When were you glad the team didn't get who you wanted to draft?

[negativecreep]

Off topic, but I'm still pissed we passed on Steven Jackson and drafted Julius Jones later

I was so excited when he fell to us, I couldn't believe we passed. Took a good day or two for it to sink in.

 

[darthseinfeld]

Easy. 2013 draft.

Chance Warmack and Jonathan Cooper topped my wish list (and I was far from the only one). Can't miss guys. CAN'T. MISS. Position of severe need. Pair with Tyron Smith and create a dominant OL for a decade.

Unfortunately, they both go top 10. "Dang Jerry. You should have traded up," I said.

BUT WAIT! A top DT in Shariff Floyd inexplicably drops all the way to our pick. We lucked out! Don't look a gift horse in the mouth Jerry. Take the stud DT.

Nope. We trade down. "What the hell is this team doing," I said. We should have picked Floyd.

Cooper busts.
Warmack busts.
Floyd busts.

These were the 5th (Floyd), 6th (Cooper), and 8th (Warmack) rated players on our leaked draft board, by the way.

We "settled" for some Center from Wisconsin.

If either Warmack or Cooper dropped to our pick, we don't draft Frederick. We likely don't draft Zack Martin the following year either. We'd still be trying to make it work with Warmack/Cooper. Very different team without those two. Also, the pick we got from the trade down was used on another offensive starter - Terrence Williams.

Definitely wouldnt call Floyd a bust

 

[GoJacks]

Definitely wouldnt call Floyd a bust

He is on his way to being one. He wasn't coming in for treatments for his injury last year. There was one Zimmer PC where he was asked about Floyd's timetable to return, and he said he didn't know because he hadn't seen him in weeks.

I would say that's a bad sign.

 

[jordan4vols]

Alabama safety Mark Barron. We traded up for Claiborne and I thought we were trading up for Barron. I was so disappointed. Neither has been all that good

 

[JohnnyHopkins]

In 2012 I wanted Mark Barron. Dallas drafted Mo Claiborne, so now we can all cry about missing out on Luke Kuechly, Fletcher Cox and Stephon Gilmore.

 

[Reverend Conehead]

In 2012 I wanted Mark Barron. Dallas drafted Mo Claiborne, so now we can all cry about missing out on Luke Kuechly, Fletcher Cox and Stephon Gilmore.

Yup. We all suffered through some bad play by Claiborne, then last season he finally got pretty good. Then left the team. Not worth the trade up.

 

[Floatyworm]

2010 NFL Draft

Bruce Campbell
OT Maryland

Greg Hardy
DE Ole Miss


2011 NFL Draft

Phil Taylor
DT Baylor

Danny Watkins
G Baylor

John Moffitt
G Wisconsin


2012 NFL Draft
Michael Floyd
WR Notre Dame


Courtney Upshaw
LB Alabama

Jerel Worthy
DT Michigan State

Joe Adams
WR Arkansas

2013 NFL Draft
Sharrif Floyd
DT Florida

Justin Hunter
WR Tennessee

2014 NFL Draft

Will Sutton
DT Arizona State


2015 NFL Draft

Paul Dawson
LB TCU

Daryl Williams
OT Oklahoma


2016 NFL Draft
Braxton Miller
WR Ohio State

Sheldon Day
DT Notre Dame

Kenneth Dixon
RB Louisiana Tech

 

[Sarge]

Merriman.

 

[TheCount]

There's always at least one guy I like for us that ends up being a bum every year.

I remember being annoyed we drafted Escobar over Margus Hunt in 2013.

Margus Hunt has 1.5 sacks total in 4 NFL seasons.

Oops.

 

[Asklesko]

manziel. he would have been fun to watch on the cowboys. i don't think he would have fallen apart like in cleveland. there's more reason to stay around in dallas than in cleveland.

 

[StarBoyz83]

Alabama safety Mark Barron. We traded up for Claiborne and I thought we were trading up for Barron. I was so disappointed. Neither has been all that good

Too make it Worse we could've had luke kuechly

 

[StarBoyz83]

manziel. he would have been fun to watch on the cowboys. i don't think he would have fallen apart like in cleveland. there's more reason to stay around in dallas than in cleveland.

When we were up I was 110% sure that was our pick.

 

[TheCount]

Alabama safety Mark Barron. We traded up for Claiborne and I thought we were trading up for Barron. I was so disappointed. Neither has been all that good

Barron has settled in pretty nicely now as a hybrid safety/linebacker. The Cowboys aren't creative enough to consider using a player that way, so he probably would have been a complete bust here.

 

[big dog cowboy]

manziel. he would have been fun to watch on the cowboys.

Holy moly.

 

[EST_1986]

Manziel for sure