THE ONLY 'OOPS'
-Jones was most in his element on draft day, when Quinn slid to Dallas at No. 22.
Jones loves high-profile players, especially at quarterback, and a Notre Dame stud would've been great marketing. But the Cowboys were sold on Romo, so Jones began wheelin' and dealin'.
He knew Cleveland was interested in Quinn at the top of the draft, so he figured the Browns were still interested. He got them to surrender their top pick in '08, which he was counting on being in the top 10, if not closer to the head of the class.
It sure seemed that way when Cleveland lost its opener, traded its starting quarterback and went with an unheralded replacement instead of Quinn. Well, Derek Anderson turned out to be darn good, and so did the Browns.
Cleveland didn't make the playoffs, but won more games than two teams that did. Unless one of those teams, Tampa Bay or Washington, makes the Super Bowl, the Cowboys will wind up with the 22nd pick. Again.
"How do you start off with a rookie quarterback and end up with maybe the (22nd) pick in the draft?" Jones said last week, laughing at his own misfortune. "I had plans for that pick. ... But we've got two picks, and one of the neat things is that that gives you a lot of ammunition. You can do a lot of things with two picks."
Gonna bet against him?
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