2018 Weekend Draft Chatter Thread

[Chocolate Lab]

He better be more than Rolando McClain.

Really, why? McClain was a badass. Just a headcase off the field.

Honestly, I haven't kept up with the draft much this year. What's the knock on him? 6-4, 250 4.65 doesn't sound bad at all. Is he too tall to be very quick or something?

 

[lostxn]

Really, why? McClain was a badass. Just a headcase off the field.

Honestly, I haven't kept up with the draft much this year. What's the knock on him? 6-4, 250 4.65 doesn't sound bad at all. Is he too tall to be very quick or something?

Well he has trouble getting off blocks so some have labelled him as not quite physical enough. However, he was only a one year starter so one thinks he could improve on that.

 

[BipolarFuk]

Being a little disconnected with the draft and so forth, can someone tell me what Rosen did off the filed that made everyone hate him? Is he just a douche or something?

He has a huge Jew Beak.

 

[skidadl]

He said the N word in tweets when he was 14. And apparently it was the "a" version, referencing homies, rather than the "er" version, with any actual malice.

Seems like pretty normal behavior from a 14 year old in the 2010s...

He seems a little douchey but less so than someone like Mayfield.

 

[Smitty]

Really, why? McClain was a badass. Just a headcase off the field.

Honestly, I haven't kept up with the draft much this year. What's the knock on him? 6-4, 250 4.65 doesn't sound bad at all. Is he too tall to be very quick or something?

Was he really? In 5 years he had 4 career interceptions, he had 5 sacks once but then never more than 2 any other time, and he basically was a 50-70 tackle guy. 50-70 tackles is good for something like 120th to 30th in a given year. We're not talking Luke Kuechly or Bobby Wagner here.

He was good when he had his act together, but not even really Pro Bowl good. We remember him fondly-ish because of the garbage we've had come through our LB spots the last half decade other than Lee.

LVE's knock was that for such a big guy he's actually not the best tackler and not the best at the point of attack. He's being kinda projected as a guy who can grow into that thumper role a little more.

He's massive, but he can run sideline to sideline and cover. So people are projecting a guy who can excel at both movement and physicality.

I'm scared that we have another LB who hasn't proven they can win over blocks. Lee isn't great at it anymore and Smith was abysmal at it. And guess what else? No true 1T/NT to protect these finesse backers.

 

[NoDak]

Sutton at 48 is a big kick in the balls and all the OL going which is totally going to happen. That leaves us:
Ronnie Harrison
Dallas Goedert
Christian Kirk
Mike Gesiki
Maurice Hearst
DJ Chark
Anthony Miller
Nathan Sheppard
Eq St Brown

If that's the way it shakes out, I take Goedert and don't look back. There will still be WRs to be had in the 3rd. Trade up if need be. But Goedert will help us transition from Witten, and we'll enjoy another top TE for the next 10+ years.

 

[lostxn]

If that's the way it shakes out, I take Goedert and don't look back. There will still be WRs to be had in the 3rd. Trade up if need be. But Goedert will help us transition from Witten, and we'll enjoy another top TE for the next 10+ years.

I wouldn't be sad.

 

[skidadl]

That was Allen

I was about to say the same thing after some searching.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Schmitty - no he wasn't Kuechly but those guys are exceedingly rare. If this guy were another Greenway -- I get the comparison: white, rural, tall -- I think that would be pretty good.

 

[Simpleton]

Was he really? In 5 years he had 4 career interceptions, he had 5 sacks once but then never more than 2 any other time, and he basically was a 50-70 tackle guy. 50-70 tackles is good for something like 120th to 30th in a given year. We're not talking Luke Kuechly or Bobby Wagner here.

He was good when he had his act together, but not even really Pro Bowl good. We remember him fondly-ish because of the garbage we've had come through our LB spots the last half decade other than Lee.

LVE's knock was that for such a big guy he's actually not the best tackler and not the best at the point of attack. He's being kinda projected as a guy who can grow into that thumper role a little more.

He's massive, but he can run sideline to sideline and cover. So people are projecting a guy who can excel at both movement and physicality.

I'm scared that we have another LB who hasn't proven they can win over blocks. Lee isn't great at it anymore and Smith was abysmal at it. And guess what else? No true 1T/NT to protect these finesse backers.

Watch him vs Oregon and vs Fresno State in the MWC title game and stop complaining.

 

[Plan9Misfit]

Pretty cool, fanspeak has been updated with the first round results. If you run the 1st round and pick LVE, it fills in the rest of the picks just as they were made. Here's how the 2nd round went:

Sutton at 48 is a big kick in the balls and all the OL going which is totally going to happen. That leaves us:
Ronnie Harrison
Dallas Goedert
Christian Kirk
Mike Gesiki
Maurice Hearst
DJ Chark
Anthony Miller
Nathan Sheppard
Eq St Brown

I take Maurice Hurst and not think twice about it.

 

[Angrymesscan]

I take Maurice Hurst and not think twice about it.

I like the Stanford kid better for what we need, more of a 1T.

 

[Plan9Misfit]

I like the Stanford kid better for what we need, more of a 1T.

I’m all for drafting a 1T early, but I doubt it’ll happen as long as Marinelli is here.

 

[Nad]

At pic 50 the Dallas Cowboy's select......................WR James Washington OK State..................Not my choice I'g go DT or O-line..............................But I'm good with the Vander Esch pick...................I just think that this team is predicated on a DOMINANT run game and a G is the last piece.......................We did very good in FA acquiring depth...........................n we need a 1 tech with a lard arse bottom n poor hygiene habits!

 

[Nad]

A real neanderthal....................

 

[Nad]

I don't care he tested -4 on the wonderlic n runs a 14.4 in the 40........................

 

[Nad]

I'll be glad he's seen running n didn't eat the test!

 

[Nad]

The Cowboys are at their best when they are Beefy.....................Flash just comes natural in the skilled positions........................Make it easy.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

I wouldn't be sad.

The only thing that would make me cry is seeing him sit on the bench next year while Witten hogs 97% of the offensive snaps again and averages 7 yards a catch.

I'd probably take Kirk or Chark in that scenario though. Or maybe Ronnie Harrison, I really like him. Not bad options at all.

I don't trust Hursts heart. Thickening of the lining of his heart. Something that can't be fixed and continue his career.

 

[Landry]

LVE- LEE- CEV Love Lee's Clear eyed vision.