Will and Jerry do they have the draft touch?

[PAPPYDOG]

With the exception of Zeke and heck ill give us Awuzie and at this point as confirmed successes how would you rate Wills and Jerry's Draft selecting performance ?

I would give them a D+ at this point as Taco,Lewis Woods,Collins,Trapper,Jaylon,Browns cb, Dak, Greogory, Gathers, and more still have major ? marks above there names and are wishful thinking dream stud players only here on these forums....so far....

If you feel im being a negative Sally post here who i missed as a bonified success on our team at this point....Please provide proof not your visions of greatness just because you like the player....


2017 1 Taco Charlton 28 DE 2017 0 0 0 2 16 3.0 Michigan ? This is the year i guess...
2017 2 Chidobe Awuzie 60 CB 2017 0 0 0 3 10 1 Colorado Spot on!
2017 3 Jourdan Lewis 92 CB 2017 0 0 0 3 15 1 Michigan ? shows potential will see.
2017 4 Ryan Switzer 133 WR 2017 0 0 0 1 16 4 5 0 6 41 0 North Carolina A Raider now
2017 6 Xavier Woods 191 S 2017 0 0 0 3 16 1 Louisiana Tech ?Shows potential...
2017 6 Marquez White 216 CB 0 0 0 Florida St. ?
2017 7 Joey Ivie 228 DT 0 0 0 Florida ? is he still with us?
2017 7 Noah Brown 239 WR 2017 0 0 0 0 13 4 33 0 Ohio St. ? if he makes the team?
2017 7 Jordan Carrell 246 DT 0 0 0 Colorado who is this guy?


2016 1 Ezekiel Elliott 4 RB 2017 1 1 2 25 25 564 2614 22 58 632 3 Ohio St. Confirmed!
2016 2 Jaylon Smith 34 OLB 2017 0 0 0 4 16 1.0 Notre Dame ? Can he overcome
2016 3 Maliek Collins 67 DT 2017 0 0 2 14 32 7.5 Nebraska ? A failure so far!
2016 4 Charles Tapper 101 DE 2017 0 0 0 0 2 1.0 Oklahoma ? injury anyone
2016 4 Dak Prescott 135 QB 2017 0 1 2 29 32 619 949 6991 45 17 114 639 12 Mississippi St. Which Dak will show up anyone's guess?
2016 6 Anthony Brown 189 CB 2017 0 0 2 8 32 3 1.0 Purdue ?? Mr Got burned again.
2016 6 Kavon Frazier 212 SS 2017 0 0 0 2 24 Central Michigan?
2016 6 Darius Jackson 216 RB 0 0 0 East. Michigan ?
2016 6 Rico Gathers 217 TE 0 0 0 Baylor? The great hope lol

2015 1 Byron Jones 27 CB 2017 0 0 2 15 48 2 Connecticut failure for a no 1 selection
2015 2 Randy Gregory 60 OLB 2016 0 0 0 2 14 1.0 Nebraska ? Will he ever play?
2015 3 Chaz Green 91 T 2017 0 0 0 4 18 Florida ????? Yes we spent a 3 rd on Chaz lol
2015 4 Damien Wilson 127 ILB 2017 0 0 1 8 48 1.5 Minnesota ? a flop for a no 4
2015 5 Ryan Russell 163 DE 2017 0 0 0 4 23 3.0 Purdue?
2015 7 Mark Nzeocha 236 OLB 2017 0 0 0 1 17 Wyoming
2015 7 Laurence Gibson 243 T 0 0 0 Virginia Tech ?
2015 7 Geoff Swaim 246 TE 20 ? For the order a good pick.

 

[Hadenough]

In defense of Byron I never liked him as a S and always thought he excelled as a CB. They moved him around too much and he wasnt able to settle down into learning just one spot. Richard will get him straightened out!

Taco did start playing better at the end of last year and hopefully that will continue but I really thought if there was guy to take a flier on in that draft it was Watt!

I am excited seeing Jaylon Smith moving like he did in college but this is a guy who has payed no dividends at all and if he has a great season could be looking at a big contract.

 

[Hadenough]

I think from where this team was a few years ago the drafting has gotten better. At the very least they have more guys with potential.

 

[lkelly]

Nice to see you post Mr. Awuzie.

 

[PUSHfold]

Not even going to read this but from the title I bet it says something like
"Everyone sucks, our drafts suck, Will and Jerry can't draft more than 1 good player every 5 years who isn't a 0-linemen".

 

[AmericanCowboy]

Dak is literally the best value pick in the league probably in the last 4 years with what he provides to The team.

Regardless if he struggled the second half of the year last year. He was a bonafide MVP candidate the first half of last year and all of his first year.

He was a great draft pick. Even if Dak never did anything else the rest of his career he was a GREAT draft pick.

 

[gmoney112]

We have a good amount of talented, young players. And we're in a great cap situation.

I think we're in a better situation now than we've been in a long time.

 

[Zekeats]

You're serious?

 

[cowboy_ron]

Jerry???.....

 

[Diehardblues]

Overall C+

Which a slightly above average team would support. Too many misses and risk to reach the next level.

 

[Pants]

I have a hard time taking the OP seriously...Dak gets a "which dak shows up?" response despite a 22-10 record as a starter, when he wasn't expected to start in his first year, and yet Awuzie gets "spot on" despite not playing a full season?

don't get me wrong, Awuzie was my favorite player in that draft (for guys that would have been around our pick) and I am on record that I would have been ok with him in the first round; but he and Lewis look to be real deals

2016: a very good draft with Zeke, Dak being the cornerstones of the offense for a while; then sprinkle in Smith (my fav player from that draft being a ND homer), Collins and Brown - all contributors

2015: Jones is finally going to be placed at CB, what hopefully will resurrect/escalate his average career, Swaim is solid - I don't see a lot left there unless Gregory can do something, anything (although, you can't count him in the "good" column, obviously)

2014: curious that this year was left off with the likes of Martin (best at his position), Lawrence (#34 in the top 100 as shown on NFL network) and Hitchens that was so good that he signed a big deal with KC, getting us a comp pick


the drafts have been much better of late...

 

[Proximo]

LOL

 

[CATCH17]

He’s drafting solid players but hes getting Zilch from his coaching staff.


Jaylon was an abysmal pick.

 

[blueblood70]

you can pick aparts every teams roster and 3-5yr old drafts and find very similar results.. we live drowning in ours as it seems off, its not.. drafts are full of role players and occasionally you hit on a star..i believe FO has done better the last 5 yrs than the previous 15...

 

[PAPPYDOG]

you can pick aparts every teams roster and 3-5yr old drafts and find very similar results.. we live drowning in ours as it seems off, its not.. drafts are full of role players and occasionally you hit on a star..i believe FO has done better the last 5 yrs than the previous 15...

You might be right about drafts but when you add the fact we aren't signing Def studs from the Fa pool or trading for them in the end we are left with a defense that no one is simply scared of and that has many ? marks going into a new season.....Superbowl champs are built by great GM who make the moves across the board (Fa's,Draft,Trades), to build a champion......!

 

[big dog cowboy]

With the exception of Zeke and heck ill give us Awuzie and at this point as confirmed successes how would you rate Wills and Jerry's Draft selecting performance ?

I would give them a D+ at this point

I stopped reading at that point. Clearly the Cowboys are one of the better drafting teams in the league.

 

[AsthmaField]

Of all the immigrants that came over from the now defunct Dallas Cowboys board... this OP may be the least stellar of them all.

 

[blueblood70]

You might be right about drafts but when you add the fact we aren't signing Def studs from the Fa pool or trading for them in the end we are left with a defense that no one is simply scared of and that has many ? marks going into a new season.....Superbowl champs are built by great GM who make the moves across the board (Fa's,Draft,Trades), to build a champion......!

except you have to take into account that Dlaw and Irving have become very good players and they paid them, technically they are defensive studs we signed.. Yes Irvings becoming a bonehead but his play has been great..they tried FA like Carr and a few safetys that bombed etc and had to wait to until those cap hits left before they have more room to go get afew key pieces..those key pieces shouldnt be added until they are the missing piece to the SB run we are after..you add them now needing many more holes to fill and they would be a waste..

it would be nice for sure to go after some FA but not all of them pan out either and are high risk.. IM also thinking some chose other places for selfish reasons and fans act as if we had zero effort or interests in some but those players went elsewhere..we dont know everything that goes on behind the scenes..I would have liked to seethe honey badger here to help bring along our young safetys along and maybe Suh or another stud DT but it didnt happen..

 

[Northern_Cowboy]

Overall C+

Which a slightly above average team would support. Too many misses and risk to reach the next level.

Agreed

 

[cowboy_ron]

I stopped reading at that point. Clearly the Cowboys are one of the better drafting teams in the league.

I definately agree the drafting improved considerably after Will arrived which is why I found it amusing when Jerry is given credit for that when in fact before Will was brought in and we witnessed the "Jerry drafts" we were absolutely terrible.