Its always been said that you’ll know what you have in a player by their third year of play, and if we look at the 2008 class it looks like that draft class has peaked. After the 2010 season we’re able to see where these guys may be heading going into year four in the 2011 season. Do we have any keepers? In 2008 we drafted: 1a Felix Jones, RB 1b Mike Jenkins, CB 2 Martellus
I’ve been thinking of adding another writer to the blog, and today I’m making that announcement. Please join me in welcoming Jess Haynie to our blog. Haynie’s been a fan of the Cowboys forever, a regular on DallasCowboys.com morning show with all his questions and interaction with the guys on DC.com. He brings a whole wealth of knowledge and great opinion points
Many critics of the Cowboys 2011 draft class are quick to point out that the Cowboys defensive needs were not addressed, in particular the defensive backfield, especially in the early rounds of the draft. To me, the Cowboys developed their board based on their assessments of the prospects this year, and the defensive back class were not that strong. So, the Cowboys went more the
The Cowboys began some player organized workouts today, led by Tony Romo, Jason Witten, and DeMarcus Ware respectively. Roughly 40 players showed up at an undisclosed location in the area on Tuesday, according to quarterback Tony Romo. Safety Barry Church also tweeted, “great team workout today.” (ESPNDallas) Romo didn’t say exactly who or who was not present,
Since we drafted DeMarco Murray, RB, Oklahoma the talk immediately shifted to the official end of the Barber era, which I absolutely believe to be true. However, there seems to be some thinking that Tashard Choice could also be a casualty from drafting Murray. I do not see this happening at all, especially considering the documented durability issues Murray has had, and even Felix
We found out Friday that the 8th Circuit of Appeals overturned Judge Nelson’s lifting of the lockout, so for now the lockout is back on which means everything is on hold, including the signing of undrafted free agents. The Cowboys have found some nice gems in recent years from the undrafted rookie classes. Depending on what happens on Monday in the courts, we can’t sign
Do you want to know what the rest of our rivals in the NFC East did in the draft? I kept track of their draft and have all the picks right here: Eagles 1st round: Danny Watkins, OG, Baylor 2nd round: Jaiquawn Jarrett, S, Temple 3rd round: Curtis Marsh, CB, Utah St. 4th round: Casey Matthews, LB, Oregon 4th round: Alex Henery, K, Nebraska 5th round: Dion Lewis, RB, Pittsburgh 5th
We all know the draft grades will start to trickle in from the major pundits, and there’s usually not that much substance to them, and some have traces of bias in them obviously. So when you’re looking at some draft grades stick to the guys that blog the Cowboys, like our site here, and your other favorite Cowboys blogs, you get more realistic opinions and we tend to
This marks the first draft class under Jason Garrett, and it’ll be highlighted by Tyron Smith, OT, USC. Here’s the draft class top to bottom: April 28-30, 2011 (Garrett) 1 | 9 Tryon Smith, OT, USC 2 | 40 Bruce Carter, LB, North Carolina 3 | 71 DeMarco Murray, RB, Oklahoma 4 | 110 David Arkin, OG, Missouri St 5 | 143 Josh Thomas, CB, Buffalo 6 | 176 Dwayne
The Cowboys select Bill Nagy, C, Wisconsin with the #252 Pick. I figured the Cowboys would draft a center late in this draft, seems to be something they do regularly. Last time we drafted a center it was Texas Tech EJ Whitley from the abysmal 2006 draft where Jason Hatcher is the only guy remaining. Lets see if Nagy can give us some center depth. Share
The Cowboys drafted a FB in the draft by selecting Shaun Chapas, FB, Georgia with the #220 Pick. Chapas has great size at FB, a true FB. 6’2” 245lbs, SR. Key word I keep seeing on his reports are “leadership” He was the overall team captain in 2010. From nfldraftscout.com: At team’s annual awards Gala, earned team’s Coaches Leadership Award for
