Twitter: Why Richard pushed for Hill over Thornhill

[slick325]

I like X. Woods...liked his nose for the ball coming out of school and was happy with the pick. Would have loved to see him with Earl Thomas as the starting safeties. Woods would have learned exponentially playing and practicing with Thomas.

Now...I just hope his development continues and turnovers starting coming. The safety spot next to him is another story.

 

[xwalker]

You realize that SS/FS is all nonsense nowadays. If you play safety you need to be able to cover. You can't just be a downhill run support player anymore. Thornhill would have been fine at SS. Couldn't have been worse than Jeff heath against the run last season

Before the draft I said Thornhill could play SS to some extent.

I posted a long rebuttal to the OP in the thread below (see link) who said Thornhill was a terrible tackler and could not play SS.

My rebuttal is on the 2nd page of the thread:

https://cowboyszone.com/threads/juan-thornhill-do-not-want.432140/

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

I and everyone understands this.

As of now, this is worrisome for me.

It shouldn’t. Every team passed up on them at least once lol. Some did it two or three times. Everyone had them around the same. Solid prospects but not first rounders.

 

[unionjack8]

It shouldn’t. Every team passed up on them at least once lol. Some did it two or three times. Everyone had them around the same. Solid prospects but not first rounders.

Like Trysten hill then

 

[Hennessy_King]

Before the draft I said Thornhill could play SS to some extent.

I posted a long rebuttal to the OP in the thread below (see link) who said Thornhill was a terrible tackler and could not play SS.

My rebuttal is on the 2nd page of the thread:

https://cowboyszone.com/threads/juan-thornhill-do-not-want.432140/

All you had to say was I agree. I'm not looking through old threads fam

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Like Trysten hill then

Exactly.

 

[CT Dal Fan]

That confirms that the Boys had Thornhill over Adderley and Rapp which is worrisome

I liked all three. Thornhill would have been their choice since Adderley played at a small school and Rapp had an injury concern (I think it was a knee, could be wrong).

 

[QuincyCarterEra]

It shouldn’t. Every team passed up on them at least once lol. Some did it two or three times. Everyone had them around the same. Solid prospects but not first rounders.

Whether a team passed on a player in this discussion(they passed on all but 32 players lol) has no bearing what so ever. I worries me they valued Thornhill over the other two considering my grading of the three players.

And yes, some scouts did have Adderly as a 1st rounder and Rapp before his undisclosed injury.

 

[Number1]

"Why Richard pushed for Hill over Thornhill"

maybe he remembered what the Rams did to our DTs on the ground

 

[northerncowboynation]

Throwing this in also

Good post Hawk. We'll see how the two careers, Hill and Thornhill, flow

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Whether a team passed on a player in this discussion(they passed on all but 32 players lol) has no bearing what so ever. I worries me they valued Thornhill over the other two considering my grading of the three players.

And yes, some scouts did have Adderly as a 1st rounder and Rapp before his undisclosed injury.

See I guess this is what it comes down to. You are worried because you valued players the Cowboys didn’t?

 

[speedkilz88]

That confirms that the Boys had Thornhill over Adderley and Rapp which is worrisome

Reports have been that they liked Rapp a lot until he ran a 4.78. Nobody likes to see that bad of a time. I think the majority of teams weren't fond of Adderley, at least not as high as the media was on him.

 

[QuincyCarterEra]

See I guess this is what it comes down to. You are worried because you valued players the Cowboys didn’t?

Yes. Just like I didn't like how they valued Taco or Switzer, and now Pollard over the available options at their respective positions. And different positions such as Zeke over Ramsey.

They also valued LVE more than I did and that turned out great.

 

[Big_D]

Even the DB coach understood we needed that big guy on the interior D line. I like the Hill pick, it's been a long time coming and he should add a tremendous boost to the D.

 

[HoplessCowboysFan36]

If we can get even some penetration in middle of the line on a consistent bases I think it immediately gets us 15 more sacks this year. Not to mention the mistakes it will create. Want to beat the best QBs? Put pressure in their face from the middle.

 

[Corso]

"Why Richard pushed for Hill over Thornhill"

maybe he remembered what the Rams did to our DTs on the ground

While I appreciate this... Hill was mostly a blindly penetrating DT after the backfield than a guy that looked to stuff the run.
He's a 3T when the team needs a stout 1T for those runs.

 

[Flamma]

I agree. This game is won up front so I don't mind that we passed on Thornhill. But I was hoping the Cowboys drafted WR D.K. Metcalf after he fell all the way to us.

 

[Techsass]

For a while there I was juiced about Irving, but that took a weird left turn. I'm still miffed that we didn't grab Maurice Hurst last year instead of Switzer. T. Hill is a DT so I'm happy and not too worried about why we did it.

 

[speedkilz88]

For a while there I was juiced about Irving, but that took a weird left turn. I'm still miffed that we didn't grab Maurice Hurst last year instead of Switzer. T. Hill is a DT so I'm happy and not too worried about why we did it.

Switzer was 2017. Last year they took the TE Schultz. I wanted Hurst as well.

 

[Techsass]

Switzer was 2017. Last year they took the TE Schultz. I wanted Hurst as well.

Oops that's who I meant.