I guess you were just kidding about that verbatim stuff then, huh?
Whether you said it or didn't say it. You did INFER it. It's gutless to claim otherwise.
I said hedge our bets at center and tried to illustrated that a miniscule amount of playing time, such as Kowalski's 144 snaps, is tough to gauge anyone's future play on. Neither of which equates to Kowalski "sucking".
We don't have that luxury to "hedge our bets". You don't use a 1st round pick on a guy for the sake of hedging one's bet. Just foolish. If you're going to hedge your bets, then what you do is acquire Nicks and DeCastro, and go with Kowalski in between. If it doesn't work out, there are good Centers coming out next year. It was all understood that it would take 2-3 years to build this Oline and we're pretty much on schedule. And you did infer that he sucked, hence your reference to his UFDA, otherwise why bring it up?
You just don't get it. You don't draft a player in the 1st round for the mere purpose of providing competition or hedging bets. When you draft a player in the 1st, it is with the full intention of said player to come right on in and START and make an immediate impact. Tyron Smith was NOT brought in to "provide competion" or to 'hedge one's bet".
I just said draft a center high. That could mean either Konz, Ben Jones, or Michael Brewster, who are all scheduled to go in the early portion of the draft.
Konz is expected to go in the 1st round. Is that high enough? Are you advocating that we use our 1st rounder on Konz? Quit being a pussy and say what you mean. As for Ben Jones, I defer to dbair's opinion, who watched UGA ball and he stated that Jones is a huge dropoff from Konz. And I was underwhelmed by Brewster. Cowboys have greater needs and there are better players available for those needs in the draft.
I know the consensus is to draft DeCastro and/or sign Nicks. But outside of you, I haven't seen many people pining for Dallas to try Kowalski as the starting center. It could be because I just joined and haven't seen those posts or you're making stuff up again.
Actually they are IF you were to go back and ever read, but since you haven't watched Kowalski, why would we expect such from you? It's just par for course. Who the hell you think they are desiring at Center if not Kowalski? Costa? HELL NO. And neither Konz, because most of us understand that if we draft DeCastro, we will not draft Konz, and that drafting DeCastro would do more for our Oline than drafting Konz. Most people are satisfied with what they saw in Kowalski in that they would like to see him get more opportunities, in that for the moment he provides the Cowboys with breathing room because they can focus on more pertinent needs.
There would be no point to drafting anyone if you weren't sure if they would be worth the pick or not. Every rookie goes into the NFL with an initial 50% chance bust rate anyways. So I'm not even going to entertain that idea.
Not sure how you can establish that there is a 50% chance bust rate. Granted I understand that there are two scenarios that could result: bust or boom. But that doesn't mean that each scenario is equal in chance. Sorry, it's not that simplistic. Alot more variables goes into it.
Besides, Konz isn't the only center we could draft, so we could still accomplish getting both DeCastro and a high pick there.
Which would be foolish. We need a CB and pass rusher more than we need a Center, and the athletes available at those positions are seemingly better than the non-Konz centers available.
And how did you establish this?
First off, I didn't establish this. Go back and read or simply ask. Look up the threads or better yet... just ask people.