It gives us leverage and will allow us to fill all the minor holes we have with prospects that are more likely to succeed.
Number 3 might be my favorite. I think the third round has a lot of talented kids this year. This draft is pretty deep and we need to have as many picks in the 2-4th rounds.

But the Jimmy Johnson draft value chart is beyond obsolete; It’s ridiculous. Value does not drop nearly as precipitously by recent reckoning.
For instance, under the old chart, the #1 pick was worth twice as much as the #7. That’s a ridiculous notion. It’s worth over 6 times as much as the 1st pick in round 2. The notion that teams would rather have 1 #1 than 6 #33s is laughable.
It’s mostly a question of top-end money, but the discrepancy exists farther down the list as well, as picks flatten in value.
Pro Football Prospectus ‘08 ran a study on the value chart, analyzing each spot by the number of average starts and pro bowl appearances of players drafted there. (Not a flawless method, but a fair one.) Let me give a snapshot of relevant info from their chart:
Round 1 Pick 1: 3000
Round 1 pick 10:2720
Round 1 pick 20:2395
Round 2 Pick 1 1915
Now, let’s skip along to the most relevant Cowboy selections.
Pick #51: 1330
Pick # 69: 1000
Pick #101:560
Pick #117: 425
If we can come to the conclusion that other teams are smart enough to come to the conclusion casual fans have already arrived at (that values are more proportionate on even this rudimentary chart than they are on the old, accepted model) The Cowboys can actually do quite a bit with their accumulation of picks.

Instead of wasting tons of picks, i.e.>>

The Cowboys trade picks #117, #156, #166, #197, #210, and #227 to Indianapolis for pick #92

* The Cowboys send picks #51, #101, #197, and #227 to Jacksonville for the 39th selection.
    * The Cowboys trade picks # 156, #166, and # 210 to New Orleans for pick # 116.

* The Cowboys send picks #51, #101, #197, and #227 to Jacksonville for the 39th selection.
    * The Cowboys trade picks # 156, #166, and # 210 to New Orleans for pick # 116.

why don’t we continue trying to prey on stupid desperate teams who think they’re one player away from contention and turn 3’s into next year’s 2 4’s into 3’s and 5’s into 4’s.

I think it is absolutely retarded to trade 3 picks for 1 let alone 4 picks for 1, or jesus christ you got to be f’n kidding me 6 picks for 1.

Why do the Patriots have so many sweet picks every year? Because they play long-term and use other teams delusions and desperations to their advantage. We can do that and pick up better picks in next years draft while still accomplishing our goal of not bringing 11 rookies to camp

Scenario One:

The Cowboys deal picks #51 and #69 to Tennessee for the 30th overall selection.
The Cowboys package picks #101, #117, #156, and #166 in exchange for the Jets’ 76th overall selection.

Do that and keep these picks #197, #210, #227 and take our luck with a steal.

you reminded me that it is still three weeks away, I had forgotten how long we have left to wait. But I will try to stay positive and think of it as only 21 days away instead of over a month and a half (the last time I thought about how far draft day was).

and nice Pi reference too.

if we move up and take the 30th pick im thinking Sean Smith………. anybody eles. that kills 2 birds with one stone

opposite D Ware. They plugged holes at safety, inside linebacker, safety, defensive end, and even QB. We need another safety, probably another corner, and a young QB to groom maybe. I’m pretty sure any of those scenarios presented could fill all the holes mentioned.

I seem to be the only one who wants a pass rusher with our first pick, which likely means I’m very wrong to feel this way…

Not that we needed to be any more confused on how to approach this draft, you have to
do the numbers and come up with some possible trades.

I prefer to lean toward TCB’s idea of letting the deals come to us. But, at the same time I can see Indy just drooling over all those low priced late picks.

To make matters worse, the thought of trading for some next years picks kinda gives you that warm fuzzy feeling like having money in the bank ( oops bad example ) You know what I mean.

So , why don’t we keep 51,69,101,117 and our comp picks at 172 and 208 and trade the remaining picks 156.166,197,210 and 227 to Indy for their 2and 3 next year. Indy gets a lot of players this year and a lower salary , we get 4 good picks and 2 for projects and 2 good picks next year.

for the next year is difficult to judge , but I am sure that Jerry can convince Indy that it is in their best interest . Maybe he could throw Carp into the deal and get more. Indy always needs linebackers.

I would go option 1 if a player with a first rd grade starts to slide, I go with option 2 otherwise to get Delmas.

There are a few other teams besides us that have 11-12 picks and want to trade them. Two of these teams are wanting LB’s and WR’s.

We also CANNOT trade our compensated picks.

…since 11 picks won’t make this roster.

Another possibility is how Dallas can use some of these picks to land a player who is currently languishing on an NFL roster right now. For instance, a 3rd string offensive tackle on another team might end up a 2nd stringer on this team. A backup NT, on some team’s roster that is lathering over a WR prospect who dropped in the draft, could be in the rotation and start some games for Dallas against power running teams.

The idea is to find talent and depth and it doesn’t have to come from a 5th round fraft pick.

Jerry has no problems with giving picks for players on other rosters but I wonder how the possible lack of salary cap for next year might affect the movement of players already on teams rosters. I had the impression that there has been far less fa movement this year, but that may be wrong.