DMN Blog: This is a big draft for the Cowboys
by Albert Breer
Or at least that's what my buddy Don Banks is saying at SI.com.
He ranked the five teams in need of a big draft. They were, in order, the Broncos, Eagles, Falcons, Cowboys and Dolphins. Here's what he had to said about Dallas ...
4) Dallas -- Sorry, but when you're the only team in the league that owns two first-round picks (No. 22 and 28), the pressure's on you more so than most. Facts are facts. And when you add in the Cowboys' belief their time to win is now, with an NFC-best 13-3 record that wound up ringing hollow in 2007, it ratchets up the stakes another notch or two.
The Cowboys own eight overall picks and while they don't have a litany of needs, they best address two of their three big needs with their pair of first-rounders. Dallas could use another running back to compliment Marion Barber, a receiver to draw some coverage away from Owens and Jason Witten and a cornerback who can make some plays when teams stay away from Terence Newman's side of the field (trading for Pacman Jones would render this draft need moot).
Owner Jerry Jones has ponied up and paid his quarterback, Tony Romo, and has seemingly won the gamble he took on T.O. Now he hungers to put his franchise's 11-year streak of playoff-winless seasons to bed. Dallas has a glitzy new stadium on the way and most of the pieces in place to make a Super Bowl run. The last few components can be the toughest to collect, and that's what makes this month's results so pivotal.
Or at least that's what my buddy Don Banks is saying at SI.com.
He ranked the five teams in need of a big draft. They were, in order, the Broncos, Eagles, Falcons, Cowboys and Dolphins. Here's what he had to said about Dallas ...
4) Dallas -- Sorry, but when you're the only team in the league that owns two first-round picks (No. 22 and 28), the pressure's on you more so than most. Facts are facts. And when you add in the Cowboys' belief their time to win is now, with an NFC-best 13-3 record that wound up ringing hollow in 2007, it ratchets up the stakes another notch or two.
The Cowboys own eight overall picks and while they don't have a litany of needs, they best address two of their three big needs with their pair of first-rounders. Dallas could use another running back to compliment Marion Barber, a receiver to draw some coverage away from Owens and Jason Witten and a cornerback who can make some plays when teams stay away from Terence Newman's side of the field (trading for Pacman Jones would render this draft need moot).
Owner Jerry Jones has ponied up and paid his quarterback, Tony Romo, and has seemingly won the gamble he took on T.O. Now he hungers to put his franchise's 11-year streak of playoff-winless seasons to bed. Dallas has a glitzy new stadium on the way and most of the pieces in place to make a Super Bowl run. The last few components can be the toughest to collect, and that's what makes this month's results so pivotal.
posted by The Gryphon at 8:21 AM
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