sbk92
2
- Messages
- 12,134
- Reaction score
- 6
Jean-Jacques Taylor answered your questions in his weekly e-mail newsletter - Inside the Dallas Cowboys. Here are some highlights.
Q: I’m still stunned that Jerry Jones didn’t make any cute look-at-me moves during the draft and tried to take the best players when available — are you?
Mark Young, Los Angeles
TAYLOR: I had hoped he would let the draft come to him and take the best guys at the spots when he picked. When you take that approach, it’s hard to go wrong. I don’t like trading down a lot of times because I’m a big believer in getting the guy you want — not the guy who’s left from a group of players.
I loved the fact they didn’t trade down and that they stayed at No. 9 and picked the guy they thought was the best offensive tackle in the draft. Give Jason Garrett a lot of credit. I think that’s his influence impacting the club.
* * *
Q: I give Jerry a C. He just about blew another draft. He should have traded down a few spots in the first round for an extra second- or third-round pick and still taken Tyron Smith. I know the best he was offered was pick 16, but if not Smith at that time, there were two or three other tackles he could have taken.
Glenn Guillory, Baytown
TAYLOR: I disagree. There was a big gap — as evidenced by how the draft played out — between Tyron Smith and Anthony Castonzo and Nate Solder and Gabe Carimi. Teams expect the other guys to be good. Smith has a chance to be great. There’s a difference. Only time will tell. It’s not about acquiring picks and getting good players. You win with elite players surrounded by good players.
* * *
Q: You and I disagree over Hudson Houck’s quality of work in recent years. I hope you are right.
Craig Jones
TAYLOR: After seeing the entire draft, it’s really not about what Hudson Houck does with Tyron Smith. It’s whether he can get David Arkin to be a starting guard in 2012 and Bill Nagy to be a legitimate backup in 2012.
Q: I’m still stunned that Jerry Jones didn’t make any cute look-at-me moves during the draft and tried to take the best players when available — are you?
Mark Young, Los Angeles
TAYLOR: I had hoped he would let the draft come to him and take the best guys at the spots when he picked. When you take that approach, it’s hard to go wrong. I don’t like trading down a lot of times because I’m a big believer in getting the guy you want — not the guy who’s left from a group of players.
I loved the fact they didn’t trade down and that they stayed at No. 9 and picked the guy they thought was the best offensive tackle in the draft. Give Jason Garrett a lot of credit. I think that’s his influence impacting the club.
* * *
Q: I give Jerry a C. He just about blew another draft. He should have traded down a few spots in the first round for an extra second- or third-round pick and still taken Tyron Smith. I know the best he was offered was pick 16, but if not Smith at that time, there were two or three other tackles he could have taken.
Glenn Guillory, Baytown
TAYLOR: I disagree. There was a big gap — as evidenced by how the draft played out — between Tyron Smith and Anthony Castonzo and Nate Solder and Gabe Carimi. Teams expect the other guys to be good. Smith has a chance to be great. There’s a difference. Only time will tell. It’s not about acquiring picks and getting good players. You win with elite players surrounded by good players.
* * *
Q: You and I disagree over Hudson Houck’s quality of work in recent years. I hope you are right.
Craig Jones
TAYLOR: After seeing the entire draft, it’s really not about what Hudson Houck does with Tyron Smith. It’s whether he can get David Arkin to be a starting guard in 2012 and Bill Nagy to be a legitimate backup in 2012.