Jerry shouldn't gamble with Dallas Cowboys' draft picks

by Jean-Jacques Taylor

Now that Jerry Jones has been to the NFL scouting combine, he should feel even better about following my advice to sit tight with his two first-round picks.

If Jerry will just take the best skill position players available with the 22nd and 28th picks in the first round, then he will get the young players he needs at wide receiver and running back to make sure the Cowboys have offensive firepower for years.

He does not have to reach. Nor does he have to gamble.

All he has to do is wait.

Understand, Jerry can't stand waiting. He loves the chase. He loves wheeling and dealing. He is a gambler by nature.

But now is not the time.

By all accounts, this is the best running back draft in years. Darren McFadden is clearly the best, but not by much. Rashard Mendenhall is gathering steam, and by the time April rolls around, the consensus on the best running back may have changed.

The Cowboys will also be able to find a receiver in the first round, whether it's someone like Malcolm Kelly or Limas Sweed.

You draft skill in the first round. There's enough of it to go around this year that Jerry doesn't have to be creative to find it.