For what it's worth, I really like the strategy the Cowboys used in this draft. Not talking about the players per say, but the positions they prioritized.

1st - OT
2nd - DE
3rd - OL
3rd - LB
5th - CB
6th - WR
7th - OL
7th - DT

beat me to the punch line
absolutely

There will be a number of RB's available after cutdown at the end of preseason

Finally got a chance to look at some of these guys. I am not impressed with any of the newbies, especially Elliott.

I will say if they don't figure out a way to use Deuce Vaughn, one; they're idiots, and two; somebody else will. He is way too explosive not to be utilized for anything but mop up duty.

I say we just hand the ball off to Jerry on every play.

I agree it was a pretty good draft IMHO

Yeah.

What do they say about QBs? If you have 2 QBs you have no QBs.

If you have 5 RBs you have no RBs.

Could have signed the Mizzou RB. But the 49ers signed him.

Oh you experts have forgotten the old days with John Riggins, Larry Zonka, Otis Anderson and old school football. Get you a good offensive line and run the goddam football down their [censored] throat. Last year the Eagles had that down in the first half of the season, then they kind of abandoned it and started throwing the ball and went down hill.
Those backs were not special, they were just phsical.

[quote=David Welcher]Oh you experts have forgotten the old days with John Riggins, Larry Zonka, Otis Anderson and old school football. Get you a good offensive line and run the goddam football down their [censored] throat. Last year the Eagles had that down in the first half of the season, then they kind of abandoned it and started throwing the ball and went down hill.
Those backs were not special, they were just phsical.[/quote

RIGGO!!!

They Missouri running back Nathaniel Peat same day they re-signed Zeke. Plus they signed a HUGE TE 6'7" 270lb fellow named Brevyn Spann-Ford. I believe more for his blocking than catching.

Yep, the Cowboys are all in. All in the stands during the next super bowl.

It is a business, a huge business, not fantasy football, if I were making hundreds of millions, had millions of fans, was putting a competitive team on the field, why the hell would I want to blow all of that up ? There are no guarantees that getting a bunch of draft picks will ever work out, picking a QB is nothing but a [censored] shoot most of the time. Now you are claiming that the Cowboys made a bad pick in Guyton ?? What are you basing that on ? Did you claim the same thing about Tyler Smith, Micah Parsons, Travis Frederick ?? I think the Cowboys know just a little bit more about the players they pick than the ones you think they should pick.

Competitive with who? This team isn't remotely competitive in the playoffs and hasn't been for 2 plus decades.

I don't think Cowboys made a bad pick with Guyton. I said already (on this thread I think) that they had a pretty good draft. But it's very difficult to get top level talent with 20 other teams picking ahead of you. And you aren't going to be competitive without top level talent, especially at QB. Bears used a first round pick just like us, but they're set for the next decade at QB. Several other teams also have a great chance at being set for the long haul. We know our QB can't win in January, and we're paying him 5x what those younger and not 2-5 in the playoffs QBs are getting. You can't compete for a super bowl like this. If we're ok with that, just say you're ok with them not being competitive for a super bowl. IMHO, if Jerry isn't gonna compete for a super bowl, he should sell and let someone else who wants to win run the team.

I'm not saying you have to give up being 10-6 permanently. But if they want to be a real contender, they'd have to give it up for a year or two. Your posts are so dramatic. I never said you had to give it all up for good, never said Guyton wasn't a good pick, never said any of those other guys sucked. I just said I would much rather have a year or two of sucking to have a future than to continue not being a real contender and also not having a future.

What a novel idea, tank for a couple of years ( after three 12 - 4 seasons in a row ) so you can get higher draft picks, tell all your players to not play hard, try and lose, I bet that would go over really well, wonder how the veteran players are going to feel about that ? So the Bears are set for 10 years at QB ? Will he be a first ballot hall of famer ? To borrow a quote from Bill Parcells to Tony Romo, " You remind me of a football in tall grass " What does that mean ? LOST !