Comments on: Bypassing LeSean McCoy to trade picks a Jerry Jones call

By: axespray

axespray — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 23:09:07 +0000

How about Bill Belichick’s draft trades…
He traded up for Chad Jackson – Packers trade down for Greg Jennings.

Packers trade up for Clay Matthews and Casey Hayward – Bill trades down for ….(idk who).

By: markdamack

markdamack — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:41:26 +0000

I like how they leave out Broaddus saying (basically) “I also understand leaving McCoy on the board when you had Julius Jones and Marion Barber set to split starting reps”

By: gasolinejt

gasolinejt — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 02:16:26 +0000

Actually, Jerry had to overrule Parcells to take Ware instead of Marcus Spears, not Shawn Merriman. (They ended up getting Marcus Spears near the bottom of the first round, too).

By: nachosnachosnachos

nachosnachosnachos — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 22:56:55 +0000

This is a pointless article. Jerry Jones also decided to go with Demarcus Ware when Parcells wanted to draft Spears instead with that pick.

Every team makes boneheaded draft moves every year. Some of these stories make me think I should start a site like this.

By: gammynomnom

gammynomnom — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 20:27:01 +0000

Not a fan of Jerry at all, but he has made some pretty good calls also. Not only did Bill Parcells bypass Jackson for Julius Jones, Jerry had to over-rule him to take Ware instead of Merriman.

So lets keep it in perspective, shall we?

By: gasolinejt

gasolinejt — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 20:22:59 +0000

The Cowboys have drafted pretty well over the past few years. Dez Bryant, DeMarco Murray, Sean Lee, Bruce Carter, Tyron Smith, Morris Claiborne were all solid picks. I think if every team in the league put up their top 6 picks over the past 3 years, the Cowboys would stack up pretty favorably. Not the best in the league, but in the top half, maybe the top quarter.

By: redsoxu571

redsoxu571 — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 19:33:51 +0000

This is hindsight at its worst. Mr. Broaddus’s job is to determine how good a player is, but just because Dallas didn’t take McCoy didn’t mean Jerry Jones was being value-foolish.

Here’s the simple answer…look at the Dallas RB depth chart entering the 2009 season:
-Marion Barber, 26 years old, one season removed from the Pro Bowl
-Felix Jones, 22 years old, first round pick building off of a promising season that was injury-shortened (8.9 yards per carry)
-Tashard Choice, 25 years old, coming off a rookie season that offered 5.1 yards per carry

As of the 2009 draft, the Cowboys were THREE DEEP at RB. All three RBs were young, and seemed to fit together (Jones as the primary HR hitter, Barber as the closer/short yardage guy, and Choice as a very high-end backup). McCoy had a lot of doubters, and his skill set was very similar to Jones’s, which would have made him redundant.

Since when did it become good practice to use a second rounder (in a year without a first rounder) to get your #4 RB, especially when your other RBs are young and signed for multiple seasons? So easy to bash Jones, and yet it’s apparently hard for people to actually use their own brains.

Maybe the scouts should do a better job of finding good offensive line fits (people seem to not notice that the Cowboys invest plenty in the o-line, but the guys they get often don’t work out…that’s a failure of scouting, folks!)

By: rayala3

rayala3 — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 16:46:13 +0000

All teams make mistakes with the draft. Hit and miss. No different here.

By: cowpiesnotcowboys

cowpiesnotcowboys — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 16:17:54 +0000

Trading up last year to pick Claiborne also meant spending a 1 and a 2 on one person. Time will tell whether that was a good value for Claiborne, but investing two “starter” picks on one player contributed to the lack of depth which cost them dearly throughout last season. That;s the kind of move to make when you’re a player or two from contention, not when you have as many roster needs as they had.

By: rmal83

rmal83 — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 16:15:40 +0000

Apparently 30 other teams passed on him too though! But no one writes that! They write the Cowboys passed on McCoy!

By: ham1

ham1 — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:31:18 +0000

looks like jerrah smelled his own breath. What a picture.

By: ianijm

ianijm — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:10:15 +0000

As an Eagles fan, Jerry Jones is the greatest thing to happen to the NFL since the forward pass. As long as he owns the Cowboys, they’ll remain irrelevant.

Then again, the Eagles remain irrelevant so there’s that …..

By: thebadguyswon

thebadguyswon — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:10:11 +0000

They’ve done well in the last couple drafts. Lee and Carter were huge picks.

By: pillowporkers

pillowporkers — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:43:34 +0000

Just keep telling yourself the problem is Tony Romo Dallas fans.

By: indywilson40

indywilson40 — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:31:48 +0000

If Belicheat made these same moves we would call him a genius. How many pro-bowlers has he passed on by trading down?

By: EJ

EJ — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:27:51 +0000

The first round pick is usually a gift, Scouts, Coaches and Analysts research, poke and prod the first 40 or so prospects, so most of those players end up being good to great and last many years in the league. The second round is usually a science. If you do your research and stick with who you came for, they usually work out. From the third to the seventh, Its all a guess. Close your eyes and just point to a name.

By: umainebearman

umainebearman — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:26:22 +0000

#solomon151 Broddus is not “piling on” everyone in the organization has regrets about missed draft picks and Jerry holds Bryans insight and options in high regard. If people actually followed Bryan on twitter and read his articles you would see even though he works for the organization he is very unbiased in his analysis of everything Cowboys and is not afraid to share his opinions good or bad. Its actually funny that PFT is just now picking up this story since its been on NFL.com for like 3 days and Broaddus has said the same thing about the McCoys draft pass for a long time. The media is the one trying to pile on with this “new insight”. Its not new, its old and every team makes mistakes in the draft.

By: noring4youstill

noring4youstill — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:20:55 +0000

And you jackasses thought there was a slim chance in hell Sean Payton was going to coach in Dallas. Ha, only if Jerruh handed him the entire team and walked out of Dallas. How bout dem cowboys.

By: dallascowboysdishingthereal

dallascowboysdishingthereal — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:19:57 +0000

Can’t have it both ways. Writers tell us that the Cowboys are talented under achievers then this tells us they aren’t getting the best players in drafts actually.

I’m not one to defend Jerry but no one gets it right every time including Parcels who is pretty well thought of. In 2004, Parcels passed on RB Steven Jackosn (Rams) to take RB Julius Jones. Jackosn is a good one and Jones no longer in football.

The Cowboys have collected enough good players to win more than they do IMO

By: buddysguys

buddysguys — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:10:54 +0000

Buffalo picked Andy Levitre with that 51st pick and that has paid off very handsomely so far…sounds like jerry failed all of over the place on this one.

By: romo2witten

romo2witten — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:08:44 +0000

The GM made the final call on a draft pick? Wow, what news.

By: 25cuts

25cuts — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:05:15 +0000

Glad Jerry did that, lol. Glad we got McCoy instead of brittle Murray. Go eagles.

By: logicalvoicesays

logicalvoicesays — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:04:19 +0000

The only RB that matters goes by the name of Alfred Morris.

By: hodag54501

hodag54501 — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 13:51:17 +0000

Apparently the cold, hard truths that Jones laid on the front office and the coaching staff this off season don’ t apply to him.

Jones apparently can’t see what a majority of NFL fans see: if he hired a true general manager and butted out of the professional side of the business there is a good chance the very problems described wouldn’t happen. The Cowboys do have some talent, but you can see the disconnect on the field with owner/g.m./tacit coach etc. hovering nearby.

When a person’s ego gets so large that they lose touch with reality, it only leads to a downfall.

By: billymc75

billymc75 — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 13:41:40 +0000

so he traded around an often injured guy that plays a quarter of the season

By: bobbyhoying

bobbyhoying — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 13:40:30 +0000

While I think Dallas might benefit from a real GM, 20-20 hindsight is always perfect. Name the team that gets all their draft picks right.

By: crubenst

crubenst — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 13:34:16 +0000

Lets not forget that the Eagles traded down to allow the Cowboys to get Sean Lee when they should have taken him.

By: solomon151

solomon151 — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 13:31:23 +0000

Wow, this is a bush league attempt to pile on here. Most GM’s do this, move around in the draft. Bryan broaddus ready to shift the blame on Jerry for poor drafts. In 09, we already had Marion Barber, Felix Jones and Choice. Now in hindsight McCoy would have been the better choice, but come on. How many other teams passed on him. Point is, hardly anyone gets it right. It’s a gamble.

By: vinceofdarkness

vinceofdarkness — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 13:27:17 +0000

This guy is a flat out embarrassment. As an Eagles fan, I love it!

By: tincansailor981

tincansailor981 — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 13:26:47 +0000

Jerrah is the downfall of that organization. I’m not complaining because I’m not a fan of that team. But, it seems to me by now even he could have seen what a mess he has made of things trying to be a GM.