In another surprise move, the Cowboys with their second round picked the LB from Notre Dame Jaylon Smith. Smith was arguably the second best LB available, but like Jack, in addition to be a superstar in the making, he had problems to a knee knee (ACL and LCL during the last game of last season)
So, the temptation to recreate that alchemy that led the Cowboys to the Playoffs two seasons ago, guided Jerry Jones’s hand picking in a “right here right now” mood, Ezekiel Elliott RB from Ohio St. Chargers who, inexplicably for many, chose Joey Bosa for their 3-4, involuntarily tried to convince the Cowboys to fix their
One of the more surprising moves made by Jerry Jones and the Cowboys in this Draft was adding a third 7th round pick to take the local product Swaim. The Texas TE is a relative unknown and was expected to go un-drafted by most, his description is by far the shortest of any player drafted
You don’t get opportunities to add a first round talent at a 7th round price often in the NFL. When you do, as is definitely the case here with the Cowboys most recent acquisition, you’re able to upgrade your draft class no matter what. Collins is the rare player who could have truly drawn interest
It was clear in this last round of the Draft that the Cowboys were targeting high upside players with above average athletic traits. Gibson is a good sized OT who really impressed at the Combine, where he was a top performer for the OL group in 4 different categories. Gibson showed off top athletic talent
The Cowboys had 3 picks in the 7th round first of which was the LB from Wyoming. Nzeocha is an high upside pick, and considering he’s the 4th LB taken in the Cowboys last two draft classes he won’t have the easiest time making a roster spot. Nzeocha grew up in Germany and his background
Another highly intriguing and athletic element added to the Cowboys defense. Like others taken by the Cowboys in day 3 of the Draft, Russell was not on my radar. But the more I’ve read and studied of his tape, he’s a player I wish I would have known ahead of time and would have earned
This was another pick that surprised me as I expected a RB with the first pick of the Drafts third day. The pick of Wilson was also a bit of a surprise as there were still several ILB prospects remaining who had much more media attention and who I had ranked higher on my rankings.
To the following links you can find Andre Simone’s scouting reports of the players picked by the Dallas Cowboys and some UDFA 1st Round – Byron Jones CB Connecticut 2nd Round – Randy Gregory DE Nebraska 3rd Round – Chaz Green OT Florida 4th Round – Damien Wilson LB Minnesota 5th Round – Ryan Russell
This was a very interesting pick and I have to admit I was caught my absolute surprise with this pick, not having studied Green and not really knowing what type of player he was. I quickly had to find film to study up on the player and when at first I couldn’t find anything I
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