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Cowboy Draft roundup: prospects, sketchy characters and prior picks

The ‘Boys have two more wide receivers coming to the Ponderosa (Valley Ranch): University of Kentucky’s Keenan Burton and UT's own Limas Sweed.

The book on Burton is that he’s a hardworker and a leader but he drops more balls than he should. Some say he’s fast enough while others are unsure. He ran a 4.49 in the 40 at the combine.  You judge for yourself. Here’s a list of his accomplishments. The book on Sweed is he’s a playmaker with a strong vertical but he’s had injury problems and needs work on his route running.

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In other draft news, the sounds you hear coming from Norman are not screams from the mortgage crisis but the lack of speed crisis. OU’s Malcolm Kelly didn’t do so hot in the 40. He ran a 4.75 at Oklahoma's University Pro Day. Yikes.

DMN Blog’s Albert Breer makes a good point about Anquan Boldin, who ran similar times and then preceeded to run through, past and around NFL DBs. But the carnage could be significant for Kelly who probably just passed up first round money.

Maybe we get him in the second round and he comes into the league with a chip on his shoulder and a desire to prove something.

Hmmm. I like that.

Hat tip to BudLight for his dairy on the subject here.

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With all the talk about Chris Henry and Pacman Jones, the San Diego Union Tribune has an article about some draft picks with prior legal history and I ain’t talking about interning at the local law firm. I had no idea Colt Brennan was arrested for felony burglary and trespassing charges and misdemeanor sexual assault and indecent exposure charges. Wow. When Skip Brainless was touting him for the Heisman somehow he forgot to mention that.

There there’s Louis Irizarry, a tight end from Youngstown State.

TE Louis Irizarry, Youngstown State – While attending Ohio State, he was arrested in October 2003 and convicted on assault, negligent assault and disorderly conduct charges after engaging in a fight with two male students and pushing his girlfriend. He spent three days in jail. In May 2004, he was arrested again and this time was charged with felony robbery in the second degree after he and a teammate assaulted a student and stole his wallet. He was sentenced to three years in jail, but he served only six months.

Good thing we got Witten. Next!

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ESPN’s Mike Sando takes a look at the 1998 Draft and analyzes the ripple effect the Manning-Leaf decision had on scores of other teams. Manning? Darn near his whole family has rings and he's got more commercials than Lebron and Jordan combined. Leaf? Uh, not so much. But every now and then they show clips of his breakdown in the locker room. That's always good for a laugh.

Good Lord I can’t believe he actually played for us.

At the bottom of the article there’s a roundup of first-round draft picks and Greg Ellis pops up.

Solid starter coming off 12½ sack season, Pro Bowl appearance.

That pick just keeps looking better all the time. I still say we should’ve drafted Randy Moss. But Greg is like fine wine and Otis Redding songs. He just gets better with age.

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Boldin 40 time
Boldin had slow 40 time, but his shuttle times and other drills were off the chart, which show explosiveness in/out cuts, etc.

Anyone know Kelly's times on those drills?

by MysterD on Apr 10, 2008 1:00 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Colt's trouble with the law

was actually highlighted in the Heisman feature about him before the award was given, iirc, and it was well-known here in Hawaii, but was always framed around a theme of redemption, second chance opportunities, etc. with Colt talking about how coming to Hawaii helped get him back on the right track. But yeah, he was a bad boy in Boulder.

by scottmaui on Apr 10, 2008 1:00 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

it's good he got his life together...

it just surprised me. it puts his season in a better context now. or at least for me it did....

by Tuna Helper on Apr 10, 2008 1:06 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I knew about his

sexual assault charge but didn't know about the other stuff. It's amazing how many skeletons some of these kids already have in their closets.

"Being with a woman all night never hurt no professional baseball player. It's staying up all night looking for a woman that does him in." -- Casey Stengel

by kameleon1 on Apr 10, 2008 11:19 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Brennan is a 6th or 7th rounder

It's not just his past criminal activity, it's his funky throwing motion, and lack of size that will cause him to slide.

T-New, shutting down WR's for Dallas since 2003.

by APerfectStar on Apr 10, 2008 3:57 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Not to go all philosophical

But Ryan Leaf and Tony Romo represent a form of Sports Media Cognitive Dissonance. Everyone was so convinced that Leaf was the real deal that he was given about three more chances than he ever deserved based on his performance. Romo has had a season and a half of success and jerkwads like Tim Brown call him a JAG (just a Guy) and predict his complete collapse as a QB.

OK, back to football. Redskins radio is buzzing with "Why not us?" talk on Pacman now that Dallas looks to be uninterested. Wonder which NFL city's strip clubs and emergency rooms are going to be blessed with his support this season?

by dunkman on Apr 10, 2008 5:33 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

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