Cowboys Podcast: Krunchtime With KD 01.12.12 Featuring Chia's Early Draft Talk

I will say though, KD you would do well as a radio guy IMO. you certainly have the voice for it

And I loved it! Keep up the great work! I think its great to be able to have voice with the name.

Like DCFanatic radio, except KD doesn’t ramble and knows how to conduct an interview! And Chia was laying it down; very clear and smart takes, Mr. Crack…

And: I second Ironman’s comment re: KD’s radio voice.

Open-minded BPA based on need evaluation. I think we got a glimpse of that emergent ideology in Dallas when Tyron was drafted. And the more that I hear from Valley Ranch this offseason, the more I believe Bruce Carter was a need pick too – but a rebuilding need pick. Of course, he’s no sure thing, but he’s shown flashes already that give me confidence we’ll appreciate him much more next season.

Garrett knew the defense needed a talent infusion that would take more than one offseason/draft; I believe he’s taken a rebuilding perspective to a greater degree than most of us previously realized. Hopefully, with a full offseason to focus on revitalizing the defense, JG and RR can bring in a few key pieces that continue turning the tide on damage done by poor contracts with subpar players.

That said, while I’d love a Melvin Ingram, Dre Kirkpatrick, or possibly a Courtney Upshaw (great instincts but not sure the burst is there for a 3-4 OLB), based on need/BPA, I don’t think Garrett will hesitate to keep investing in the O-line with a blue chipper like DeCastro if he’s there.

What do you guys think about DE Andre Branch out of Clemson? He’d convert to OLB in a 3-4 but has some monster measurables. 6’5", 260, good range and power on the edge. Could be a good 2nd or possibly great 3rd round value pick.

Anyways, great work as usual, KD and Chia. Great way to get my work day going with some Cowboys thoughts to help me procrastinate. :)

‘I love technology’

yeah that was dope KD
nice work on chopping it up, great editing

I agree about what you were saying about Callahan, coaching 10 pro’s compared to 90 guys is a big difference

deffinetely looking forward to more of these.

Fun to have voices to put with the names. Now I don’t have to rely on the ones my imagination put in. (I always imagined KD as sounding more Donald Trump, and Chia had a Terry Bradshaw thing in my head).

I enjoyed it very much.

Some of my thoughts on it:
loved the intro/outro music

KD, were you reading on part of it….in the beginning? First thing that jumped out at me was how well the intro sounded. I thought either you are an excellent speaker (no uh, um, or like) or you were reading the intro. If you were reading it, you did a great job of not making it so obvious that you were (at least to me). If you were just going off notes or something…then even more impressive. The uh and um’s came later which made me think you might have read in the beginning.

Interview was great. good questions. I’m curious though, why there was such a difference in sound between you and Chia during the interview. I assume it was done over a phone call, but you sounded like you were on the phone while Chia sounded like he was “in studio”. Chia, you did a great job in answering. pretty clear with your thoughts.

Agree with the others….KD, you have a great voice for radio/podcast.

great first show. look forward to more.

appreciate the support. First run, have some kinks to work out and will be trying to have things a bit smoother for the future runs. Look forward to working with Chia again as well as other guests. Chia did awesome for his first time. I have some exp. with cohosting my weekly radio show and doing a couple of guest spots on others shows. A bit different doing the podcast thing though.

I’ll work on getting these available through other mediums, now that I know it went over pretty well. Will be worth the add’l effort to make it available.

Thanks again all-

Great job guys! What a good listen, I’m all for grabbing DeCastro if he’s there but if not we gotta go pass rush.

but any way you can create an RSS feed and submit it to iTunes so we can download on our iPods?

Do you have any idea how often you are going to roll these out? Can we request interviews? (I would love to hear something from 5Blings or ScarletO, for instance, if you plan to keep up with talking to the fans.)

This could become habit forming.

KD is going places.

hope to see more of these

DeCastro and have maybe the most dominate left side in football

I had no idea that he was in the mix, but man that would have been a good one just because they have the best offensive lineman in the college ranks and a pretty good offense at that because of it.

Saying he could play as a 5 tech 3-4 end. I actually hopes he goes sooner and pushes another elite guy towards the Cowboys.

JAG all the way.

I will be looking forward to the next one.

I’ve tried in many post to explain you always draft BPA to needs… simple as that if you don’t you end up with a bunch of players that may be great but you can only play so many QBs… If I had drafted Sam Bradford a couple years back and had the #1 pick this year… I would not be drafting Andrew Luck… (However this year I would draft him if I had the first pick and then either trade him to some team in the mid rounds for a ton of picks… and I would get at least 3 first.) or for instance last year I would not have taken Cam Newton. You do that every year… you will have 18 QB’s on your team. You have to draft to needs. I think Johnathan Stern … I think that’s his handle said that we could have sacrificed everyone we drafted from 2006-2008 for Mario. Yea… hindsight is great but honestly what would you have done with 18 Marios and no-one to cover the wide-outs. Or no running backs or wide outs. It’s a combination of the two things that makes drafting tough. You have to look at the person and make sure that he will fit within your organization also. Type of player, Quality of play, Physicality, Position, Personality, Toughness, Intelligence… everything is a factor. You don’t just draft some big dump jerk that looks like a tank because he looks like a tank. Then you prove only one thing. You are not a very good GM.

Looking forward to hearing many more. Draft breakdowns will start many good discussions on this site. Good job guys.

I really enjoyed the podcast and I hope they continue not only through the off season but during the season as well.

Thanks