The Silly Season Shifts into Top Gear

Who or what would be involved in the trade with Cleveland? And why would they move up? To get Braylon Edwards? Aaron Rodgers? Is any of the top ten worth a big trade?

Poke

I dont know if all this talk about moving up is valid or a smoke screen, but I dont think the cowboys should move up. This team has far too many holes that needs to be filled to justify moving up to get one player at the expense of losing more draft picks. priorities on this team are as follows, DE,LB,S,OT,DT,WR,RB,FB,CB, which cant be filled with just one draft. This team will not compete for the superbowl this year but I thnk if we can get 4 or five long term starters this year out of this draft then I think that the base or foundation of this team willl be in place to start to head in the right direction.With two first round picks, this is a make or brake draft for the Cowboys.They have to get it right this time.

wether the abraham/howard talk is dead or not, I dont see why we would want pick 3 anyway. It would cost us our 11 and 20 right? Thats just nuts to me. We can get alot more for our money w4 first day picks. Trade 11 down and get a late 1 and a 2. Pick up 4 players, not two. derrick, i know were not competeing for the super bowl this year, but dont u think that a good draft (ie 3 or 4 starters) would put us back in the playoff race? I think we could potentially have a really strong team this year if we focus on putting good players in our weak spots, not just adding 1 or two guys.with what we have we could easily pick up four more starters, hpoefully at de,fs,olb, and wr. And there will still be defensive playmakers left in this draft in the late first.

Jerry Jones should NOT trade any of the first-round picks. There are many good players in the draft this season. I don’t think that too many offensive linemen or linebackers will be drafted, even on the defensive side, so this is Dallas’s chance to snatch some of those required pieces. I know getting a wide receiver would be nice, but I don’t think it’s our biggest need, since we already have receivers in Jason Witten and Keyshawn Johnson. A backup for Julius Jones would help him cut his workload, but he’s going to be the future of this franchise.

Poke,

I think the call to Cleveland is all part of doing your due diligence. I’m sure the Cowboys have most if not all of their draft board put together. Since Cleveland has made so much noise about moving down, and since the market to move up appears to be soft, there is a chance you could move up for less than the draft chart. You won’t know unless you call.

That said, I’d be surprised if Dallas moved up.

Rafael,

You think maybe, Dallas is looking to move up in round 2, and not round 1. Now that sounds a little more realistic. I think they may want to draft before Oakland in round 2, to possibly grab Tuck.

How about this as a possibility, Dallas making a double move. Trade up from #11 to say #3 (depending upon asking price) and then trading back down to pick up more picks. Even if it means two mid to late round picks #20 and another 1st round to pick up more 2nd and 3rd round picks including a very early 2nd rounder.

Eric,

I have seen that Cleveland is shopping their #2. They’ve made the point, and it’s a valid one, that good players always drop out of round one. Now, Dallas might be in a position to get such a player at pick 42, but moving up 8 spots certainly wouldn’t hurt. A guy like Tuck, or a Brodney Pool stands a good chance of being there. But at what cost? The points on that move is a mid-to-late third rounder. That’s a little too rich for my blood.

Chauncey, are you saying that we should trade up to take Clevelands #3, and then try to use that number 3 pick to trade down? Obviously anybody that wants that pick is gonna make thier offer to Cleveland, so what makes you think we can get a better deal out of it then Cleveland can? Maybe I missing what your saying?

Rafael,

If Dallas trades down in the 1st round from 11 to 22, with Baltimore, and aquires the 53rd pick overall, then trading up in round 2 for next year’s 2nd isn’t a bad idea. Of course the move would be up from the 53rd spot, not the 42nd.

who is so valuble to our defense that we need to get 3. NO ONE. Jerry is doing something here, but it has to do w/smoke and mirrors, not actually trading up. Or else were about to piss away another good chance to rebuild this team by blowing EVERYTHING on one player. Im watching this draft from an er waiting room cause if he gives up the farm(which he will have to do) for pick three im gonna need medical attention very fast!

ericp,

Slow down a lil. This trade talk may be for their 2nd rounder. Trading down from the 11th spot first, then trading up in the 2nd round next. If we start off with two 1sts (the 11th and 20th), and a 2nd (42nd), and end up with two 1sts (20th and 22nd) and two 2nds (34th and 42nd), with the price being our 2nd next year, we did a nice job. Dallas can come out of this with 4 quality players. Baltimore and Cleveland are the players here with Dallas. Jerry and Bill testing the waters is a smart thing to do.

FEELING! let’s talk feeling. How will you feel during the draft? For me, my blood will be racing through my veins. I’ve no idea what the ‘boys will do. I’ve no idea what will happen before pick 11. During. And after. Anything can happen. Anything. And then repeat it at 20. And 42.

This draft, more so than other recent drafts, we just don’t know. It could be trade down and still get a prized DE or WR or OT or all three. Or trade further down and lose someone to the hated Eagles. Or pick-up another 2nd for our future safety or a corner or even a LB. Or maybe the insane — trade up to get a falling Alex Smith (ok, I know that’s unlikely and would make everyone one of us throw a brick through the TV). Or, maybe, we’ll hear Merriman’s name at 11?

Last year, we all knew the Cowboys would take a RB with their #1. It was all just too perfect. No RBs taken. Our pick of either Virginia Tech or Oregon. Its go to be Steven Jackson. They’re probably dancing around the war room as New England went with the DT. And then… What the hell? Why are my ears lying to me? A trade into the 2nd round? Betrayal! Anger! Fury! Revenge! Once again, JJ sticks a knife in us fans. His need to be a wheeler dealer gets the best of him. No #1 RB. The season is lost.

Luckily, those guys in the warroom were much smarter than I (and Mel Kiper and most everyone else out there) with that decision.

So this year, when no one can really say what the ‘boys will do, I’ll be ready for more of the same. My blood will be racing. My head about to explode and I’ll have a bag of ice ready for when I stop yelling and the comish approaches the podium to announce… at #11, the Dallas Cowboys…

I believe we are looking to pick up Mike Williams with the 3rd pick. I dont see anyone else we would want to move up for. With the Vikings at 7, they will take Williams unless the Cowboys move up.