Cowboys Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President Stephen Jones recently joined 105.3 The Fan to discuss several Cowboys related topics.
Here are a few highlights regarding his thoughts on this week's NFL Draft.
The interview was transcribed by SportsRadioInterviews.com.
On if he has had more involvement in the draft given the state of the lockout:
“I don’t think so. I think it’s allowed us just to concentrate on the draft and not have our mind wandering on free agency or have our coaches thinking about getting their players worked out and ready to go. There’s been a 100 percent focus on the draft.”
On how much more difficult is it to go into the draft having not had free agency yet:
“I think it could be used as an advantage. We’ll just draft here when this draft comes up and take the best player on the board. I think we could end up having a more pure draft at the end of the day and end up with better players rather than drafting for need. We can draft here and then when we finally do go back to work, wherever we still have needs, we can look at that in free agency.”
On what it will be like working with Jason Garrett in his first NFL Draft as head coach:
“One thing we’ve seen already is that Jason is so diligent in his homework. He’s really studying these guys when he’s not in the room. He’s got a great perspective and is obviously a very smart guy. He’s already brought a lot to our room and really helped us out in sorting through all this.”
On who gets the final say on picks in the draft:
“We really try to get a consensus. It’s not one guy just saying, ‘This is the way we’re going to go’ or Jerry counting on one guy. We really try to work it between the scouts, the coaching staff, Jason, myself, Jerry, the medical staff. … If you get into a situation where you have a divided room … then obviously Jerry breaks that tie.”
Here are a few highlights regarding his thoughts on this week's NFL Draft.
The interview was transcribed by SportsRadioInterviews.com.
On if he has had more involvement in the draft given the state of the lockout:
“I don’t think so. I think it’s allowed us just to concentrate on the draft and not have our mind wandering on free agency or have our coaches thinking about getting their players worked out and ready to go. There’s been a 100 percent focus on the draft.”
On how much more difficult is it to go into the draft having not had free agency yet:
“I think it could be used as an advantage. We’ll just draft here when this draft comes up and take the best player on the board. I think we could end up having a more pure draft at the end of the day and end up with better players rather than drafting for need. We can draft here and then when we finally do go back to work, wherever we still have needs, we can look at that in free agency.”
On what it will be like working with Jason Garrett in his first NFL Draft as head coach:
“One thing we’ve seen already is that Jason is so diligent in his homework. He’s really studying these guys when he’s not in the room. He’s got a great perspective and is obviously a very smart guy. He’s already brought a lot to our room and really helped us out in sorting through all this.”
On who gets the final say on picks in the draft:
“We really try to get a consensus. It’s not one guy just saying, ‘This is the way we’re going to go’ or Jerry counting on one guy. We really try to work it between the scouts, the coaching staff, Jason, myself, Jerry, the medical staff. … If you get into a situation where you have a divided room … then obviously Jerry breaks that tie.”
