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Hitchens was a fourth rounder I believe.Hitchens was a pretty good find in the third round, although they probably could have gotten him later. Williams I would say was a worthwhile pick too.
Hitchens was a fourth rounder I believe.Hitchens was a pretty good find in the third round, although they probably could have gotten him later. Williams I would say was a worthwhile pick too.
Randy Gregory and Lawrence are both going to be excellent second rounders for us in my opinion but prior to them I agree. It was a bunch of injured LBers and second string TEs.Our biggest problem has been consistently fucking up the second round. There are always starters available in the second but that's where we draft injured guys and TEs.
That and our second record picks almost seem to be cursed. Demarcus Lawrence seems to be panning out but Gregory wasn't a major factor his rookie year. Gavin Esconar? Feh. Bruce Carter? He flashed but walked away unchallenged after he became a FA. Love Sean Lee but his durability is still a question mark and was an issue in college. Martellus Bennett? Whatever. Anthony Fasano? Solid but unspectacular and no longer on the team. Kevin Burnett? Feh. Jacob Rogers? Double feh. Al Johnson? Feh. You could basically say the same about the third round as well. You have Demarco Murray(Gone), Terrance Williams, Tyrone Crawford. Jason Hatcher who came into his own after a few years then walked. After that, you have to go back to Jason Witten, the last time Dallas really hit a home run on a third round pick.Nobody is going to hit on all six-seven guys.
But even a couple of megasteals after round 3 makes or breaks a draft.
We have not had one of those in forever.
For that, I blame the scouting department. I think ours is average to mediocre at best.
When we have not had a solid unexpected hit since Jay Ratliff something is wrong.
I mean, literally, we have had a handful solid contributors picked after the first round in recent years:
2008 - Orlando Scandrick (I don't count Erik Walden, because we didn't even keep him)
2007 - Doug Free
2005 was perfect. Barber and Canty in the 4th, Ratliff in the 7th.