WhoDat said:
1.26 -- ANTHONY SPENCER -- Dallas Cowboys
And Chaos Commish throws his laptop...
Meh. I really liked Spencer as this season's Tamba Hali. Undersized guy with a decent first step who was much stronger in run support than he looked. Now he looks in nearly every way like his fellow alumnus Shaun Phillips. He'll play the LOLB role in this defense (where Merriman played) but Ware at ROLB will get the bulk of the best pass rushing opportunities. He goes from a potential nice RDE to a very suspect OLB prospect in IDP terms.
Ah well.
And it probably means Bobby Carpenter stays inside (nod to WD).
A buddy of mine called this a few weeks ago. Dallas has a team that can win now and, if you believe in Hamlin, then this was the last significant hole on defense. Spencer is going to...or should...play right away and take pressure off of D. Ware.The Cowboys had a good draft. Folks in Texas seem to be torn but that first round pick next year will fall in the Top 10. I don't care what the Browns got done on draft day or who they signed in free agency. That is still a bad to below average football team. CC, your Pokes will get their offensive playmaker next year early in Round 1.
It is sick to think the Pokes added another lottery ball in the McFadden sweepstakes.
Last year I suffered through Parcells forcing Bobby Carpenter in the first when clearly Manny Lawson was the way to go. It irks me and we have a repeat this year. Wade is comparing Spencer to fellow ex Boilermaker Shaun Phillips. I find this kind of talent observation laughable, unfortunate, and I'm a little tired fo Jerry promising BaP then going with the head coach. The thing that makes me furious about this one is the move up with Philly. They made an awesome deal with Cleveland that was laced with good karma and common sense for both teams, and they tarnished it by getting raped by the Eagles.
Dallas basically said Spencer is greater than:
a
combination of
one of these:
Eric Weddle, Justin Blalock, Sidney Rice, Dwayne Jarrett, or Chris Houston...
AND this is what really kils me...
one of these...
Quentin Moses, Alama-Francis, or Ryan Kalil...
I would submit to you that every single one of those players are better football players than Spencer. So there's this disconcerting double whammy with them taking a player (Spencer) who I think was overhyped in the Big 10 and no better than Rob Ninkovich or Ray Edwards, AND passing on two better players. Even if Spencer is who Wade thinks he is, I doubt he is worth any combination of those Dallas could be boasting today.