(Rd.(Ovr.) Pos. Name)
3(69) OLB Jason Williams; 3(75) OT Robert Brewster; 4(101) QB Stephen McGee; 4(110) OLB Victor Butler; 4(120) DE Brandon Williams; 5(143) CB DeAngelo Smith; 5(166) S Michael Hamlin; 5(172) K David Buehler; 6(197) OLB Stephen Hodge; 6(208) TE John Phillips; 7(227) Mike Mickens; 7(229) WR Manuel Johnson
Now I don't know much about these players, but if I had to give them grades going by our needs and the positions we drafted, I'd say we earned a D+ (would've been a C- but giving away our 1st round pick for Roy Williams is always gonna piss me off). Here's why:
1) I'm glad they decided to bolster the defensive line with 3 linebackers and a defensive end, but not at the expensive of our offensive line and secondary. How to you explain 4 pass rushers and only 1 safety and 1 offensive lineman?? Did Jerry Jones forget Dallas lead the league in sacks last year?? Pass rushing is already a strength!
2) We just cut Terrell Owens to make the offense more "Romo friendly" so I can't understand why we drafted QB Stephen McGee with he 1st pick of the 4th round. Tony Romo just turned 29 on the 21st, he's gonna be with the team for 6 more years at the least, why start grooming a young QB now?? We traded for Jon Kitna to sure up our back up QB spot, so I just don't see how this makes sense.
They did say they wanted a QB that could run the wildcat, but come the fuck on, how many times are we really gonna use that shit this year?? Four, maybe five times tops, so did we really need to use a 4th round pick for 4 plays in a 16 game season?? I can't make any sense of it.
3) Why in the FUCK did we waste a 5th round pick on a kicker?!? Nick Folk made 91% of his FGs last season and he's clutch, kicking isn't a weakness of ours! Not to mention we JUST drafted Folk only 2 seasons ago.
4) We drafted a tight end in the 7th round...why?? I'm not saying we're gonna find great talent for our O-line or secondary in the 7th round, but TE is NOT a need for us. Jason Witten still has a long career ahead of him and Martellus Bennett is only entering his 2nd season. Another pick that I didn't understand.
5) Lets be realistic, the Cowboys made most of these picks to help out on special teams, not to fill holes in the line-up (which is usually the point of the draft). Was our special teams really so bad we needed to spend more than have of our draft picking special teamers??
As a Cowboy fan I'm extremely disappointed in not only this draft, but the entire offseason. The Eagles and Giants are getting better and the Cowboys are getting worse. I'm not even expecting much from this season. I think if we go 8-8 that is a win for us with Baby Al (aka Jerry Jones) letting that shit head son of his basically run the show. I'm gonna go cry somewhere lol.
