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In the 7th round, (#234), the Cowboys select DT Sean Lissemore, William & Mary. Lissemore will come to camp to compete and try to add depth to our NT/DE positions.

In the 6th Round, (#196) the Cowboys select CB Jamar Wall, Texas Tech. Another depth pick here with Wall, Phillips input on drafting secondary players has luck on our side, so we’ll see how Wall works himself onto the roster. He had a solid career at Texas Tech, and pretty solid in coverage and pass breakups.

For more info on Jamar Wall, go here.

In the 6th Round, (#179 from Miami) the Cowboys select OT Sam Young, Notre Dame. Young will add depth to the tackle position, in particular the right tackle position. At 6′8” 313lbs, Young is a big guy to get through, and could be developed into solid player.

For more on Sam Young, go here.

In the 4th Round, (#126) the Cowboys select CB Akwasi Owusu-Ansah, Indiana.  Most likely, this pick moves him to the safety competition. Word is that Allan Ball is the most likely to move in Hamlin’s vacated spot, but don’t rule out this new rookie either. The Cowboys have been busy moving around the draft, and to grab Akwasi Owusu-Ansah, they actually moved down. In doin so, the Cowboys acquired the Dolphins 6th round pick this year.

For more info on AOA go here.

The Cowboys continued to be proactive and leapfrog again, and this time they moved to the #55 pick from #59 to draft LB Sean Lee, Penn State. Lee is likely going to be penciled in at ILB, and possible successor to Keith Brooking. Lee was rated the second best ILB and the Cowboys made the move to get their guy.

Fans were hoping the Cowboys would have moved up to grab a decent safety, like Taylor Mays or Nate Allen, but the braintrust had other plans in the form of adding another linebacker. LB is a premium position on the Phillips 34, so this made lots of sense to Wade, and more than likely, we’re going to hit on this pick. Phillips has a great eye for the secondary and the linebackers. Feel good about this pick.

Tomorrow we’ll have the following picks to start with:

4th Round, (#119 from Patriots)
6th Round, (#196)
7th Rounds, (#234)

The Cowboys have great success in the past in the 4th round, who will be this year’s hidden gem? a Safety, Defensive End, Offensive Line?

Tomorrow could have some interesting twists, could we see the Cowboys move Spears, Crayton or Roy Williams? There aren’t any solid leads that this will happen, but if there were any players on the hot seat, it could be those players.

The Cowboys moved to #24 from #27 to select WR Dez Bryant, Oklahoma State. Fans are going crazy over this selection, including myself. The Cowboys traded their 3rd pick to the Patriots, but will gain the Patriots 4th round pick.

I love the NFL Draft, let’s keep it goin baby!!

The NFL Draft is finally here, and tonight the Cowboys will be looking to add some premiere talent to bolster some weak spots on the starting rosters. The draft has always been very fluid and completely unpredictable, the question will be whether or not the Cowboys stay put at #27 or do they move up to snag a must have player? We are about to find out.

The draft has been broken up over four days, and tonight we’ll be watching the 1st round. Watching the NFL draft has become a tradition here and likely for many other die hard fans around the world.

So, who are we going to draft? There are many scenarios floating around, ranging from packaging picks/players to move up, or even trading out of the 1st round to stockpile picks for later rounds. One thing is for sure, with Jerry Jones at the helm you just never know what kind of wild things may happen.

My money is on the secondary, Wade Phillips has historically been stellar when it comes to drafting players for the secondary, and right now, we’re facing some potential holes at safety, so I could see us going after a top flight safety if available. We’ll see.

Here’s our current draft picks; however, trades could change the order, adding or subtracting picks:

1st Round, (#27)
2nd Round, (#59)
3rd Round, (#90)
4th Round, (#125)
6th Round, (#196)
7th Round, (#234)

Let’s do this!

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Like most fans im enjoying this bitter sweet victory over the highly touted, undefeated Saints. The Cowboys had their foot on the peddle through most of the game, and it paid off at the end of the game. DeMarcus Ware’s decision to play in tonight’s game was clearly a huge part of the victory. The Cowboys will now play the Redskins, and finish the season against the hated Eagles.

On another note, the Cowboys better release kicker, Nick Folk. This guy is a complete loser of a kicker, he’s barely over 60% in accuracy. DeMarcus Ware’s sack for a fumble saved the game, but the missed kick by Folk was extremely close to costing us the game. The Saints were on fire and were on pace to tie and possibly winning the game. Folk better be cut TONIGHT, we cannot afford to carry this bum the rest of the way, especially if we make the playoffs. Jerry cut Folk asap.

At 8-5 the Cowboys are in serious trouble. The annual December slide is officially on, and the search for a new head coach is officially on as well (from a fan’s point of view). Fans of the Cowboys have zero faith that the Cowboys will turn it around, so the talk is turning full speed to the next head coach and draft pick position.

The Cowboys will likely finish out the season 8-8, perhaps 9-7 and missing the playoffs. The Cowboys remaining schedule:

• Saints (loss)
• Redskins (?)
• Eagles (loss)

Jerry should get an early under the table start on the next head coach for the Cowboys because this year will prove to be one of the biggest head coaching turnovers in several season’s.

Coaches to look out for:

• Bill Cowher - leads the pack for any team, will demand big bucks, Jerry will have to pay big for him to come here
• Mike Holmgren - would be a perfect fit here for Romo, but appears to be headed to Seattle to GM
• Jon Gruden - the name brings grumbles, but could be be what the Cowboys need like the Bucs needed the year they won the Super Bowl? That’ll be Gruden’s play to win the job.
• Tony Dungy - would be a great pick, but I doubt he comes out of retirement
• Jason Garrett - has Garrett already been promised the job? who knows, what we do know is that the offense sucks, so what’s more logical?
• Charlie Weis - relieved of duty from Notre Dame, one of the NFL brightest offensive minds, could he make the transition in Dallas?
• Ron Rivera - he interviewed last time there was an opening, he’s a proven coordinator, and tough attitude, would Dallas let another coordinator be our head coach with our bad stints with coordinator turned head coaches though?
• Mike Shanahan - probably the most likely guy at this point, but would his system work here in Dallas. Its more of a zone blocking and west coast oriented scheme. If Kubiak is canned in Dallas he would be his OC, could be more dynamic than the crap we’re running here right now, we’ll see.
• Leslie Frazier - defensive coordinator of the Vikings has been on many lists before, this will likely be the year he lands a head coaching job somewhere.

That’s who I have as potential coaches, we’ll see. Let the talk begin, these Cowboys in 2009 aren’t going anyway but back in time and calling on ghosts from previous season. Sucky team. Love you but, things need to change.

What a load of bs turned in by the Cowboys against the very beatable Packers. Just when you get comfortable with the Cowboys they turn in one of these pathetic, turnover, penalty, sloppy ladened games. Anyone still think we’re back on track and going to be 13-3 or 12-4? This team never ceases to disappoint me, they beat the Falcons, they beat up the Eagles on the road, and then take a dump on fans in Green Bay…sucky.

I have been and will continue to be wary of this team. November has been very good to Romo and the Cowboys, its Decemeber that we need to be looking at. Here’s the remainder of the schedule, pay attention to December’s games:

• Washington (Nov)
• Oakland (Nov)
• @ Giants (Dec)
  
• San Diego (Dec)
  
• @ New Orleans (Dec)
  
• @ Washington (Dec)
• Philadelphia (Jan)

This is just a brutal schedule, any crap performances like the Packers and stick a fork in us. Historically, December has been our worst football. There isn’t going to be an easy game the rest of the way, not that the Cowboys have beaten easy teams at ease, but I’m just saying this is going to be something to watch. Are we the contenders or pretenders? To me the odds are against us, just based on history. Add injury to our star RT, in Marc Colombo and we’re in big trouble in the pass/run blocking.

I’m not dooming this team yet, but there’s no way you can crown the Cowboys yet, they haven’t done well, especially in December. The Cowboys probably need to win (5) more games to get into the playoffs, 11-5 should get us in. Do you honestly see us winning (5) out of the next (7) games? Do you believe in this coaching staff, in these players? Man, I want to with all my heart, but there’s just this uneasing feeling I have looking at the way we’ve been playing, even in these close wins.