Mock Draft: Cowboys Trade Up For You Know Who

I think your initial trade idea between the Falcons and Cowboys would have been a classic one, and would have benefitted both clubs. But with Hall in Oakland now (what a good get for the Raiders; are they on the rise or are they Fool's Gold?) what do you think the odds are of Jerry getting up in that Top 5 for McFadden. I put in my most recent mock that he's going to have to settle for Felix Jones, a guy that I think is going to be a very good pro in his own right. Here's my version:  http://www.docsports.com/current/nfl-mock-draft.ht...;

The more I look at it I would like them to grab Hardy.From  http://condraft.com/mocks/round-1.htmlPICK #29 The 49ers Pick:James Hardy (WR, Indiana)With Bryant Johnson and Issac Bruce on board, and Darrell Jackson cut, the 49ers could still use a young playmaker outside. James Hardy of Indiana is one of the more interesting prospects in the draft, based on his size-speed ratio (ran a sub-4.6 at the combine), and college production. A red zone monster, the 6’6 Hardy is a mismatch for any defensive back in college or the pro’s. Indiana isn’t a high-profile team, so if you didn’t catch Hardy this season, the stats say a lot: 74 catches, 1075 yards, and a whopping 16 touchdowns. Hardy failed to score a td in only ONE game this season, a loss at Wisconsin.

If Dallas signs Pac"onedollar"man, you may be right in the attempt to trade up. I would rather see Dallas use both of its picks to get a RB, WR or CB/S. Some good RB's will fall to the late 1st round. Plus it will save the huge cost of signing a high pick

You say that the Bills are looking for a No. 1 at wideout?  Have you heard of Lee Evans?   Malcom Kelly is way better than Jackson....you need to reconsider that pick.

As intriguing as this may be, simply put, the cowbowys do not have the cap space to accomidate this.  With Hall's final year (assuming it isn't reworked before he is actually signed) and the huge pay out for a #3 pick in the draft... we do not have the space for this. I know droping Spears and Carp will take help a little... but it will be exactly that, a little.  These guys received decent signing bonuses as 1st round picks and would still be owned millions which takes away the savings you get in droping their salary.   Why not this... keep the picks, Draft a CB and RB (can get a decent WR in 2nd-3rd round)  Release Roy Williams, move Hamilin over to SS, Henry to FS and get an actual man cover corner.  Henery is decent, but he really excels in a zone defense and the move to FS will keep his career going for another 3 years longer.  Just my 2cents.

Seriously love this site!! I'm here in Big-D and a lifetime Cowboys fan. I can't say as I completely agree with the trade up, but it would definitely throw the draft into chaos. I wonder what Mel Kiper would say....lol.Hey Redskin...you're alright. I know there is a strong divisional rivalry, but I respect the Redskins (unlike Philly). If there are any Philly fans out there...YOU GUYS SUCK!!

hey man, LOVE the site.  just curious, are you basing this trade on anything or is this just a hunch? if you are basing this on something, will you tell me where you got it?

Giants yeah they won the big game.  But the Cowboys beat themselves in the playoffs.  I'm not trying to diss. them but really the giants had huge luck to get there and to win it.  And Asante Samuel choked in the end of the super bowl.  Eli got really lucky!  But yeah the giants won......and now you can go back to the giants website.

GIANTS ROCK      

I actually love this whole idea. I don't think it will happen in a million years, but I love it just the same. It doesn't resolve the old-WR issue, but getting D-Hall would immediately change how opposing coordinators could game plan the Cowboys. Where do I drop off my ballot?

My house is the one with the Burgandy and Gold decour. Bring it on baby.  :) 

Hey Partners...or I should say neighbors. I live in Silver Spring MD. we should all make a riot at some upcoming deadskins event lol j/k. I much rather see kiper's mock draft happen, but knowing Jerrah who knows??

mel kipers updated mock draft is in.  he has the boys taking felix jones and then brandon flowers.  interesting and would fill needs.

Yeah man mos def.  So you live in Columbia haha!  Looks like Landryhat and I are gonna tp your house HAHAA.........JK BRO!

I'm in Columbia Maryland, in between DC and Baltimore right off of 95.  As for the sportstalk 980, I do listen to them all the time and I can see that sort of thing happening if it was during the season, especially if it was right before the Cowboys-skins played a game.  It doesn't make their statements any less outrageous, but I bet you could find fans from any team get worked up like that about a division rival. 

I live in Germantown Md,  about 30 miles west on DC.

Octopus...I live in Buena Vista, Va., about 50 miles north of Roanoke...(6 miles from VMI)...where do you live?

Thelandryhat is my hero!  Other sites are not worthy!

HAHA thats awesome!  Where does every1 else live?  Thanks bro!

We all live pretty close to one another. Let's toilet paper RG's house, Octopus. By the way Octo, did you see the addition to the sidebar on the right? See if you find it. You're famous now and forever a part of this site.

Redskins guy, it was sportstalk 980 Dave feldman and Carol Mallony show a while back during the season.  I just couldnt believe the ppl calling in that day. I guess I see the other side of the skins fans around here cuz I support the Boys.  Btw Im in the germantown side of md.

  According to The Ranch Report and the NFL Network Javon Walker just signed a huge 55 Mil 6 year contract with Oakland

Octopus, I'm in the DC-baltimore area. What radio show was that?  I don't get the Snyder-owned propaganda stations but most of the local Radio shows are pretty down on the Redskins as a whole (the media hates Dan Snyder, even here).  I've actually found many Redskins fans to have, if anything,  a depressingly bleak outlook on our team.  Rather than homers, we get a lot of whiners and bitchy gripers who insist that they should complain loudly because they earned the right due to the twenty bucks they shelled out a week to park in the stadium and the six dollar sodas.  

Campbell also got next to no experience in his first year.  He got an amazingly small percentage of snaps and was really just an afterthought. I think we really botched that job up; Gibbs was just so obsessed with Brunell at the time.  I'm hoping Zorn has the time to be the teacher they hired him to be.

Skinsguy, I brought that question up because a radio show up here in dc had tons of ppl. calling in saying Campbell was better than Romo.  I was curious if you were in the same boat.  It turns out you are not just a blind homer fan like most skins fans I know.  I agree Campbell has tons of potential.  He has size,big arm,and good legs.  It just seems his accuracy is a lil off on those short routes.   

Redskin Guy,I nearly fell off the chair...w/ the Romo praise...I will say this at this point yes he is better than Campbell...but to throw some love back your way, we need to understand Campbell has gone thru to many O Cord., and losing one of the greatest coaches of all times will not help.  However, if he is given the chance and the right circumstances he to will shine.  Remember, Romo sat for years, JC was thrown into the fire w/ a lot of changes...I saw the guy play in college and i believe like Romo he has "It".

the more i look at it now i'm thinking we keep carp. and slip akin in there instead. i was'nt sure where we were with carp's contract, but that could be a factor if ot's too hard o hit to swallow. thomas at least lets us chew on the options. and you might be right about cromontie and felix? this is just speculation. but when jerry says he's got a surprise we all gotta assume BIG or what the hell's the use. i think yeah, there are maybe a few better backs ranked ahead of mcfadd, but for what use? an every down back? with barber here, would jerry be drafting mcfadd as a work horse? no. he's a game breaker that we don't have on the ground. the saints tried it with bush and it worked when they used him in that capacity. so why all the bashin on mcfadd. if he's in the right place and used the right way, you naysayers are sayin he's the wrong pick. if he gets in the open field on a quick screen and goes 70 for 6 we'll see alot of eyebrows lifted. who the hell are some of you guys to sit there and say this is the DEFINITE thing to do. yeah we need corners. yeah we could get another feasable back in the draft, and it may go that way anyway, but if jerry does move up and make a deal like this, stop actin like you'll never watch another cowboy game again because your just so discussted with the way jerry went. come on, we got a HELL of a team NOW, and adding a guy like mcfadd, as TERRIBLE as that would seem to be? i guess we'll just have to be pissed off all year at all those exciting offensive series were going to have on the way to the bowl......wow

You can wait until five to trade down with Michael Turner now in the ATL :)

Oh hell no I hope your wrong. Just the fact that the Cowboys would trade Carpenter would cost 4.5 mil in dead salary cap money. Hall is good but he would also be a locker room cancer. Mcfadden is aslo good but I also think he is over rated. there are plenty of backs that the Cowboys could pick up who are just as good as D-mac. with the 22nd pick the Cowboys should get Rogers-cromatie and with the 28th pick they should pick get early doucet or felix jones. That's what's up y'all....

thanks for the insight on romo skinsguy, i think your right and i as a cowboy fan had the same feeling about romo. i thought an undrafted freeagent, come on, fatass what are you trying to do? i figured it was to lite a spark under bledsoe's ass and get him thinking more out there. well the rest is history. romo will be a great talent find for us and will be the lasting touch of parcells on this era of the dallas cowboys. so be it. now jerry took things from jimmy, and he can take things from parcells. jerry still owns this team, and he still puts his brand on it's ass, so we gotta go with him. you can say what you want, but jerry wrote all the checks that brought these championships here. if jerry decides to take a shot at this mcfadd trade, i'm a go with it. if he keeps the 2 picks, i'm still a go. if he trades out of the first and stockpiles picks and depth? still a go......why? because in my mind we have the greatest, most dedicated to winning, (and turning a buck) owner in the league. the one thing about jerry, he ain't afraid of tryin......

by the way i never said i didnt like mcfadden, only that he wasnt worth giving up our 2 picks to trade up with miami, but if we get hall, at least we get a corner, and we still keep barber, i like the barber-dmac combo cuz barber can break through guys and dmac can run away with it, this should be our year

this is romos year i think... he has a full season of starting experience and he has seen the utmost of media scrutiny and attention after this year and the jessica simpson thing, i know he said it didnt affect him but im sure all that attention was new and weird, now there are no more surprises, hes seen what the media storm is like, he has the experience, and the desire to prove himself after his first two playoff losses.... this year is the cowboys year and everyone knows it, and the nfc east is the strongest division in all of football, and the pats suck! .................... yea its the end of an era with Favre, but hey, at least we should have no problem winning at green bay this year and snapping that ugly winless record up there

at first look i said no way. after thinking about it i kind of like it if the cap dictates it possible. hall can be a cancer but the boys have done well w/ those types...see Owens, Charles Haley and even mental cases..see Underwood and Spellman. we are deep at LB and Hall is an upgrade from Reeves. you all know JJ loves to make a splash, Mcfadden must be his "wow" factor. whatever the outcome, pray it works!

farve hangs it up boys, end of an era, and time for the new improvisor to take over.....go ROMO

I think I also mentioned that Tony Romo has impressed me with his leadership.  It's not an accident that Terrell Owens threw McNabb (and Garcia before him, and even his head coach Mariucci) under the bus and then emotionally defended Tony Romo immediately after a disappointing loss.  Owens had every reason to repeat his traitorous ways and yet he stood up for Romo instead, making himself look a little silly in the process. Everyone laughs at Owens crying -- and I admit I think it's funny myself -- but I also sort of cringe at the fact that Romo can get a guy like this to tow the party line and be a team player. That's leadership, and it's something McNabb clearly lacked.

Well I wrote two whole lengthy comments on the Romo vs Jason Campbell issue.  I'll try to recreate.  Let's hope me praising the Cowboys isn't some catalyst to end the world or delete this article or whatever. :) Basically you'd have to be a much bigger homer than I am to even think it's close.  Romo is the real deal and Campbell is a work in progress.  Last year after Romo's late-season decline and his disasterous botched hold in the playoffs, I was convinced he was a one-hit wonder.  Teams would study him in the offseason and would figure out how to stop him and he'd suck.  I ate those words in a big way.  I'm convinced he's the real deal and he is a top 5 quarterback in the league.  I hate that he's playing for you guys but I recognize he's got talent.  Campbell has potential but he's not there yet.  He'll run around and mount some sort of exciting comeback that just barely falls short of winning.  He's inches away from doing miraculous things but those inches are everything.  Until he actually pulls through in the clutch and starts winning those games, he's still just a prospect. His accuracy often frustrates me too.  He's constantly over or underthrowing his receivers in the deep passes and he makes them stop and wait for the ball in the short to medium passes.  He needs to learn to hit them in stride. With luck, Zorn will be able to help him with that, but we'll see.

a dream would be getting rid of roy williams without it hitting the cap in a supremely negative way...

its not a dream to get them both thats good for the falcons theyve been trimming the fat off their cap space and are looking to rebuild their team theyl have the money to afford two first round players its a win win for both of us, wel keep barber and get d-mac to replace julius jones and its always easy to rearrange stuff to make room in the salary cap everyone manipulates it to work out its hard to mess it up unless your name is daniel snyder

Favre away....GB QB retires.  Great athlete.  Did some great things for Green Bay.  Now that leaves that division open for the Lions to take over (j/k).  Dallas alone at the top of the NFC this year......

Favre away.....GB QB retires

Since the Iggles signed Chris Clemons, I don't think they will draft a DE at all. Right now they have Trent Cole, Victor Abiamiri, Juqua Thomas, Chris Clemons, Darren Howard, and Jerome McDougle(likely to be cut). There really is not room for another DE now.

I would love to see the Cwoboys get their hands on DeAngelo Hall.  I would put him way above a player like Darren McFadden on an NEED basis.    To get them both, I think your dreaming but I do hope your dreams come true!

That would put us pretty good for cap room.

I saw this on another pretty reliable blog:  Update (3/3/08) -- After all of our tenders, re-signing Flozell Adams and trading Jason Ferguson, we're now $3,807,787 under
the cap. We'll need about $2.2 million of cap room to sign all of our
rookies, but we won't need most of that until mid-July, when we'll
start signing our draft picks. We have plenty of options for easily
gaining cap room if we need it, including signing Ken Hamlin to a
long-term contract, restructuring Tony Romo's contract or giving
Terrell Owens an extension.

That was Michael not Marcus.

Has anyone seen Stanback play in college, he would definitly be a great run/after catch receiver, great scrambling abilities and a pretty good arm for trick plays and such.  I can really see why JJ wants him for the future.  I can see him replacing TO in a year or two.  I think he would fit in good on returns as well with his abilities to cut and run.  Reminds me a lot of (god forbid) M.Vick.

I do not understand why everyone hates Stanback????? Please explain! First year in the league after playing QB his entire career... Antwaan Randle El anyone? His rookie year in Pit with Hines Ward and Plaxico Burress on the team... We had T.O. Crayton Austin and Hurd.... so because we didn't play our 5th string WR in a transition year he's terrible?  landryhat your thoughts on Stanback?

Stink back will never play a down at WR CB's in the 2 rd or later 2. CB Charles Godfrey 6-1 #210 Iowa CB Dwight Lowery - 6- 1 #190 San Jose St CB Patrick Lee 6 #1 200 Aub CB Terrell Thomas 6-1 #200 USC CB Justin King 5-11 #180 Penn St CB Simeon Castille 6 #190 Ala 5. FS Jamie Silvia 5-11 #210 BC FS David Roach 6 #210 6. OT-OG Chad Rinehart, Northern Iowa 6-5 #308 OG Brandon Keith 6-5 #350 Northern Iowa OT-OG Duane Brown 6-5 #302 Vir Tech

JJ: Stay put!!  We need 2 CB's in round 1!!!  We can still get a real good RB in the 2nd round.  Javon Walker (if healthy)and Isiah Stanback (if ready) will be an upgrade at WR.  3rd round wold be nice to get either a safety or OG.  4th round would be a good spot for an ILB or FB.

Thanks Octopus. I love the nickname, too. It's unique and badazz. Bring more people here. Let's start a revolution. I think we can sway the Cowboys organization. I know some read it. I know they do.