Draft Digest Grades the Cowboys
Originally Posted by Cowboyznut
On a scale of 1-10: 8.
Overview: If you are a numbers geek, the Cowboys made all the wrong moves. If you are a football fan, they made all the right ones. They grabbed a real linebacker to play their 3-4, a tight end who can block, a raw, mean defensive end from Grambling, a gritty punt returner and a free safety who's dying to show scouts that tall can work in the open field.
Good Move: Let's start with Bobby Carpenter over Manny Lawson. Carpenter already is a linebacker, so there was no need to pretend to be smarter than the rest by drafting a no-butt, tight-hipped track star who was the delight of the numbers-crunching crowd. Carpenter is a real football player who's destined to play in January, maybe even February if the Cowboys ever get a quarterback.
Questionable Move: No complaints here. The only possible question is the addition of Terrell Owens during free agency, but that's for another story, the story about Bill Parcells and the guy for whom he works. Some lessons are tough to learn, even for rich guys.
Bottom Line: Even down to the bottom with Montavious Stanley and E.J. Whitley, the Cowboys picked up football players. Expect as many as seven of those draft picks to be in the lineup when the team reaches the NFC Championship Game in three years. If they have a quarterback or stud running back by then, they go to the big one.
On a scale of 1-10: 8.
Overview: If you are a numbers geek, the Cowboys made all the wrong moves. If you are a football fan, they made all the right ones. They grabbed a real linebacker to play their 3-4, a tight end who can block, a raw, mean defensive end from Grambling, a gritty punt returner and a free safety who's dying to show scouts that tall can work in the open field.
Good Move: Let's start with Bobby Carpenter over Manny Lawson. Carpenter already is a linebacker, so there was no need to pretend to be smarter than the rest by drafting a no-butt, tight-hipped track star who was the delight of the numbers-crunching crowd. Carpenter is a real football player who's destined to play in January, maybe even February if the Cowboys ever get a quarterback.
Questionable Move: No complaints here. The only possible question is the addition of Terrell Owens during free agency, but that's for another story, the story about Bill Parcells and the guy for whom he works. Some lessons are tough to learn, even for rich guys.
Bottom Line: Even down to the bottom with Montavious Stanley and E.J. Whitley, the Cowboys picked up football players. Expect as many as seven of those draft picks to be in the lineup when the team reaches the NFC Championship Game in three years. If they have a quarterback or stud running back by then, they go to the big one.
posted by The Gryphon at 11:57 AM
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