting him at #16.

In 2017 I said that if they were not going to draft TJ Watt, then they should just draft RB Dalvin Cook instead of Taco or other available players.
- Now Cook has been a Pro Bowl player consecutively for the past 4 seasons while Taco was worthless.
- They could have traded Zeke instead of giveing him the big contract or they could traded Cook a year or two later for close to the pick they would have used to get him.
- Note: Cook was the only remaining player with a 1st round grade on the Cowboys draft board.

And Cook has won literally zippo himself.

High picks at TBs is a losing proposition IMO.

 

[ThatJerryKid]

Anybody who's kept up with college football would call this mock the dumbest one to date. no way in hell is Anthony Richardson going before Young, Stroud, Anderson or Carter.

Have anyone seen this guy at UF play? Richardson didn't throw a touchdown until his 4th game of the season against UT and how the commentators were making such a big deal of the fact. But you expect me to believe this kid is going to turn around some NFL franchise straight out the gate...