CFZ Your All Time Overrated Draft Pet Cats

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Bobhaze said:
Draft day is here. This time of year is when “Pet Cat Disease” (or PCD) hits the strongest. You know the symptoms- Cowboys fans breaking into a cold sweat after watching a draft prospect’s overrated college highlight film, then falling in draft love with a mediocre pro prospect this team “has to have”. We were thrilled when they were drafted. We’ve all probably had at least 1 or 2 pet cats that turned out to be not that great.

Which leads me to ask: Who are the all time overrated Cowboys fans Pet Cats of the past? Here’s my short list:
  • Rico Gathers- a former basketball player drafted in the 6th round in 2016, projected as a TE. Gathers quickly became an OTA and preseason legend- especially against UFAs in preseason games. You know like a 175 lb safety from a directional mid-major school that would never make an NFL roster. I’ve never seen a more overrated player than Rico Gathers, who stayed stashed on this roster for too long.
  • Matt Johnson- a Safety selected by the Cowboys in the 4th round of the 2012 draft out of Eastern Washington. Considered a freak athlete, Johnson was kept on the IR for two full seasons although he never played a down of regular season NFL football. I remember many fans believing he was a future stud who just needed to stop pulling hammies.
  • Beau Morgan- a former QB from Air Force who was being converted to RB in the Jimmy Johnson/Barry Switzer era. Morgan was an UFA who was essentially just a camp body who happened to lead the team in rushing in preseason. Which somehow convinced loads of fans that he was the real deal. Two straight preseasons Morgan led the team in rushing. And two straight Septembers, the Cowboys cut him, much to the pain of many Cowboys pet cat owners.
  • Alexander Wright- a former second round pick of the Cowboys in Jimmy’s second draft in 1990. Wright was drafted because of his 4.4 speed and nothing else. He was fast, but as the old sayings go, “He couldn’t catch a cold”, or “Couldn’t play dead in a western movie”. Fast doesn’t make you a football player. Wright’s best year as a Cowboy was his first, when he caught 11 passes. Was traded to the raiders in ‘92.
There are many more infamous overrated pet cats. Who’s on your list? Maybe you have some in this year’s draft?
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I actually thought Matt Johnson would have been a good player if had been able to get on the field. He must have been made of Ramen noodles because it was one injury after another with him.
 
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For me has to be jaylon Smith....loved the value and pick at the time, trusted the Dr's, but at the end it was too bad an injury to overcome
 
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Bobhaze said:
Draft day is here. This time of year is when “Pet Cat Disease” (or PCD) hits the strongest. You know the symptoms- Cowboys fans breaking into a cold sweat after watching a draft prospect’s overrated college highlight film, then falling in draft love with a mediocre pro prospect this team “has to have”. We were thrilled when they were drafted. We’ve all probably had at least 1 or 2 pet cats that turned out to be not that great.

Which leads me to ask: Who are the all time overrated Cowboys fans Pet Cats of the past? Here’s my short list:
  • Rico Gathers- a former basketball player drafted in the 6th round in 2016, projected as a TE. Gathers quickly became an OTA and preseason legend- especially against UFAs in preseason games. You know like a 175 lb safety from a directional mid-major school that would never make an NFL roster. I’ve never seen a more overrated player than Rico Gathers, who stayed stashed on this roster for too long.
  • Matt Johnson- a Safety selected by the Cowboys in the 4th round of the 2012 draft out of Eastern Washington. Considered a freak athlete, Johnson was kept on the IR for two full seasons although he never played a down of regular season NFL football. I remember many fans believing he was a future stud who just needed to stop pulling hammies.
  • Beau Morgan- a former QB from Air Force who was being converted to RB in the Jimmy Johnson/Barry Switzer era. Morgan was an UFA who was essentially just a camp body who happened to lead the team in rushing in preseason. Which somehow convinced loads of fans that he was the real deal. Two straight preseasons Morgan led the team in rushing. And two straight Septembers, the Cowboys cut him, much to the pain of many Cowboys pet cat owners.
  • Alexander Wright- a former second round pick of the Cowboys in Jimmy’s second draft in 1990. Wright was drafted because of his 4.4 speed and nothing else. He was fast, but as the old sayings go, “He couldn’t catch a cold”, or “Couldn’t play dead in a western movie”. Fast doesn’t make you a football player. Wright’s best year as a Cowboy was his first, when he caught 11 passes. Was traded to the raiders in ‘92.
There are many more infamous overrated pet cats. Who’s on your list? Maybe you have some in this year’s draft?
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A lot of Cowboys fans were all over Johnny Football, although most won't admit it now. I remember the fights, albeit on a different forum. :muttley:
 
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Bobhaze said:
Draft day is here. This time of year is when “Pet Cat Disease” (or PCD) hits the strongest. You know the symptoms- Cowboys fans breaking into a cold sweat after watching a draft prospect’s overrated college highlight film, then falling in draft love with a mediocre pro prospect this team “has to have”. We were thrilled when they were drafted. We’ve all probably had at least 1 or 2 pet cats that turned out to be not that great.

Which leads me to ask: Who are the all time overrated Cowboys fans Pet Cats of the past? Here’s my short list:
  • Rico Gathers- a former basketball player drafted in the 6th round in 2016, projected as a TE. Gathers quickly became an OTA and preseason legend- especially against UFAs in preseason games. You know like a 175 lb safety from a directional mid-major school that would never make an NFL roster. I’ve never seen a more overrated player than Rico Gathers, who stayed stashed on this roster for too long.
  • Matt Johnson- a Safety selected by the Cowboys in the 4th round of the 2012 draft out of Eastern Washington. Considered a freak athlete, Johnson was kept on the IR for two full seasons although he never played a down of regular season NFL football. I remember many fans believing he was a future stud who just needed to stop pulling hammies.
  • Beau Morgan- a former QB from Air Force who was being converted to RB in the Jimmy Johnson/Barry Switzer era. Morgan was an UFA who was essentially just a camp body who happened to lead the team in rushing in preseason. Which somehow convinced loads of fans that he was the real deal. Two straight preseasons Morgan led the team in rushing. And two straight Septembers, the Cowboys cut him, much to the pain of many Cowboys pet cat owners.
  • Alexander Wright- a former second round pick of the Cowboys in Jimmy’s second draft in 1990. Wright was drafted because of his 4.4 speed and nothing else. He was fast, but as the old sayings go, “He couldn’t catch a cold”, or “Couldn’t play dead in a western movie”. Fast doesn’t make you a football player. Wright’s best year as a Cowboy was his first, when he caught 11 passes. Was traded to the raiders in ‘92.
There are many more infamous overrated pet cats. Who’s on your list? Maybe you have some in this year’s draft?
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Some guy we drafted out of Navy back in the 60's Roger Starbuck or something like that...
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It happens to every team.
Going back a few years 2 that seem to stick out fo rme is Tony Mandarich and Ryan Leif.

Mandarich was a beast of a man and coming out of college it was said he might be the greatest Olineman in histroy. He ends up being the poster child for steroid use.
Ryan Leif was called by MANY scouts better than Peyton manning. He ends up being most famous for his locker room exploits against a reporter after a game.

2 HUGE busts.
 
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Reid1boys said:
It happens to every team.
Going back a few years 2 that seem to stick out fo rme is Tony Mandarich and Ryan Leif.

Mandarich was a beast of a man and coming out of college it was said he might be the greatest Olineman in histroy. He ends up being the poster child for steroid use.
Ryan Leif was called by MANY scouts better than Peyton manning. He ends up being most famous for his locker room exploits against a reporter after a game.

2 HUGE busts.
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Those are the 2 I remember because they were drafted so high.
Glad they were not drafted by us !!!!
 
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Bobhaze said:
Second only to the legendary Rico in recent Pet Cat glory.
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Rico was a dart being tossed. He was a 6th rd pick. Not many 6th rounders end up doing much so it was wroth a shot.

I was shocked he actually never got some playing time. He seemed to be a huge mismatch against much smaller defenders trying to cover him... but, it never worked out and we lost .... nothing.
 
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Isaiah Stanback - QB Univ Washington
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I remember being real impressed with Stanbeck initially. I really thought he was such a great athlete that he would translate from QB to WR. Doesn’t work very often it turns out.
 
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Patrick Watkins, FS, Florida State. Man I did literal cartwheels in the living room when we drafted him. Had the 6'5 frame, tons of range, and was the free safety this team needed.

Skyler Green, WR, LSU. Another one, I thought was going to change the return game up in Big D.
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Great picks, both were my pet cats for the same reasons.
 
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Aside from one of the best in team history (2005), the Parcells drafts were all pretty bad.

I trusted him on player evaluation....and when he took Jacob Rodgers in the 2nd and Stephen Peterman in the 3rd I figured the right side of the OL was gold for a decade.

Nope.
 
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Bobhaze said:
When I visit the draft forum threads I’m often struck by how many fans are wowed by a college player’s film highlights against inferior college competition. It can be very misleading.

Examples without using names- like watching a player’s highlights from OU or Ala playing against a directional school without a single player on their roster who could even make a power 5 roster. Those players look like NFL All Pros against players who would never even make a camp body in the NFL.
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Yes sir, misevaluation leads to misanalysis and is what is always a fear of the good old boys have a few mid day cocktails and start talking all kinds of pre eve draft strategies.... :D
Im just messing around of course, that would never happen, no way a man like McClay would tolerate that environment.
 
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If I have to tasted foot, than it would be Anthony Spencer for sure.
Ive missed on a few, but that was an obvious monumental failure.
 
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