On The Rocks:Chia Mock Draft V2.1, My Way Or The Highway

This is the mock I have been waiting for, this mock is all my picks. I am drafting based off what I want and the players I want this time. Jerry has invited me into the war room and have became the GM. Please take into account I did make some trades but I am not sure exactly how the value chart works, but the trades I made were realistic. I attempted to make this mock as realistic as I could get.

Jerry-"Heya ChiaCrack I uh love ya work on BTB that you a have a done great stuff hoss"

Chia-"Thanks Jerrah that means alot coming from a boss like yourself"

Jerry-"I know being a boss hoss is hard work, so a what ya think about coming down to Texas and working our war room"

Chia-"I would be honored Jerry, one question though"

Jerry-"Anything for you hoss, whats on your mind?"

Chia-"First off NO WR's, and all Wade disciples must be kicked out of the war room, we want winners like Garrett's disciples"

Jerry-"Chia uh Im glad you a asked me that, no WR's and none of a Wade's a people ugh in the war a room"

Chia-"EXCELLENT" (Monty Burns voice)

Jerry-"I think I like your style hoss, but I purchased the rights to the Monty Burns EXCELLENT phrase, thats a mine now a buddy"

Ok so I am on the phone, talking to Bill Bellicheck, Ozzie Newsome, Scott Pioli, all the big shots, and they reccomend I trade from the 9th slot. But I can't find a offer I like and would benefitial to the Dallas Cowboys. I get a call from Dan Synder asking if he can move into the 9th slot, but the deal made no sense because its one slot, once I am bleeding draft picks out of Snyder, Shannahan weasels his weasel self onto the phone and hangs up. Darn it. I get a few other calls from teams wanting to move up, but Im not blown away by the offers, and there isn't a QB a team has fallen in love with.

So the 9th pick rolls around, all my blue chippers are gone, Fairley, Peterson, Prince, Bowers are all gone. I have to tell Jerry to calm down, were not taking Julio Jones to form the best WR core known to man. So I start talking with the war room, Stephen the only normal Jones agrees, we can't move down here because we don't have any takers, and says Chia sell the war room on your guy. So I do exactly that, I say you know I want a premier S or a premier OL but there just isn't one there guys. I want to take Sherrod or Carimi but its reaching boys, we shouldn't reach. I think we can trade back into the 2nd and get our guy there. Rahim Mooreis a stud guys, but again I think he may be a reach at 9 so I think we can get our guy later on. So I start to sell the pass rusher idea to Stephen, Jerry, Garrett, our DC, and Tom Cizkowski. Some arent in love, but some are. So I call our running guy down in NYC and he is going to hand the pick in for us with 2 minutes left on the clock. I am going to take Von Miller here guys, Robert Quinn is gone.

But the the phone rings, its Minnesota and they want to jump Washington and get their QB of the future. So I put them on hold and I call our runner back in NY, I say wait we might have a trade, DO NOT HAND THAT CARD IN YET OR JERRY WILL WIPE OUT YOUR WHOLE FAMILY. The runner understands the significance of the situation and lets me know we have about 2 minutes before we have to turn our card in.

Cam Newton has made Minnesota drool and the Redskins want to take him, so the Vikings cant resist themselves and offer their 12th a 2nd and a 4th, I say deal I will call NYC and send the trade in. Our runner delivers with 20 seconds to spare and the trade is official, Dallas has moved down and the Vikings are taking Cam Newton 9th overall. The war room rejoices because we have been trying to move down the whole draft because of all our blue chips guys being selected.

Jackpot, we moved down 3 spots but picked up some chips to work with in the later rounds, boys war room we are going to get some players we need.

With the 12th pick we get a call from Miami and they want to move up for Mark Ingram, so we acquire their 15th and 3rd round pick and we got a deal. Odd but teams have fallen in love with a RB and moved up before, so accommodate Miami and Jeff Ireland, saying no hard feelings with treating Dez like a dirtbag, were just going to jerk you is what we are really thinking IRELAND!

Now we have 2 2nd rd picks, 2 3rds. 2 4ths, and the 15th pick in the NFL Draft, we have successfully traded down and now can really make some moves and get some players we really need. We center talk in the war room around the 15th pick. I mention OL here, Derek Sherrod and Gabe Carimi. But we have graded out Rahim Moore very high, when me and Jerry were at the scouting combine I mentioned to him that Rahim Moore is the best safety in the draft and could do big things for the Dallas Cowboys. Rob Ryan agrees and he wants a playmaker at safety, he would also like a pass rusher but Rob assures the war room that he can work with Anthony Spencer. With Von Miller off the board we go to our highest rated player, Rahim Moore. We come to agreement that Rahim Moore is the pick, and we will go OL the next 2 picks, no matter what.

15th overall we select Rahim Moore S UCLA, the war room jumps in joy and champagne is popped. I call Rahim Moore, I ask "Rahim you ready to be a Dallas Cowboy?" He says "Yes sir its a honor to wear the star" and then I hand the phone to Jerry and I light my Cuban cigar. After hanging up the phone Jerry sobs and sniffs saying "I wanted a Jones on this team, a Julio Jones" sorry Jerry not this time.

We tried to do some haggling and get back into the 1st but we all decided its better to wait to the next day and we call it a night.

With our 1st 2nd round pick we make a move, we surrender our 2nd round pick, and our 3rd and 5th to move up to take Tyron Smith OT USC. We all agree he is a steal for us in the 2nd round, we got ourselves our RT.

With our other 2nd round pick we had alot of talk. I mentioned the need of a ILB and bring up Martez Wilson, a guy who is a freak. We talk about CB and discuss Ras I Dowling and Aaron Williams, but talk centers around the OL again. We all believe Ben Ijalana and Marcus Cannon can become our starting RG. We also have some talk about Justin Houston a OLB that could boost our pass rush. In the end its my decision, and I say you know what guys we take a RG here our OL is set and fixed. We got our 3rd and 2 4th round picks to play around with.

With our 2nd 2nd round pick we select Marcus Cannon G/T TCU to come in as our RG.

In the 3rd we grab a player I have had my eye for sometime and had talks with Jerry during the combine process. Muhammad Wilkerson blows us away at the combine, his numbers are freakish and we need a DE. Jerry agrees and sobs and sniffs again that he doesn't have the opportunity to trade down and take a ST player here, this isn't the 2009 draft Jerry. Draft real players. Also Wilkerson coming from a smaller school intrigues Jerry and Tom Cizkowski as we have drafted some smaller school guys before and have some success. Rob Ryan agrees that with Wilkerson we get a DE that can rush the passer for him, but be good enough in the run game. Talk does center around a NT, Rob would like a big Sean Rogers type of NT, and we do a good amount of talking over Kenrick Ellis here but the talent of Wilkerson is too good to pass on. Ryan assures the group we can find a NT late in the UDFA route and also talks about how much he likes Josh Brent. Ryan also says we might be able to get a guy he likes later in the draft, so we go DE here. With Spears, Bowen, Hatcher all free agents we like getting a DE here.

So we select Muhammad Wilkerson DE Temple in the 3rd round. 

In the 4th we have alot of talk around LB NT CB SS, alot of good talent left.

With our 1st 4th we take Casey Matthews ILB Oregon. I just like his hunger and passion on the field. We all agree he fits the mold we are looking for in Dallas. Casey may not be the fastest or strongest ILB, but he is going to produce and overachieve. The pairing of Sean Lee and Casey Matthews has our new DC salivating, also we joke around that with hair like that you can't lose and Rob Ryan with his lucsious locks agrees. With Bradie James getting up in age, and the lack of depth we have after Sean Lee it is a no brainer to address the ILB spot this draft. Kelvin Sheppard and Martez Wilson are other ILB's we really liked, but are off the board. Mason Foster is another LB we really liked, but he played OLB at Washington and we decided not to go the route of moving a OLB to ILB, we are tired of the project picks even though we believe Foster could transition to a ILB in time.

With our 2nd 4th round pick we go CB selecting Rashad Carmichael CB Virginia Tech. We need to add some depth at corner considering Newmans age, and you can never have too many corners. Here we get a corner with good speed and leadership qualities. We also took a look at Ryan Jones from Northwest Missouri State and Utah State's Curtis Marsh. We like Carmichael and have him rated for his speed and aggressiveness. Also a intangible that sold us was his leadership quality. Coming from a big time school in the ACC played a factor in taking him over the 2 smaller school prospects. Rob Ryan mentions that he likes Carmichael's gritty aggressiveness and says he is a perfect fit for his system.

This is the part of the draft where your taking chances on upside, or getting subpar players. I have the war room sell me on their guys. We talk about some NT's, SS's, RB's, WR's, OL's specifically C. We really like Alex Linnenkohl from Oregon State but we come to a decision that we like Phil Costa enough not to draft another C. Costa reminds the war room of former Cowboys great Mark Stephnoski. I mention the need of a RB, especially short yardage with Marion Barber not returning to the team and for a good reason. Tashard Choice's  future is in question and Garrett has mentioned he is not sure on what he is going to do yet. I mention my love for a RB we saw in the Cotton Bowl when it was in our stadium. Stevan Ridley #34 from LSU is a warrior. We all like his passion and heart for the game and all like his size, strength, and speed. Questions arise over his character, but we love the guy and brought him in and we liked what he told us. With a deep RB class Ridley should of went back to school, but its a great thing he came out as we get a gem this late in the draft.

So in the 6th we select Stevan Ridley RB LSU.

In the 7th we take a kicker to come into camp to battle it out. We select Josh Jasper K LSU. Kicker is still a big question and Jasper was one of the best kickers, even though he is the 3rd rated kicker this draft. We tap into the LSU pipeline again with the back to back selections of LSU players.

So boys and girls as GM for a few days in April I did some trading. I am not sure exactly what the trade values are and I really dont know for sure how the points add up, but I have seen similar trades in the past involving the same type of picks.

1-Rahim Moore S UCLA- A stud FS that can be dynamic in our secondary, we finally solve the swinging door at FS with a blue chip prospect and is also a born leader. After clearly lacking playmakers at the FS position we address this with a player we even considered 9th overall, but got the opportunity to trade down and get him at 15th overall. Moore gives us the playmaker at the S position that every other NFC East team has.

2-Tyron Smith T USC- One of the most intriguing OT of the draft that we can plug in at RT, and maybe become the next  D'Brickashaw Ferguson, major upside with this pick even though we clearly don't draft OL around 300 pounds but when a physical specimen of this caliber is there, you take him.

2-Marcus Cannon T/G TCU- Instant starter at RG for us, big boy cow status that will do some pancaking for us and with coaching can get better with his footwork and opening up blocks when on the move and in the second level.

3-Muhammad Wilkerson DE Temple- A big upside of a talent that could become our starting DE and wreak some havoc along the DL, a polished pass rusher with the size to hold up as a 5 technique and stop the run.

4-Casey Matthews ILB Oregon- Not the best athlete but offers all the intagibles we like and pairing with Sean Lee could become epic. Depth is answered with this pick, clearly no depth after Sean Lee on the current roster.

4-Rashad Carmichael CB Virginia Tech-We could use more help at corner even though we have rising stars in Bryan McCann and Orlando Scandrick. Carmichael is a fast and aggressive corner, exactly the mold we like. Also has some leadership qualities and has that Dez Bryant type of fire and passion.

6-Stevan Ridley RB LSU-With Marion Barber's diminishing skills and bloated contract we are in need of a short yardage runner. We get a bargain with Ridley as he fell a little in the draft with some character concerns, but we love his passion and speed. With good size at 6'0 223 pounds we think he can have the power to get the short yards but have the speed to be elusive enough on other aspects of being playing RB. Actually gave us flashbacks to the drafting of Tashard Choice.

7-Josh Jasper K LSU- David Buehler and Kris Brown aren't exactly sure things, but Jasper was about as close as it comes to being a sure thing in college as he was one of the most accurate kickers in college football. Time to have a competition in camp instead of just giving away starting jobs, something we are simply not doing with the Jason Garrett era.

We managed to trade down and pick up more picks so we can acquire more talent. We get our playmaking S that we have not had in a long long time. We get our RT and RG of the future and now. We get a beast on the DL to come in and maybe start right away. We landed a ILB that brings passion and a can start for us in the future, now we dont have to worry about finding Bradie James's replacement. We got a CB that I really think can compete at a high level. I think we got a nice bargain on a skilled RB late in the draft. And we might just possibly have found our answer at kicker. We got a little bit of everything here, S OT OG DE ILB CB RB K. But our clear focus was OL and S.

You may notice the 3 selections from the PAC-10, but Dallas has sent their scouts to scout the PAC-10 out heavily in the past couple of years. We started when we selected Victor Butler and David Buehler in the 2009 draft. 2 SEC players was taken, even though there were a few more we liked. 1 ACC, 1 MAC, and 1 Mountain West Conference player taken. We focused on both sides of the ball, but clearly emphasized the need to fix the OL and S spot early on in the draft.

This draft I think solves alot of the problems and questions we had going into the 2011 NFL Draft. As always feel free to leave your comments and discussions below in the comment section, thanks.

***Reminder this is a made up scenario, in this story none of the actual depicted conversations and events have actually taken place.***