Cowboys Draft '10: Mock 1.0

I like this one the best. I hope this comes in as prescribed. Interesting note about the 2nd round “failures”, for lack of a better term, the last 2 years. Good stuff Raf.

..and I think I’ve read hundreds thus far.

Beyond a top ten pick, I just plain and simply want Lupati or Pouncey. I’m liking his size more by the day.

A safety high, and Jacoby Ford – that’s a good mock in my book.

Raf, what do you think are the chances that Jerry moves out of the first round to get some additional picks, particularly if the elite OT’s are gone by the 27th?

Pouncey in Round 1 looks good and the value plus need fits even better.

I’m also happy with a Safety in Round 2 but I like Nate Allen better than Morgan at FS. Though Morgan does look solid too.
 
You lose me in Round 3 though. I’d be happy for a Tackle but Mike Tepper is very underwhelming and he doesn’t look like a Tackle either. I currently see him being rated as the 11th Guard and the 228th player overall. I don’t like him with pick 90 something. If we pick at Tackle in the 3rd players like Stafford and Calloway look like better prospects.

Thomas in Round 4 would be solid but from what I’m seeing he mightn’t make it to R4 (seen him rated about 76th overall). I really like Lamarr Houston (about 101st overall) as Ratliff’s backup but he might not make it here either.

Jacoby Ford in Round 6 seems too late for him. He seems to be rated a 3rd or 4th Rounder.

Hunter Lawrence in Round 7 was a sound idea.

that are Dallas Cowboys when the draft is over … I’ll be happy.

We have almost no chance of getting him. However Pouncey would be great. I think I’m starting to like him as much as Iupati. The key to the Cowboys draft is the second round. Trading out of the 1st round is a way to pick up that extra second, but I’m not down with that at all. Get Pouncey…if he’s there, and do whatever you have to to trade up in the second. That’s going to be hard though, because teams don’t want to part with their draft picks this year.

beyond that I think this is a pretty good mock, although if Ford runs under a 3.35 next week there is no way he is making it to the late 6th round.

With that in mind here is how I would change yours:

2. WR Carlton Mitchell

6. SS/FS Jordan Lake

2 OL and FS with our 3 premium picks, plus a NT to spell Rat; WR with speed and a K.
Perfecto Mundo Raf!

what did we trade? You show us using all our picks this year, so does that mean we traded a late round 2011 pick?

I don’t care whether he plays RB or WR, he would get on the field. Plus, he would get Felix off the field on kick returns.

However, this might be the year the Cowboys look to turn their first pick into two more second-rounders. They may or may not miss out on one of either Pouncey or Burnett — both great picks - but they could get much better value at receiver, despite the bust potential, especially if one falls to the mid or late-second round.

Also interested to see what people think of Sean Weatherspoon if he happens to be available in the first. An impact ILB is going to be important very soon. It’s not an immediate need, but would it hurt to have someone ready when the vacancy arises?

FS and SS will be around in the late rounds. Very good crop this year.

Not likely with JJ’s recent trend of trading down, down, down,… But if a guy is as sure a shot as you can get, at that position, I wish they’d at least consider it-

Especially if it would cost us our #1 and a player, like Bennett, plus a 4 or 5,
And not the #1 and #2, which would be steep.

He is projected to go in the late 4th or 5th from what I’ve read.

Pretty sure Bruce Campbell or Trent Williams are going to fall to the late 1st round and the Cowboys will definitely snag one of them.

Wouldn’t mind seeing Gilyard or Shipley in the 3rd if they slip to there.

kid is 6’6"/300 with room to grow bigger and stronger. Good punch and decent technique. Raw but has something. I would look at him over Tepper in 3rd. I would expect him to visit Valley Ranch with the other Texas/Dallas area prospects

and how the loss of Kosier impacted that season. Well, we’re 2 seasons removed from that and what do we have to show – D Free who showed he can play and not much else. M Holland, D Preston, Proctor and McQuistin are or should be on the bubble. That’s a lot to churn on the bottom half, not third of the roster. Brewster is nothing more than a question mark who has just missed his only season in pro ball with a season-long injury before he even sniffed the field.

Our injury luck along the O-Line was much better this season , we got hurt where it turns out we have the most capable backup. I still contend the MINN game showed Colombo wasn’t ‘game ready’ to come back

except that I would personally go after a different tackle prospect in the third such as Saffold and try to get a kicker in FA so as to avoid using a draft pick on that spot (maybe instead try adding another person to compete at a different position)

I have been asking about this since day 1 of the offseason. I think Gurode can and should be pushed. Someone posted a stat of most sacks given up during the postseason. Gurode was the weak link. Everytime, I hear Broddus grade him, he never has anything good to say about Gurode. Not to mention Gurode uses a little slick move, that may start getting him penalties. If you watch him just before he snaps the ball, he puts his off hand on the helmet of the opposing defender.

Raf,

What do you see our starting line looking like next year?

Shipley is the wr version of terence newman.

The only ? mark on it is Tepper, the rest are golden picks.
Pouncey is the only Olineman prospect that will be there at 27 (unless Iupati slips) that has the slightest chance of starting.
Burnett is a ballhawk, great pick in the 2nd.
3rd round could be improved. Rodger Saffold would be a good pick if he falls. Selvish Capers plays well on the right side as well.
4th rounder Cam Thomas is a nice NT prospect with size and speed to spell Rat on a few downs as well as give us more help in Goal line downs
I doubt Ford lasts, he showed that despite small hands he has reliable hands in the senior bowl and he is a very good KR as well.
7th Round Hunter Lawrence I like as well, has made big kicks (Big 12 Championship) and the more kickers to battle the better

I would be satisfied, no matter what else follows, if Dallas comes away with Pouncey and Burnett.

Pouncey can start at LG immediately, or the Cowboys could move Gurode to LG and let Pouncey start at C. Either way the interior of the O-line would be set with Davis, Gurode, Pouncey, and Brewster as backup.

If they can get a prospect like Burnett, he can immediately start at FS, and I think Dallas could just re-sign Sensi to the SS position for a reasonable contract. That would give Dallas Burnett and Sensi as the starters, with Ball, M Hamlin, and Watkins as back ups.

If they take an OT in the 3rd (which would be a likely), I like some of the other prospects more than Tepper, but JMHO.

Cam Thomas will likely be gone by the 4th rd, but I like Torrell Troup just as well, and he could still be there.

Ford won’t be likely to still be on the board by the 6th rd, but it’s a good spot to pick a WR/RS.

Drafting another kicker sucks, but it’s a definite need, so I’m not going to criticize. I do hope they find a kicker in FA and keep that last pick free to grab another OT, DL, or CB.

I will be very disappointed if we trade up to take Burnett. I’m not a fan of his at all. If’ we’re going to trade up in the 2nd, I want it to be for Chad Jones

 . . . any reason you didn’t mention the top-rated safety in this year’s draft: Eric Berry?

it simply is not going to happen.

The last OL drafted by the ’Boys in the 1st round is 1981 (Howard Richards)…and only 3 times in the history of the franchise.

Most likely scenario is trading down, due in no small part to the uncertainty of 2011, probable last year of no rookie pay scale, and our low draft position (you stated it best that most boards only have 20-22 1st round grades).

Another brutal year of hearing “<at the Cowboys’ draft position> Dallas has made a trade with <name your favorite losing franchise that’s looking for a QB>”…probably multiple times. GM Jerry’s worst trait.

I really think this is the most likely scenario in the first round. Pouncey should be the guy. Like the Burnett selection in the second round. I dont believe you mentioned what we had to trade up to get him and how far you think we would need to move. I must admit I dont know much about Tepper, but I will look into him. Like the Thomas selection in the 4th. Big NTs are hard to come by, and I dont know if he will last that long. Ford in the 6th seems like a long shot, but would love the selection. We need someone in the return game from this draft.

I’m thankful you resisted the urge to pick a WR high. Not only do I think it’s a bad idea, I think its completely unreasonable that Jerry would do that.