Perhaps the most questionable pick of the draft came in the second round when the Cowboys selected linebacker, Jaylon Smith, from Notre Dame.
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Ohio State Buckeye Nation and Cowboy fans have to be looking side-eye at superstar running back Ezekiel Elliott, the MVP of the Buckeyes’ championship run in 2014 and top Cowboys draft pick.
Mel Kiper wasn’t overly impressed with what the Cowboys did in this year’s draft.
Whenever Smith does get on the field, be it in 2016 or, more likely, in 2017, he’s confident he’ll reward the Cowboys for betting on him. Also, owner and general manager Jerry Jones said Friday the team has ruled out bringing back polarizing defensive end Greg Hardy after one tumultuous season with the Cowboys. “Obviously there is patience and all those things that go with that, but he is well worth it”.
On Monday of last week, he held a workout at the Saint’s facility, with 24 teams in attendance, and scouts came away impressed that a big man had such speed and movement skills; indeed, his 4.75 second 40-yard dash would have placed him seventh among tight ends at the Combine.
So maybe defensive coordinator Rod Marinelli wasn’t afraid to join Jones out on that limb, crowing, “we got one of the best players in the draft”.
The Dallas Cowboys finally took a glimpse at a future without Tony Romo while taking a Baylor basketball star who hasn’t played football since he was 13.
Collins also skipped his senior season and will join former teammate Randy Gregory, who will serve a four-game suspension to start the season over a violation of the NFL’s substance-abuse policy.
Senior season: 13 Starts, 50 tackles, 10 tackles-for-loss, 7 sacks, 4 forced fumbles. He will play as an outside defensive end that can create some pass rush for the Cowboys and help out the DE rotation.
Here are Kiper’s thoughts on what Dallas did in the second, third, fourth and sixth round.
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But that risk-reward quotient makes the odds they’ll be successful every bit as entertaining to watch as the most suspenseful games of chance. “I’ve learned a few things and if [he] wants to kind of just pick my brain, I’m an open book”. “I’ve just got to get my job done”.
