Dallas Cowboys: 3 reasons Patrick Surtain II would be a great draft grab
Tide Pedigree and Trevon Diggs
The Dallas Cowboys need guys that can come in a contribute now. Ranking at the bottom of the league in some of the most important defensive categories last season, they are in drastic need of a guy who will make an impact from day one.
Alabama Pedigree
While on the college level, they are dominant because they always seem to get the best players to go along with the awesome machine of a program Nick Saban has built there, there is something else about Alabama but it’s reflected more at the pro level.
When thinking about the defensive side of the ball, you’d be hard-pressed to find another program or school that sends defenders into the league more ready to play, ready to contribute, and/or at a higher level than Alabama does.
Needing help right now, why not take a guy who should be able to step in a start for you if you need him to, but at minimum, be a high-level part of your defensive backfield rotation. That’s the first of the three reasons.
Tuscaloosa Two-Fer
The Dallas Cowboys already have one Alabama cornerback in the defensive backfield in Trevon Diggs. If you are being honest, from a highest level of play or consistency standpoint, he may have been their best defensive back last season when he was on the field.
No better way to get the best out of both Diggs and potentially Surtain Jr. than to pair them up again in the Cowboys’ defensive secondary. Not only should it bring the best out of Diggs, as he knows the quality of player Surtain is, has played with him before, and should enjoy the comradely of having an old teammate back beside him at the highest level, but it should do the same for Surtain Jr.
What better way to make him more comfortable in his adjustment than to put him beside a guy he already knows, who can help bring him along and be of personal assistance to him from an understanding standpoint. Diggs has more to learn as well, of course, but he’s further along than Surtain and every little bit helps.
That’s the second reason.