Mel Kiper's Latest Mock Says Cowboys Play It Safe With Alabama S Mark Barron

Especially if we’re getting a safety that isn’t great in coverage. How’d that work out the last time we did it? I’d much rather stick with what we’ve got or sign a reasonably priced guy if we can find an upgrade ’til next year.

Not without trading down and getting 2 first rd picks, should we pass on DeCastro.

After the first 10 picks, anything can happen. The Combine & FA will do allot to clear the water so to speak. I just want a ‘value splash’ FA signing. C’mon JJ get us a difference maker in FA. Even if its just one, at least we won’t be shopping for 2 Elite talents next season to make the run.

I really think finishing up that O-line is paramount this year. Get Nicks and pay good money for him. He’s young and just think 2-3yrs down the road the chemistry this O-Line could have???

LT – Tyron (3yrs remaining on his rookie deal)
G – Nicks (5 yr deal)
C & B/UPs – Kowalski/Meyers/Costa/Konz/Arkin/Nagy
RG – DeCastro (4yr rook contract)
RT – Free (Signed thru 2015)

HAVE HAVE HAVE TO Get that O-Line at least one quality addition Minimum.

I would be disappointed. If they’re eyeing Barron the most likely move is to trade back into the 1st round for him. I myself rather trade back then trade up with so many wholes to fill. The key will be in FA. That will be the sign of what the plan is this offseason and how the draft will go. Just hope that we’ll be sitting on draft night know that we will be using the BPA approach

no its just downright stupid to take him at 14, if he falls to us in the second round, great scoop him up sign elam or another vet to fill in until barron is healthy and ready to start

Reminds me of another safety we used to have that was great against the run and terrible in coverage. That is why we finally got rid of him. We don’t need another Roy Williams.

But that’s just me. And the combine will change much.

till combine and such its just for something for people to read.

if it did play out this way though i dont know if id be terribly upset if hes high on Dallas board and they arent reaching. (according to there board)

No way in hell the Cowboys do this.

deep safety class in 2013? I’m incredulous because this flies in the face of my latest pet hypothesis, that safety is an intrinsically weak position in all drafts — because best athletes are made corner backs.

I would be shocked if Dallas selected a safety at 14, though. CB, Guard, or Front 7 I could see, just because the Guard (DeCastro) would be awesome, a CB would be worth the value and need, and I can buy a front 7 guy as a BPA with value at 14

I think the Jimmy Clausen thing is getting to his head
pass on DeCastro and Kirkpatrick for a player who won’t even be ready until late July?
yes, in the 2nd round Dallas does this, but never in the first in the top 15, never

I wouldn’t call Kiper crazy here because I have suggested Barron that high before, but since he is more of a prototypical SS, I would rather go for him in the 2nd or a trade up

Not gonna happen!

he can play either CB or FS

If we get stuck in this situation and pick Kirkpatrick, DeCastro, Jenkins but if we end up with this and go Barron I think I’ll rip the TV off the wall and throw it out the window..

1) If David DeCastro is there at 14 the Cowboys would be stupid to pass up on him. He would be the best player available, and he upgrades a position of need. I take Mel Kiper’s mock drafts with a grain of salt. Remember, in 2010, he was the dummy who kept up the Dallas Cowboys will take Bruce Campbell in the first round nonsense. That kid didn’t get drafted until the 4th round, and has barely played in 2 seasons in Oakland.

2) I’m not saying I don’t like Mark Barron, and I’m not saying Mark Barron isn’t a first round talent. I’m just saying, like I’ve been saying the past month, Mark Barron would be my second or third choice depending on whose available.

3) If Vinny Curry continues to climb up, I definitely wouldn’t pass him up for Mark Barron, as he’s my favorite pass rusher. I won’t complain if we took Melvin Ingram. I just like Vinny Curry a lot.

So, would you pass up on the players listed above to draft the best safety of a shallow safety class?

Not exactly an inspiring writeup on Barron overall. Makes me wonder what S would be available in round 2 or 3 and whether they’d also get the “would be an upgrade for the Cowboys” stamp of approval. If Barron is the BPA then I guess okay, but at 14 I’d have to believe someone at a need position will grade out better. I just hope that the next safety we draft in the 1st round is closer to Ed Reed than Roy Williams.

but the blog would explode if it were to happen that way….wow

and the Cowboys under Garrett will not do that, they will take the BPA at a position of need, which definitely won’t be Barron.

I think the Cowboys either go DeCastro, pass rusher or whoever is the BPA at 14.

The Pokes need an impact rookie class, uh-duh. Safeties, corners and receivers struggle as much as rookie QB’s. The offensive linemen adapt more quickly, either because it is an easier process to grasp or because o-linemen are smarter. I’d say upgrade by drafting a stud like DeCastro, cheaper than Nicks, and pursue veterans in Free Agency. Terrell Thomas, Routt, even Finnegan are good options for us. Look for a kid like Kuechly or Carder in the second or a safety like Markell Martin….Develop our talent but build the team from the inside out……championship teams are built just like that…..

I would be awfully mad if they passed up on the 2nd best corner in the draft, which is our most pressing need right now or Decastro who is everyone’s safest draft pick for Barron. I don’t see that happening at all Kiper. Have y’all ever noticed that Mel and Todd could be agreeing on a player and somehow it still always turns into a debate.