Pre-Draft Open Thread
Posted: April 26, 2008 @ 12:15 pm
Today is football Christmas !
Were you naughty or nice?
Update, 12: 23 : ESPN is claiming that the next three picks will be
- 2. Rams — Chris Long;
- 3. Falcons — Matt Ryan;
- 4. Raiders — Darren McFadden
Do they know something or will they have egg on their faces in 90 minutes or so? I’ve heard all week that Glenn Dorsey is the guy the Rams and Falcons both covet and now he’s going to be on the board at five?
The Chiefs will be very happy in that scenario.
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if the Cowboys drafted Martellus Bennette you would never miss Fasano. Bennette can block like Jason Witten can, he can match up against interior D-line players, and he’s a fluid, good all around athlete. He played PF for good A&M basketball teams.
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I’m digging that Clemson DE at #22. Any more Spears trade rumors? I don’t think the Cowboys would trade spears unless they were immediately going to draft his replacement as the follow through to the move.
first! naughty but i hardly see how that matters . Btw we got the 167th pick as well as the 100th according to Mosely. Go Get em Cowboys!
first! naughty but i hardly see how that matters . Btw we got the 167th pick as well as the 100th according to Mosely. Go Get em Cowboys!
sorry bout that
So a 4th and a 6th for Fasano and Ayodele. I can live with that.
Falcons = dumb; I can see the Rams going for Carricker inside + Long outside, as opposed to Dorsey inside, Carricker outside.
dallascowboys.com has by the 167th pick from miami for fergie…
Those picks are the first pick of their respective rounds
It certainly makes it a bit more palatable although overall it was probably a smart move for us. Now lets all hope for some bills like drafts from the people ahead of us.
Mosely made it sound like they were for last nights trade i hope he’s right but maybe i misunderstood.
Rafael,
4th and a 6th?
I have only read that it was a 4th…
Did we get our pick back? (the one we swapped with Miami?)
I just reread Mosely’s Hasmarks blog entry at espn for thr forth time and he certainly makes it sound like we picked up the 167 as well from this trade.
So… that was our original 6th then…right?
Raf,
No.
Cowboys moved from 195 to 167 for Fergie and pick 100 for Fasano and Akin.
Any chance of getting a war room feed somewhere on the internet? It would be very interesting seeing Jerry and crew and their scheming.
dc.com is gonna have a war room cam..with the norm hitzges feed..
Keystonetom,
Just go to http://dallascowboys.com/
they stream the war room.
Raf,
do you think Ryan is worth that high?
i dont think he is worth it but the falcons think so
From the previus thread… I’m calling Sweed with our 1s (if DRC is gone)…
1.) Too much to like about this guy
2.) Some view him as the most ready WR in the draft
3.) Too many decent RBs in the 2nd/3rd rounds to “settle” on Felix.
4.) Local guy
You heard it here 1st, folks!…
I know I’m probably wrong but DAMN if I’m right, I’ll be quite pleased.
One draft board has QB Ryan listed as the 6th overall best player.
Ok, the heck with all this stuff. Trade for d-mac and get this thing over with.
The DC.com war room feed will be of little use, since war room chat will be difficult to hear over Norm chatter.
cscheik15,
i can’t believe the falcs are gonna make that mistake.
just dropped my son and a friend off at the draft.
i have never seen so many people with football jerseys in NYC.
you take alot of pride in your pick and your determined of the boys takin limas sweed
i know i totaly agree with you oneforthumb it would be a wast of pick they should take glen dorsey and the ravens trade offer is hard to turn down
ravens get the #3 pick
falcons get the #8 and terrel sugs thats hard to turn down
i didn’t even notice we started another thread haha i’d love to see sweed with a star on his helmet, he’ll be a future no.1…
cscheik15,
Just tryin’ to make the best call here… Obviously JJ will make the better pick (if there is one there) but I’m just trying to make the call in advance for bragging rights… Anyone else out there have the STONES?
I wanna make this thing interesting!!!
- Bring it!!!!
I’m an A&M homer and I’m pulling for Bennette, and I think Bennette would contribute more quickly than any rookie WR.
The Cowboys though are generally immune to drafting homers; except when they drafted Dat Ngyuen (A&M) and Wayne McGarity (Texas) in 1999.
The Cowboys have the advantage of players wanting to return home to play for Dallas.
Is Martellus Bennett that kid from the Jason Witten United Way commercial? Anyone who can pancake Witten is tops on my list.
We trade out of the 1st completely.
How’s that for stones?
Fighter 15,
Good for you…
We’ll see…
So that’s 2 of us then with the STONES!
Ok Im log on to the boys, check. Im also log onto live feed from the cowboy war room, check. I got the espn on tv, check. I got my bluetooth on in case someone calls, check. Ok Im ready for the draft.
fighter15:
honestly, if we can’t get a vet wr with one of those first 2 picks… ican see it happening… since i’ve been following the draft, i can honestly say this is one of the deepest drafts where players we like will fall to the second round for positions we need…
i agree with you fighter15 but for what?
what if we landed all in the second…
hardy
royal
flowers/cason
king
all the pics we could get for our first round pics, if we have partners…
i’d love to see us then pick up dt bryant or okam and safety zibby later… i would be thrilled
i forgot rb…dang
I HOPE we land multiple 2nd rounders for our 1st rounders but I’m not budging from my pick at 22… Like I said, I’m probably wrong but for shits and giggles, let’s hope MORE THAN 2 of us make a call on this….
STONES, boys. STONES…
Here is an intresting article
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/draft08/columns/story?columnist=sando_mike&id=3356729
yea we could prob get rice or slaton to fit in perfect with mb3 in a later round
WooHoo, blogging from Iraq.
This is actually tougher than you would think. JJ is not an easy man to nail down.
1)Felix
1a)Tyrell Johnson
2) Marcellus Bennett
3)King
4) C/G
5)LB
6)NT
6a)QB
7)DE
I would like to redo tomorrows pick tommorrow. This isnt my ideal draft but I think this is what we end up doing if we dont trade. I really think a few trades oare in order but who can predict that.
2008 NFL DRAFT DAY KIT
1) TheBoysBlog.com
2) ESPN
3) NFL Network HD
4) Dallas Cowboys War Room CAM
5) Draft Value Chart
6) Top 100 Board
7) Personal Wish List
Ready, Set, Go………
squidolo97,
we are not gonna take jones with our first pick we will take him with our second.
Some Pro Boards have F.Jones listed as the 21st best overall player, he may not be available at #28.
trade down and out of the 1st?!?
Why?
What’s the point of the trade last year, why bother gettiing 2 1st rounders?
We need talent at a LOT of positions-here’s a chance to get 2 good players in one year.
where can i see the war room cam? that seems like it would be awesome to be able to watch jerry doing what he does best in my opinion
larry:
bc with the multiple 2nd round picks we get from those 1sts… one statement, this draft is deep for our positions of need
ed werder restates… cowboys looking at vet wr
trust me bishop he will b there.
Jerry will be trading draft picks today. He can’t help himself. He’ll trade out of #22, that’s my guess.
My wish list,
1) Jenkins
1a)Hardy
2) Forte
3)Bryant
4) C/G
5) DE
6) LB
6a)CB
7) QB
if he does pecos_slim what will he trade for a person and picks or just better picks.
maplesyrup, i think there is a good chance we could gain second with our 28. There maybe someone needing to trade up in that area.
agreed, nwhargis… perhaps a team looking at QB… But I’m stll callin’ Sweed at 22… And nobody has been bold enough to make a call ore-draft… I’m sending out the challenge but nobody is answering… Oh, well, I give up…
squido that would make my year. If we get Jenkins id be ecstatic.
War Room CAM
http://www.dallascowboys.com/multimedia_center.cfm?id=8B814527-BE93-CFCB-2D5CDAEC3592CA08
csheik,
I’m thinking JJ will trade out of #22 into the high 2nd round + another (lower) pick. JJ loves this kind of horse trading…makes for a long draft day. Sometimes works (2007), sometimes doesn’t so much (2004, etc).
We won’t be able to grab Jenkins without moving up.
ok jw what u think he would do
If a vet is available, that’s one. The other will be for multiple 2nds or a 2nd and next year’s #1.
Norm was just chatting with Goose Gosselin, who stated that this was (overall) a very weak draft…that Jerry wants out of the first…that offense is the strength of this draft (mainly OT).
Then Norm quoted an unnamed source after noticing that Goose had taken Manningham (scout’s pet cat) off his top 100 list and the source said “he’s a slow, short, dumb WR, that smokes dope and has a bad attitude…other than that, what’s not to like”
Some mocks still have us taking him in the 2nd.
thanks bishop
Here is a picture of a typical Giants fan. I bet he doesn’t even know what year we’re in.
stewart @ 22…trade the 28th..then cb,wr,ilb
we will never take mannighham even though we have taken a chance on other people like the tank and the pac rat
“pac rat”
That could stick on this here blog!
1 minute - here we go!!!!!!!!!1
And away we go…
i’ve got goosebumps…
Prediction:
STL - Dorsey
Why was Norm rambling about a trade?
I fear the rambling about a trade will be repeated throughout the day.
I hope it’s Dorsey! Matt Ryan kills the trade later in round 1 with ATL
Damn Ryan’s on his cell phone!
No trade with ATL later in round 1
Dorsey to OAK?
If OAK doesn’t go McFadden…
Ed Werder reporting Detroit and Jerrah in intense negotiations for Roy (not thong) Williams?
I like this 10 minute clock
Bishop, I love your draft day kit…that’s great.