Who's your WR pick and why

[Arch Stanton]

I'd draft Lavelle Hawkins.

 

[pigskin fan]

I don't mind waiting until later but if they are picking in the 1st then give me Sweed.

 

[Sandyf]

Personally, I would not draft a WR in the first round. If Sweed or Hardy are available in the second, then fine. WR rarely make a difference in their first year. In fact according to Goose, over the last 34 WRs drafted in the 1st round only 2 have made any significant difference at all.

Since the WR in this draft really none qualify as a 1st round grade, so why take one in the first. If we make the trade for Pacman, then I would really trade out of the 1st round with both picks unless we could get Boldin or Williams for the 28th pick.

I would take Cason CB at 22 and Chris Johnson RB in the second.

 

[TheCount]

Personally, I would not draft a WR in the first round. If Sweed or Hardy are available in the second, then fine. WR rarely make a difference in their first year. In fact according to Goose, over the last 34 WRs drafted in the 1st round only 2 have made any significant difference at all.

Since the WR in this draft really none qualify as a 1st round grade, so why take one in the first. If we make the trade for Pacman, then I would really trade out of the 1st round with both picks unless we could get Boldin or Williams for the 28th pick.

I would take Cason CB at 22 and Chris Johnson RB in the second.

If the WR's in the 1st round really deserve 2nd round grades, then doesn't it stand to reason that the 2nd round WR's really deserve 3rd round grades? So regardless of when you draft a WR, you'll be reaching?

I just don't understand this kind of logic.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

If the WR's in the 1st round really deserve 2nd round grades, then doesn't it stand to reason that the 2nd round WR's really deserve 3rd round grades? So regardless of when you draft a WR, you'll be reaching?

I just don't understand this kind of logic.

No, that may not be the case. Prospects are graded according to the class they are in but they are also graded historically against other classes. For example, you may have an exceptional class like the 83 QB class who rated no less then 6 QBs in the first round but, you may also have a class that rates higher in the second round then in the 1st, according to historical grades. For example, the 1980s LB class. In the first round, they had Otis Wilson, George Cumby and that was it. However, in the 2nd round, they had 6 LBs taken including Buddy Curry, Keena Turner and Matt Millen. The strength of that class may have been in the second round for LBs. If you draft according to need, which is the wrong way to approach the draft IMO, then what you say hold true. However, if you draft according to value, that is probably not the case.

 

[Hostile]

I would like to see us roll the dice on Markus Monk in the 3rd or 4th.

I'd actually prefer that to using a 1st round pick on a WR unless it is a trade for Bolden or Williams. I prefer a vet to a rookie. Even if we make one of those trades I'd like to see us roll the dice on Monk.

 

[ctrous25]

malcolm kelly

 

[Spectre]

1st round- Devin Thomas
2nd round- Eddie Royal

 

[tomson75]

1st round- Devin Thomas
2nd round- Eddie Royal

I'm down.

3rd-4th round - Lavelle Hawkins

 

[Bob Sacamano]

if we take a WR after the 1st round, my choice would be Earl Bennett

I think he'll have a Dwayne Bowe-type rookie year

 

[Sandyf]

IF most check out the ranking on the various scouts board, you don't see hardly any WR rated in the 1st. It doesn't mean that a team doesn't have a particular WR rated in the 1st, just that the talent level of the WR isn't as good as previous years.

The point is any WR taken in the 1st rarely makes any type of impact in the 1st round, so why take one there unless you are rebuilding or you are set in all other positons.

My point is that a vet WR will make a much better impact and take pressure off of TO and Witten while giving Romo a much better option than a WR taken in the 1st round.

The Cowboys need to address CB in the draft first unless someone like Mendenhall or McFadden fall into the range that it would only cost us our third to move up with ONE of the first round picks.

I guess I mean which WR do you really think will make any type of impact, realistically and could you get them in the 2nd round. Based on most mock drafts Kelly, Jackson, Sweed, Hardy and Thomas are the only ones mentioned in going into the 1st round and plenty of those mocks have only either Kelly and Jackson and/or Thomas going in the 1st.

Would you want a Kelly who may or may not have bad knees, that would be a concern for me. Want Jackson at 169 lbs, great return guy but impact every down, seriously doubt it, one good hit away from being out. Thomas, might be the best of those three but no one is looking at him as the next Irvin or Moss or Owens or anything close to being a #1 guy down the line but might be a good 2 which is what we need. But it took the guy 2 years before he got the Michigan St offense down to be effective, how long would it take him to get Jason Garrett's offense down.

Sorry, I just don't see any of the rookie WRs making an impact next year so why take one in the 1st when you can get a good one say like Caldwell or Bennett or Nelson in the 2nd that would give you the same results as any of those this year.

Do we need one down the line, probably but want a bet if we don't get Roy in a trade that we get one next offseason in free agency. I would bet the ranch we would, unless of course Stanback is the real deal.

 

[jterrell]

I'd want Michael Crabtree but he is still in college so I'd take Devin Thomas.

He has the tools, upside and lacks the obvious off-field issues many others bring to the position.

All in all though I avoid a WR here and get a vet.