Jan 1, 2012; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Laurent Robinson (81) celebrates his touchdown against the New York Giants during the second half at MetLife Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Alan Maglaque-US PRESSWIRE

But then again, Jerry Jones thinks this team could win a Super Bowl this year WITH. THE. CURRENT. ROSTER. http://www.foxsportssouthwest.com/02/25/12/Jerrys-delusions-of-grandeur-fall-flat/landing_cowboys.html?blockID=673946&feedID=3799

Jesus Christ…… Anyways, let us waste no further time. I’m using Walter Football’s rankings this week. Let me know if you think anyone should be included/excluded.

Justin Blackmon, WR, Oklahoma State

Blackmon is clearly the best wide receiver in the draft, as was his former teammate Dez Bryant in 2010. The difference is that he has no character questions and he might be a better football player.

Alshon Jeffery, WR, South Carolina

Jeffery raised a lot of question when he came to Indianapolis overweight. That added to his problem of being slow and having to answer questions about his 40 time. He’s fighting an uphill battle to keep his number two ranking.

Michael Floyd, WR, Notre Dame

Floyd is a guy that makes me excited. He’s a guy you want on your team because he has huge hands and can make any catch. The down side is he isn’t very big and has problems going over the middle.

Kendall Wright, WR, Baylor

Wright was unstoppable with RGIII getting him the ball this season. He proved his speed and playmaking ability. However, I have to grade him down a bit because he was playing in the Big XII and the Big XII defenses are hot garbage. I think he’s a good prospect but he will need to prove himself.

Mohamed Sanu, WR, Rutgers

Sanu had a fantastic season at Rutgers with 115 catches and 1206 yards. He needs to prove he can run routes in the NFL over the middle of the field. Rutgers isn’t a  small school but Sanu needs to prove he can play with the big dogs.

Reuben Randle, WR, LSU

Randle was the top wide receiver on the #1 team in the nation (until the National Championship game). He is a huge specimen and should be good in the red zone. He’ll be a good steal in the 3^rd round if he happens to fall that far. He reminds me a great deal of Hakeem Nicks.

Dwight Jones, WR, North Carolina

Jones is a possession wide receiver that is extremely tough after the catch. He will need to adjust to playing in the slot in his first season, in my opinion.

Marvin McNutt, WR, Iowa

I think McNutt is an incredibly underrated wide receiver. He will be the steal of the draft at ANY position if he falls past the 3^rd round. I would advocate any team (including Dallas) taking a chance on him at that point. I love his route-running. He seems like a playmaker of the highest order.

Tommy Streeter, WR, Miami

He made big plays last few years but didn’t produce as well this season. He should stay in college. Would be a project for any team that selects him. I would need to see a killer Combine to have the confidence to draft him at all.

Stephen Hill, WR, Georgia Tech

Hill has big size and is very fast. He needs serious development to become an NFL starter. He didn’t get many plays on a run-first team. He has been compared with Calvin Johnson and Demaryius Thomas (other Georgia Tech receivers) but I just don’t see it

This concludes the wide receiver portion of our coverage. Next week we will cover the running backs!

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As many of yall know, I love “what if” scenarios.  They make you think about not only what could have been, but also make you think about what is.  More often than not, the reflection makes you appreciate the “what is” even more.  It is widely speculated the the Ravens were going to pull the trigger on Dez Bryant at the 25th overall pick in the 2010 NFL Draft.  The Cowboys traded up with the New England Patriots (swapping the Cowboys 3rd round pick for the New England 4th round pick).  The Cowboys drafted Bryant (who was rated as the 11th best player in the draft according to their draft board).

How do we know Bryant was rated 11th?  Because the Cowboys in-house television department mistakenly put a video clip of Jerry Jones in front of the board up on the team site for an infinitesimal amount of time.  Just enough time that people downloaded, cropped, and zoomed insight into the Cowboys draft day efforts.  Fortunately, the information was leaked on the third day which helped lessen the blow.  It should be noted, that most teams are very surreptitious about their draft efforts, but are willing to float misinformation prior to and during the draft.  If another team were to stumble across the draft board, certainly they would believe it wasn’t accurate and simply and effort of the Cowboys to mislead.

Now back to the conjecture.  If the Ravens either traded up in the first round (24th pick or earlier) and drafted Bryant, then the Cowboys would have considered the next player on their board.  Byran Bulaga (rated 13th) had just been drafted by the Green Bay Packers at 23.  Introducing the Dallas Cowboys first round draft pick of 2010 drafted 27th overall, Sean Lee!!!  (While doing research for this “article” I noticed that BTB’s did beat me to the punch, though I like to think I am taking this in a more detailed direction.)  Jared Odrick (DT) and Kyle Wilson (CB) were the next available players on the Cowboys’s board.  While it is possible that the Cowboys would decide to take Odrick or Wilson, I don’t believe they would look past Lee.

Considering this scenario, the Cowboys would still have their 2nd and 3rd round picks in tact.  With the Cowboys drafting of Lee, it is relatively safe to presume the remainder of the draft would not change substantially since Lee continued to drop until the Cowboys drafted him at the 55th overall pick.

The Cowboys next scheduled pick is in the 2nd round (59th overall).  The highest rated player left on their board with a first round grade is… Navarro Bowman.  Another Penn State linebacker.  How could the Cowboys take another linebacker in this draft where they have glaring needs at tackle and free safety.  Certainly you say to yourself, “They filled the LB need and they won’t consider another ILB until the 3rd day.”  The next best player on their board is Morgan Burnett, safety from Georgia Tech.  Burnett both fills a need and is only rated 10 players below Bowman.  Brandon Ghee is the next best available player, 18 players below Bowman.  I would be sincerely surprised if the Cowboys did draft back to back linebackers; the Cowboys certainly would have been eager to trade back in the draft and pick up additional picks.  Jerry Jones has been very disciplined lately about drafting the best available player, but there were several trades around and at the 59th pick.  If the Cowboys traded down, they would have received from Cleveland, a 3rd and two 5th round picks.  For the sake of this argument, I’m going to presume they don’t trade down.  One quick argument against the Cowboys trading down.  There was no guarantee that Bowman, Burnett or Ghee would be available when they would draft in the 3rd round.  As it turned out, all three were available, but the risk may not have been palatable.  Introducing the Dallas Cowboys 2nd round draft pick of 2010, drafted 59th overall… Navarro Bowman, linebacker from Penn State (or Morgan Burnett).

It should be noted that there is an illegible name on the draft board (9th best player in the 2nd round), so that alone could have certainly altered this exercise.  Notably missing from the Cowboys draft board are Tebow, Tim; Cook, Chris; Benn, Arrelious; Dunlap, Carlos; Cody, Terrence; Spikes, Brandon; Angerer, Pat; Brown, Charles; Walton, JD; Griffen, Everson; Campbell, Bruce; and Thomas, Cam.

With their 3rd round pick (90th overall), the best players on the board were Brandon Ghee, Corey Wooten (4 player spots below Ghee), Joe McNight (3 spots below Wooten), and Taylor Price (5 spots below McNight).  I like Wooten better than Ghee, but following the board…  Introducing the Dallas Cowboys 3rd round draft pick of 2010, drafted 90th overall… Brandon Ghee, corner-back from Wake Forest.

At this point, normalcy returns to the remainder of the draft.  Owusu-Ansah in the 4th, Sam Young and Jamar Wall in the 6th, and Sean Lissemore in the 7th.  Certainly when considering the 2010 Cowboys draft class, it will all be considered a success only based on production on the field and in comparison to who else could have been taken.

The real question is, “Are Bryant and Lee heading the top of the draft class better than Lee, Bowman (or Burnett), and Ghee.”  Considering the alternative, I certainly do appreciate the 2010 draft class more.