Cowboys not afraid to dance on draft day
By MAC ENGEL
STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER
Posted on Tue, Feb. 28, 2006
INDIANAPOLIS -- It's a rite of every spring in the NFL, and Cowboys owner/general manager Jerry Jones admits it's valid to think the team might move from where it sits in the first round of the 2006 NFL draft, 18th overall.
In other words, trade down.
"We haven't stayed here when we've been in this spot or lower in the draft; lower being 18, 19, 20," Jones said Monday at the NFL Scouting Combine. "If you look at it, we haven't stayed there much. ... I have no way of knowing what's going to happen there in those two or three hours [in the first round of the draft], but I'm going to go on precedent. We've usually seen something that moved us."
Two years ago, the Cowboys dealt their first selection (22nd overall) to Buffalo for second and fifth round picks in 2004 and the Bills' first-round pick in 2005. The moved resulted in the Cowboys drafting running back Julius Jones and tight end Sean Ryan in 2004 and defensive end Marcus Spears in 2005.
There is a growing thought the 18th overall pick might offer a player not much better than, say, the 25th pick. And, for example, a pair of third-round picks might net an immediate contributor.
STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER
Posted on Tue, Feb. 28, 2006
INDIANAPOLIS -- It's a rite of every spring in the NFL, and Cowboys owner/general manager Jerry Jones admits it's valid to think the team might move from where it sits in the first round of the 2006 NFL draft, 18th overall.
In other words, trade down.
"We haven't stayed here when we've been in this spot or lower in the draft; lower being 18, 19, 20," Jones said Monday at the NFL Scouting Combine. "If you look at it, we haven't stayed there much. ... I have no way of knowing what's going to happen there in those two or three hours [in the first round of the draft], but I'm going to go on precedent. We've usually seen something that moved us."
Two years ago, the Cowboys dealt their first selection (22nd overall) to Buffalo for second and fifth round picks in 2004 and the Bills' first-round pick in 2005. The moved resulted in the Cowboys drafting running back Julius Jones and tight end Sean Ryan in 2004 and defensive end Marcus Spears in 2005.
There is a growing thought the 18th overall pick might offer a player not much better than, say, the 25th pick. And, for example, a pair of third-round picks might net an immediate contributor.
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