Dallas Cowboys news & notes (new draft picks edition)

A safety who can cover!!!!!!

I’m gonna wait-and-see. Too early to get excited about a player I’ve never heard of before. On the plus side, Jags fans thought he was developing nicely and wanted to keep him, so the Cowboys might’ve found a diamond in the rough.

I’m just not ready to commit to another safety so soon, ya know? Too much heartbreak.

I say he starts, day one.

NFL Sunday Ticket just might be the greatest invention of all time, allowing us non Texas residents to watch every single game of our beloved Cowboys, you can’t really ask for anything more.

I could be wrong but isn’t Sunday Ticket ONLY on satalite T.V.?

Don’t MOST people have cable?

and since MOST people have cable and then by percentage most people who watch the NFL have cable, don’t you think the NFL would figure out a way to get something like Sunday Ticket to those who have cable?

maybe:
- something just like sunday ticket where you get all the games
- something like ‘subscribe to your favorite team’
- pay per view various NON fox, abc, nbc, espn, national games

i know it’s all about money and all about having to keep EVERYONE happy (the NFL, the networks, and others like satelite TV)

but man, i live in Connecticut, and granted i get the two Giant / Cowboy games and all of our ‘National’ games (monday night, sunday night, thanksgiving, and most of our 4pm sunday ‘national’ games) all in all i get about 9 games a year, on TV, but i would certainly pay something to get those other 7.
now for me to get a dish (Direct TV) and then the NFL package, i woudl have to subscribe to Direct TV (at like $30 minimum per month) with a 2 year contract minimum and pay for the NFL package (i see 5 payments of $56 is the NFL package price) so for two years and a total of 18 Cowboy games i would have to pay:
- Direct TV – 24 * $30 = 720
- NFL package – (5 * $56)*2 = $560
- Total – $1,280 OR $71 per Cowboy game
PLUSE i still have to pay for Cable so i can get my local channels and not have satelite reception problems…

NOW i would CERTAINLY pay to see these Cowboy games, but NOT $70 per. maybe like WWE events i would pay $30 or so per game on a pay per view basis so see these games that i can’t get on regular TV.
and i am sure there are many out there that would do the same..
and for fans of those teams that don’t get as much air time… there could be a FULL subscription to ‘your favorite team’ so fans of the Buffal Bills who live in L.A. can see all the games and it does not cost them an arm and a leg..

ANYONE OUT THERE FEEL MY PAIN???

I guess i am saying that there has to be a business model out there that can work for everyone, fans get their favorite team games and the NFL makes money….

I guess it takes one to know one.

of the original AFL teams-which is why Buffalo-New Eng. also are playing that day.

What a couple of worthless comp. picks-I think most of us had hopes for something more like the 4th round-Let’s hope JJ finds a partner to package and trade with, even for the future.

Although they are at this point the definition of dysfunctional.

I am really against the idea of drafting a safety. I believe that Jerry has patched the hole in the safety position for this year. the hole will tear open again but just look at the safety class for next year. I feel like it is borderline legendary.

The cowboys can afford to wait to draft a safety high so that they can add quality OL depth, get a WR and then a couple of ILBs and then gamble on a big guy to fill up the NT spot late.

The Cardinals slowly built up a solid team with good draft picks. You think the Raiders are going to break out now, but they still are the Raiders.

But the Cowboys won’t be opening up Texas Stadium at home the first week or even be on National television. The Cowboys will play another road game in Week 1.

So Jerry World won’t be unveiled in all it’s glory until Week 2, and I’m expecting a national game for that one. It would have been nice to have had the Thursday night game for once but oh well.

The Patriots are playing the Bills for the first MNF game of the year.

I’d think Dallas would definitely draft him to spell Ratliff – he’s a 6’2 300lbs guy with a near 5sec 40 – he has notable speed for his size

One in the 5th and one in the 6th? C’mon! We lost 2 starters to good contracts.

but I think its related to this post as much as any other draft topic post. Can anyone tell me who was the last Defensive or Offensive Rookie of the Year selected by the Cowboys? I’ve been following them since 1988, and I don’t recall whether they have had one since then.

Have been running backs.

 - Running backs have won 30 out of 39 Offensive ROTY awards, or 77%.
No surprise there – we know rookie RBs can impact immediately

- Linebackers have won half of the Defensive ROTY awards (21 out of 42)
This suggests a rookie should be able to contribute very quickly on defense – sort of an indictment of Bobbie Carpenter and even Kevin Burnett