2016 Draft - Never too early

Otis Driftwood · Post #121 » by **Otis Driftwood** » Mon Feb 8, 2016 12:50 pm

Defense wins championships, Lads.

That is all.

Mr B · Post #122 » by **Mr B** » Mon Feb 8, 2016 7:40 pm

bluejerseyjinx wrote:I see that the Egals will not put franchise tag on Bradford and are actively pursuing To get Foles back.

They just cut Riley Cooper too

bluejerseyjinx · Post #123 » by **bluejerseyjinx** » Thu Feb 11, 2016 10:31 pm

Its sure nice to finally see most of the mocks and insiders having and telling us to go defense. Myles Jack please !!!!

bluejerseyjinx · Post #124 » by **bluejerseyjinx** » Fri Feb 12, 2016 12:17 am

The first time the Cowboys picked #4 was in 1964. They traded their pick to the Pittsburgh Steelers for their wide receiver and additional pick. Cowboys then traded that WR away for additional picks. In the end, Cowboys ended up drafting Mel Renfro, Bob Hayes and Roger Staubach with their first 3 picks. Landry was a genious.

Otis Driftwood · Post #125 » by **Otis Driftwood** » Fri Feb 12, 2016 12:05 pm

A little food for though on defensive linemen in this draft. Ends and tackles... 3 and 1 techniques... Good quick synopsis.

http://sportsday.dallasnews.com/dallas-cowboys/cowboys/2016/02/11/10-defensive-linemen-dallas-cowboys-target-2016-nfl-draft?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Mr B · Post #126 » by **Mr B** » Fri Feb 12, 2016 2:12 pm

bluejerseyjinx wrote:Its sure nice to finally see most of the mocks and insiders having and telling us to go defense. Myles Jack please !!!!

Keep in mind, mock drafts are usually way off. Especially at this point in the off season. If they do decide to go defense though I would prefer that they trade back. Also I do not want them to take a CB in the 1st round. They need a consistent pass rush more than they need anything else. Even though they do not put much value on 1-tech DT's in the 1st round I think that's where they need to go. Draft a guy that can occupy blockers in the middle freeing up Crawford.

bluejerseyjinx · Post #127 » by **bluejerseyjinx** » Sat Feb 13, 2016 5:55 pm

And until they address the DT-1 tech position, nothing will change in Cowboy land concerning their defense. Anyone who has known me the past 3 or 4 years will tell you I have been begging for exactly this. I'm willing to go out on the limp and predict going into next season, that unless the defense is the MAIN FOCUS of the upcoming draft, the Cowboys will not make the playoffs next season.

Mr B · Post #128 » by **Mr B** » Sat Feb 13, 2016 6:29 pm

bluejerseyjinx wrote:And until they address the DT-1 tech position, nothing will change in Cowboy land concerning their defense. Anyone who has known me the past 3 or 4 years will tell you I have been begging for exactly this. I'm willing to go out on the limp and predict going into next season, that unless the defense is the MAIN FOCUS of the upcoming draft, the Cowboys will not make the playoffs next season.

I still think Austin Johnson is the guy to keep an eye on in the 2nd.

Mr B · Post #129 » by **Mr B** » Sat Feb 13, 2016 6:34 pm

Draft Austin Johnson, sign Mario Williams, and sign Olivier Vernon from Miami. If they do that their DL is set and should have the pass rush it needs. Draft a QB with the 4th pick, sign Lamar Miller and spend the rest of their picks on the defensive side. By doing that they should be very competitive this season.

bluejerseyjinx · Post #130 » by **bluejerseyjinx** » Sat Feb 13, 2016 8:00 pm

I really like you MR. B. but Mario Williams. He's a total piece of crap who hasn't shown me ****. Seriously, your acting like Jerry now. DRAFT, DRAFT,DRAFT. No more other teams free agent rejects please.

bluejerseyjinx · Post #131 » by **bluejerseyjinx** » Sat Feb 13, 2016 9:42 pm

Mr B wrote:
bluejerseyjinx wrote:And until they address the DT-1 tech position, nothing will change in Cowboy land concerning their defense. Anyone who has known me the past 3 or 4 years will tell you I have been begging for exactly this. I'm willing to go out on the limp and predict going into next season, that unless the defense is the MAIN FOCUS of the upcoming draft, the Cowboys will not make the playoffs next season.

I still think Austin Johnson is the guy to keep an eye on in the 2nd.

I want defense addressed in first round as well.

Mr B · Post #132 » by **Mr B** » Sat Feb 13, 2016 10:06 pm

bluejerseyjinx wrote:
Mr B wrote:
bluejerseyjinx wrote:And until they address the DT-1 tech position, nothing will change in Cowboy land concerning their defense. Anyone who has known me the past 3 or 4 years will tell you I have been begging for exactly this. I'm willing to go out on the limp and predict going into next season, that unless the defense is the MAIN FOCUS of the upcoming draft, the Cowboys will not make the playoffs next season.

I still think Austin Johnson is the guy to keep an eye on in the 2nd.

I want defense addressed in first round as well.

I know you do. Not everyone feels that way though.

As for Mario Williams, you're not the only one that thinks he's a total piece or ****. Pretty much everyone in Houston feels the same way. I'm thinking about a guy though that is a true 4-3 DE and before the Bills switched to a 3-4 was putting up double digit sacks. He's also be cheap.

He's not exactly a leader though. He has a reputation of being a selfish player. As long as he's not out beating women or doing drugs though I can live with him being a selfish player.

bluejerseyjinx · Post #133 » by **bluejerseyjinx** » Sun Feb 14, 2016 1:38 am

Mr. B. Before I continue with my point I need to ask you a question first. Do you think Tony Romo is one of the elite QB's in today's NFL?

Mr B · Post #134 » by **Mr B** » Sun Feb 14, 2016 2:06 am

bluejerseyjinx wrote:Mr. B. Before I continue with my point I need to ask you a question first. Do you think Tony Romo is one of the elite QB's in today's NFL?

Do I think Tony Romo is elite right now? No I don't. Romo to me is the best of the non-elite QB's. I also do not think he has 5 years left in him like Jerry does. I've said here before that realistically (health and contract) Romo has 2 years left. Are you confident he will play at a Super Bowl level and stay healthy for all 16 games over the next 2 years?

bluejerseyjinx · Post #135 » by **bluejerseyjinx** » Sun Feb 14, 2016 2:18 am

I don't believe Romo will play 5 years either. I think I finally understand your position on the draft. I didn't know you felt that way about Romo. Now I know why you want a QB. The point I was going to make was in a totally different direction.

bluejerseyjinx · Post #136 » by **bluejerseyjinx** » Sun Feb 14, 2016 2:40 am

So then I should also assume you don't see the Cowboys in the Super Bowl in the next 2 years?

Mr B · Post #137 » by **Mr B** » Sun Feb 14, 2016 6:17 pm

bluejerseyjinx wrote:So then I should also assume you don't see the Cowboys in the Super Bowl in the next 2 years?

No I really don't. Not saying that they couldn't, because in the world of parity anything could happen. I just think it will be damn near impossible with Romo's health.

bluejerseyjinx · Post #138 » by **bluejerseyjinx** » Sun Feb 14, 2016 6:51 pm

Sounds like where my head was at 2 years ago. Got piled on by some of the poster's at the Hoop. Thought Ware was hugely over rated and I wanted back then, to blow the whole team up, take our lumps and start rebuilding. I also hated many of the other bums and contracts as well. Spencer, Ratliff, etc. Your at that point now.

Mr B · Post #139 » by **Mr B** » Sun Feb 14, 2016 10:53 pm

bluejerseyjinx wrote:Sounds like where my head was at 2 years ago. Got piled on by some of the poster's at the Hoop. Thought Ware was hugely over rated and I wanted back then, to blow the whole team up, take our lumps and start rebuilding. I also hated many of the other bums and contracts as well. Spencer, Ratliff, etc. Your at that point now.

I don't want to blow the team up though. They have a young dominant OL. I just want them to start looking at the team and preparing for life beyond Romo. I don't care if they don't draft any offensive player (other then QB) as long as they get the guy for the future. The worst thing they could do is wait 2 years until Romo is actually retired before addressing the future QB position.

By doing that, they would be doing exactly what they did when Aikman retired. Loading up for one final run with their old brittle QB only to fail miserably and then spend the next 10 years hoping to luck into another QB.

What is that saying about doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome?

bluejerseyjinx · Post #140 » by **bluejerseyjinx** » Sun Feb 14, 2016 11:50 pm

I agree. Keep our nice O-Line and build around it. So lets unload Romo, Witten and Dez right now. Think of all the draft choices we could get for dez right now. Take our lumps this year, Stay at #4 and get your QB, then draft like hell with all our added picks with what we have now with the holes we need to fill.