matt79511 Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 2 minutes ago, D82 said: LeSean McCoy's a HOFer? Probably not but he’s borderline. Tied with Gronk for most TDs this decade. 5x Pro Bowl, 2x All Pro. Needs another couple strong years though which I’m not sure he has left in him. Point is, despite not having our first rounder in a historically bad class, we still came somewhat close to taking the best player in the draft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingmonkey30 Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 I dunno, it's easy to say they should've drafted Shady in hindsight, but they had a 25 year old Marion Barber and just spent a first round pick on Felix Jones the previous year. Obviously that pairing didn't work out, but at the time it wouldn't have made a ton of sense to draft another RB early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt79511 Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 1 minute ago, flyingmonkey30 said: I dunno, it's easy to say they should've drafted Shady in hindsight, but they had a 25 year old Marion Barber and just spent a first round pick on Felix Jones the previous year. Obviously that pairing didn't work out, but at the time it wouldn't have made a ton of sense to draft another RB early. I get why they didn't do it. But it was said at the time that he was the highest player on our board when we went OTC in Round 2, that we had a first round grade on him. So it's not a completely false hypothetical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WizardHawk Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Even with a historically bad class, Dallas managed make it even worse. I mean, I suppose John Phillips could be labeled as serviceable, as he's entering his 10th yr, but the other 11 are basically camp bodies. EDIT - I guess Victor Butler had a serviceable career too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nextyearfordaboyz Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 2 hours ago, flyingmonkey30 said: I dunno, it's easy to say they should've drafted Shady in hindsight, but they had a 25 year old Marion Barber and just spent a first round pick on Felix Jones the previous year. Obviously that pairing didn't work out, but at the time it wouldn't have made a ton of sense to draft another RB early. We telegraphed our love for Max Unger pretty strongly, and the Seahawks ended up trading in front of us because they thought we wanted him (which we did). So not telegraphing that might have made our draft looks significantly better. Haven't learned our lesson on that, but it doesn't appear to have bitten us recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plan9misfit Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 44 minutes ago, Nextyearfordaboyz said: We telegraphed our love for Max Unger pretty strongly, and the Seahawks ended up trading in front of us because they thought we wanted him (which we did). So not telegraphing that might have made our draft looks significantly better. Haven't learned our lesson on that, but it doesn't appear to have bitten us recently. Well, Philly punched us in the mouth with Dallas Goedert... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingmonkey30 Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 17 minutes ago, plan9misfit said: Well, Philly punched us in the mouth with Dallas Goedert... It sounds like we were taking Williams one way or the other Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nextyearfordaboyz Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 28 minutes ago, plan9misfit said: Well, Philly punched us in the mouth with Dallas Goedert... They definitely did not, no matter how many times Joe Buck wants to claim it during the broadcast. EDIT: But even if so, this was not because they telegraphed it. The Eagles assumed it because Witten retired that morning. We'd not shown that TE was a serious target for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvert28 Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 8 hours ago, flyingmonkey30 said: I dunno, it's easy to say they should've drafted Shady in hindsight, but they had a 25 year old Marion Barber and just spent a first round pick on Felix Jones the previous year. Obviously that pairing didn't work out, but at the time it wouldn't have made a ton of sense to draft another RB early. Yep and still upset we passed on Chris Johnson, Rashad Mendenhall and Jamaal Charles. All of them I had ranked over Jones. Damn Jerry and his Arkansas homerism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingmonkey30 Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 1 hour ago, Calvert28 said: Yep and still upset we passed on Chris Johnson, Rashad Mendenhall and Jamaal Charles. All of them I had ranked over Jones. Damn Jerry and his Arkansas homerism. Yeah but that's a different argument entirely. I really wanted Mendenhall personally. But I was also a stupid 14 year old so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D82 Posted February 27, 2019 Author Share Posted February 27, 2019 14 minutes ago, flyingmonkey30 said: Yeah but that's a different argument entirely. I really wanted Mendenhall personally. But I was also a stupid 14 year old so... I wanted Charles or Mendenhall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadaluvsdallas Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 6 hours ago, flyingmonkey30 said: Yeah but that's a different argument entirely. I really wanted Mendenhall personally. But I was also a stupid 14 year old so... Well Mendenhall has a superbowl ring so you weren't THAT stupid of a 14 year old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvert28 Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 Mendenhall was mu top No.1 RB pick where we were at in the draft. He was so prototypical and versatile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadaluvsdallas Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 I never believed in making small school players majority of our roster. 2009 draft class was plagued just because of that very reason. Glad McClay has an affinity for big time programs. Players like Zeke & Dak show up in crunch time because they have that big stage experience. What makes Romo great is the fact that he surpassed the odds from the small school to make it big in the league, but nevertheless the unlikely odds were still very present. It's actually terrifying to look back our FO moves & direction before McClay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVScout Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 14 hours ago, Calvert28 said: Yep and still upset we passed on Chris Johnson, Rashad Mendenhall and Jamaal Charles. All of them I had ranked over Jones. Damn Jerry and his Arkansas homerism. I wanted CJ2K and Charles both. Wade wanted CJ2K but Jerry picked Jones because Red Ball wanted a guy who could catch passes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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