Compensatory Picks Announced

by BigDinSC on Mar 23, 2009 7:20 PM CDT

The NFL announced the compensatory picks. The full list is right here from profootballtalk.com. I for one am really surprised at the Cowboys' picks. I mean, a 5 and a 6? Really? I thought we would be looking at worst case a 4 and a 5, and more likely two 4's for Julius Jones and Jacques Reeves. Both signed healthy contracts and had loads of playing time and good stats for their new teams. No use crying over spilled milk I guess.

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thats what i expected

i figured if we were lucky we’d get a 4th…..i say we try and trade every pick besides these in the 5th round and lower to move up

by slash on Mar 23, 2009 8:45 PM CDT reply actions

No Surprise to Me

Or the people who read AdamJT13’s blog. He correctly predicted we’d get a fifth and a sixth for them. Which makes pretty good sense, it’s not like we lost two really top notch players.

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Article Referenced on Yakuza Rich’s blog

by kindablue on Mar 23, 2009 8:49 PM CDT reply actions

yeah...that Adam JT13 is dead on ...

by CowboysRnumba1 on Mar 23, 2009 10:35 PM CDT up reply actions

+1

After reading his post I was scared of getting 2 sixth round picks…I’m happy we got what we did though…I don’t doubt that fifth rounder, we did get Scandrick w/ it…hopefully our sixth turns out better than Walden did last year

by nicholas.rodriguez on Mar 23, 2009 10:44 PM CDT up reply actions

I'm still scratching my head about the Walden pick...

Players drafted after Walden that would have most likely made last years roster.

C-John Sullivan
QB- Colt Brennan
SS- Dominique Barber
QB-Matt Flynn
NT-Ahtyba Rubin
WR-Paul Hubbard
OG-Don Thomas
LB-Bo Ruud
WR-Pierre Garcon
OLB-Brian Johnston
SS-Josh Barrett
FB-Peyton Hillis
SS-Chris Horton

Oh well……5 out of 6 wasn’t bad I guess…

by CowboysRnumba1 on Mar 23, 2009 11:11 PM CDT up reply actions

Thats what I expected, too.

I guess we all follow AdamJT13’s fine work. Heck, if Asante Samuel brought in a 3rd, then Dallas getting a 5th & 6th for Reeves and Jules Jones is a steal.

Good post, CowboysRnumba1 – How bad would the Cowboys love to have Chris Horton or John Sullivan at this point with that 6th pick last year?

by TCBinNYC on Mar 24, 2009 11:15 AM CDT up reply actions

+1

CowboysRnumba1 is one of my favorite posters. He’s informed but stays away from the Cowboys Kool-Aid. Keep it up, man!

by kindablue on Mar 24, 2009 5:25 PM CDT up reply actions

:-)

thanks guy

by CowboysRnumba1 on Mar 24, 2009 8:03 PM CDT up reply actions

I wanted Rubin and Barber.

Cleveland barely even used Rubin last year. He would have at least saw some playing time with us.

George Teague, Brock Marion, the Roy Williams-of-old: Where are you?

by Aaron Novinger on Mar 24, 2009 8:11 PM CDT up reply actions

Yeah. We probably could have cut Tank's worthless butt and played Rubin.

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by kameleon_o on Mar 24, 2009 10:41 PM CDT up reply actions

This is about what I'd expect I guess.

Not what I hoped for. Unbelievable that a team like the Patriots not only have 4 picks in the top 58 picks, now they’ve got another 3rd rounder so they have 2 more picks in the top 97. That’s 6 picks in the top 100. And another 5th and 6th round comp pick. Jeez….

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by kameleon_o on Mar 23, 2009 8:52 PM CDT reply actions

Word.

"My mother always taught me that if the only thing you have to say is,
‘(Expletive) Dave Samson,’ then don’t say anything at all.
So I’m not going to say anything at all.
Is my mother the greatest or what?"
- Mariners GM Bill Bavasi, after signing Ichiro to a $90 million contract

by octoberty on Mar 23, 2009 9:09 PM CDT reply actions

Go look at some of the other contracts signed last year

it’s not so surprising

by quincyyyyy on Mar 23, 2009 9:10 PM CDT reply actions

I understand that

But when I look at the Giants getting a 3rd, it doesn’t make sense to me. I realize Gibril Wilson signed a monster contract, but he got cut a year into it. I guess I just feel like that sort of thing should count for something.

"When it's third and ten, you can take the milk drinkers and I'll take the whiskey drinkers every time." -Max McGee

by BigDinSC on Mar 23, 2009 9:40 PM CDT up reply actions