Dallas94Ware Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 Put me in on the Hooker bandwagon. I watched a lot of him yesterday. Not highlights but full offensive series game by game. Takes me back quite a bit but I'm very much reminded of an old rival of our Cowboys, Syracuse's Donovan McNabb. The arm, the mobility, gutsy play, sometimes puts too much mustard into the simple stuff which can cause a misfire, needs to be reeled in and let those traits be harnessed by a good staff. Just like McNabb as a rookie. For all the hype about Young, Stroud, even Richardson...I think Hooker could become the best out of all of those guys with the right situation and staff. But I will defer to @DaBoys on this one a bit. Still amazed at him seeing what he saw out of Josh Allen coming out of Wyo. I saw tremendous risk/reward, he flat out said he saw superstar. Still quite impressed with that eye on his potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaBoys Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, Dallas94Ware said: Put me in on the Hooker bandwagon. I watched a lot of him yesterday. Not highlights but full offensive series game by game. Takes me back quite a bit but I'm very much reminded of an old rival of our Cowboys, Syracuse's Donovan McNabb. The arm, the mobility, gutsy play, sometimes puts too much mustard into the simple stuff which can cause a misfire, needs to be reeled in and let those traits be harnessed by a good staff. Just like McNabb as a rookie. For all the hype about Young, Stroud, even Richardson...I think Hooker could become the best out of all of those guys with the right situation and staff. But I will defer to @DaBoys on this one a bit. Still amazed at him seeing what he saw out of Josh Allen coming out of Wyo. I saw tremendous risk/reward, he flat out said he saw superstar. Still quite impressed with that eye on his potential. I like Hooker quite a bit actually but what I don’t like is that he’ll be 29 years old when his rookie contract is up… 😬🫤 Because of that reason I’m out on him in the first 3 rounds. In Rounds 1-3 I need someone who will be Hookers current age at the end of the rookie deal. Rounds 4-7 are a crap shoot anyway so I’m good with him there. I think a QB needy team will draft him in round 2 or 3 so I don’t expect him to be there when I’m comfortable taking a guy his age, and thus haven’t put a lot if stock into him. Edited April 6, 2023 by DaBoys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WizardHawk Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 Oh my Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WizardHawk Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 Looks like only 2 more top 30 visits left. https://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2023/3/31/23664643/cowboys-2023-pre-draft-visit-tracker-top-30-visitor-list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nextyearfordaboyz Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 55 minutes ago, WizardHawk said: Looks like only 2 more top 30 visits left. https://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2023/3/31/23664643/cowboys-2023-pre-draft-visit-tracker-top-30-visitor-list Not sure how accurate this is. There seems to be a lot of misreporting on top-30 vs other types of meetings. Rapoport reported that Josh Downs has been invited for zero top-30 visits, period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nextyearfordaboyz Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 Have we not talked about Darnell Wright enough? Doesn’t seem like a foregone conclusion that he’ll be off the board by #26. Watched some of him today, I really liked what I saw. Has had a terrific pre-draft process. Could start at guard as a rookie, could excel there his whole career, or be RT of the future. IMO, I’d definitely take him over Torrence and Avila. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WizardHawk Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 10 hours ago, Nextyearfordaboyz said: Not sure how accurate this is. There seems to be a lot of misreporting on top-30 vs other types of meetings. Rapoport reported that Josh Downs has been invited for zero top-30 visits, period. Yeah, this year seems like it’s been far sketchier than previous years regarding who has visited. I hadn’t seen that info on Downs. Seems pretty hard to believe someone with his numbers hasn’t been brought in for a closer look by anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nextyearfordaboyz Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 6 hours ago, WizardHawk said: Yeah, this year seems like it’s been far sketchier than previous years regarding who has visited. I hadn’t seen that info on Downs. Seems pretty hard to believe someone with his numbers hasn’t been brought in for a closer look by anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D82 Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 1 hour ago, Nextyearfordaboyz said: Surely there's something going on there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVScout Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 In related news: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D82 Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 38 minutes ago, TVScout said: In related news: They do have a pretty good success rate for the last decade or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaBoys Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 (edited) Rumors are that a handful of teams have crossed Jalen Carter completely off their draft board. Could be an epic fall here. Edited April 9, 2023 by DaBoys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PincheJimmy Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 3 hours ago, D82 said: They do have a pretty good success rate for the last decade or so. Who gets credit for that ? I know anything bad is Jerry’s fault no matter what , asking for a friend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaBoys Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 1 hour ago, PincheJimmy said: Who gets credit for that ? I know anything bad is Jerry’s fault no matter what , asking for a friend I know Jerry famously had the Jonny Manzel draft card yanked from his hand in 2014. Obviously most of the credit goes to Will McClay but you’d have to give Jerry some credit for hiring McClay in the first place as well as setting his pride aside to let his hires do their thing. Even if he did it reluctantly. The credit goes to Jerry, Stephen, and McClay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WizardHawk Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 2 hours ago, DaBoys said: Rumors are that a handful of teams have crossed Jalen Carter completely off their draft board. Could be an epic fall here. Carter falling to 26. Will it into existence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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