Dallas Cowboys Draft Board (1 Viewer)

[Ridgelake]

At 7:42 in this video we get a picture of the Cowboys' draft board. Some dilligent bloggers have transcribed the video still shot into the following draft board.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN-V8LTw2-M

A still shot of the picture can be found here:

http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2010/4/25/1...ft-board-leaked

Round 1

1. Sam Bradford

2. Gerald McCoy

3. Ndamakong Suh

4. Russell Okungz

5. Trent Williams

6. Eric Berry

7. Rolando McClain

8. Joe Haden

9. CJ Spiller

10. Mike Iupati

11. Dez Bryant

12. Earl Thomas

13. Bryan Bulaga

14. Sean Lee

15. Jared Odrick

16. Jason Pierre-Paul

17. Derrick Morgan

18. Kyle Wilson

19. MaurkicePouncey

20. Navorro Bowman

21. Jahvid Best

22. Tyson Alualu

23. Jermaine Gresham

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Round 2

1. Devin McCourty

2. Demaryius Thomas

3. Koa Misi

4. Jerry Hughes

5. Brandon Graham

6. Nate Allen

7. Morgan Burnett

8. Taylor Mays

9. Dan Williams

10. (covered name) Weatherspoon or Tebow?

11. Kareem Jackson

12. Ryan Matthews

13. Brian Price

14. Rob Gronkowski

15. Brandon Ghee

16. Jimmy Clausen

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Round 3

1. Sergio Kindle

2. Anthony Davis

3. Corey Wooton

4. Patrick Robinson

5. Dexter McCluster

6. Joe McKnight

7. (covered name) Weatherspoon or Tebow?

8. -

9. -

10. Colt McCoy

11. Taylor Price

12. Lamarr Houston

13. D’Anthony Smith

14. Damian Williams

15. Eric Decker

16. Thaddeus Gibson

17. Corey Peters

18. Rodger Saffold

19. Toby Gerhardt

20. Golden Tate

21. Brandon LeFell

22. Amari Spievey

23. Mike Neal

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Round 4

1. Akwasi Owusu-Ansah

2. Javier Arenas

3. Vladimir Ducasse

4. Ed Dickson

5.

6. Clay Harbor

7. Perry Riley

8. (plate removed)

9. Torell Troup

10. Carlton Mitchell

11. Mike Johnson

12. John Jerry

13. Linval Joseph

14. Major Wright

15. Dominique Franks

16. Larry Asante

17. Tony Moeaki

18.

19. Ben Tate

20. Kam Chancellor

21. Andre Roberts

22. Myron Lewis

23.

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Round 5

1. Shawn Lauvao

2. Jacoby Ford

3. Danny Batten

4.

5. Daniel Teo-Nesheim

6. Kevin Thomas

7. Clifton Geathers

8. Dennis Pitta

9. Darrell Stucky

10. Alterraun Verner

11. Alric Arnett?

12.

13. Garrett Graham

14.

15. Jamar Wall?

16.

17.

18.

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Round 6

1. Jared Veldheer

2.

3. M. Hoomanawanui

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

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Round 7

1.

2.

3. Mike Kafka

4.

5.

6.

7.

There are so many discussions that could fall out from this information. I'll just step back and let the conversations begin.

 

[gorf]

the first thing that jumps out at me is that they had j.best ranked so much higher than r.mathews

 

[Unwrittenlaw]

The first thing that jumps out to me is that Gresham/Gronk were the only TE's on their board besides Pitta/Moleaki/Dickson late. No sign of Jimmy Graham/A Hernandez. And also Ben Tate late in the 4th rd.

Looks like the QB's (Colt/Clausen) didn't really "fall" - looks like the Dallas Cowboys valued them where they were drafted.

No sign of Hardesty!

 

[culdeus]

Kindle in 3rd round sort of confirms that he didn't slide due to bad luck.

 

[Topes]

They had Sean Lee ranked #14. Wow.

I honestly knew nothing about him before the pick.

 

[Redmen62]

the first thing that jumps out at me is that they had j.best ranked so much higher than r.mathews

The first thing that jumps out to me is that Gresham/Gronk were the only TE's on their board besides Pitta/Moleaki/Dickson late. No sign of Jimmy Graham/A Hernandez. And also Ben Tate late in the 4th rd.

I was trying to see how character affected placement on their board, since we often hear about teams taking guys "off their boards" based on character issues. I recall Hernandez having some baggage- what about Graham?The RB ranking is intriguing as well. I wonder whether a) they had some sort of medical or character concern about Matthews; b) they felt for some reason that Matthews was a much worse fit for their offense than Spiller/Best, or c) they saw that wide a talent gap between Matthews and Spiller/Best.

Also, the third round grade on Anthony Davis is pretty interesting.

 

[Jason Wood]

the first thing that jumps out at me is that they had j.best ranked so much higher than r.mathews

I don't think that's as surprising as one might think. Lots of people, including our own Sigmund Bloom and Cecil Lammey, didn't think Mathews was deserving of an elite grade. I personally think Best is the best RB in this draft class, but I also recognize that's easy to say right now and hard to prove until we see how their careers develop.

 

[Yenrub]

I guess the Giants weren’t the only team really high on Pierre Paul

And the Raiders didn't reach on McClain

 

[Ridgelake]

They had Sean Lee ranked #14. Wow. I honestly knew nothing about him before the pick.

This explains why they gave up so much (a 4th rounder) to move up 4 spots in the 2nd to get him. He was the last 1st round graded guy on the board and also most the the 2nds were gone by then too.

 

[Ridgelake]

Also, the third round grade on Anthony Davis is pretty interesting.

That surprised me too.Edit: Actually, they really had the olinemen rated significantly lower than the rounds they were drafted. This partly explains why they didnt take one until the 6th. There were just so much higher ranked guys on their board each time they came up.

 

[theglorydays]

Disappointing to see Troup with a 4 round grade considering the Bills picked him at 41 overall...

 

[Native]

Interesting that Jared Odrick was a top 15 guy.

 

[theglorydays]

Every teams board is obviously going to be different because scouts will inevitably have different opinions on certain prospects. It's still cool this information though, thanks for the post.

 

[Ridgelake]

Every teams board is obviously going to be different because scouts will inevitably have different opinions on certain prospects. It's still cool this information though, thanks for the post.

Teams may also rate guys on how they fit their schemes. So different schemes, different fits, different resulting values.

 

[Stewy]

The RB ranking is intriguing as well. I wonder whether a) they had some sort of medical or character concern about Matthews; b) they felt for some reason that Matthews was a much worse fit for their offense than Spiller/Best, or c) they saw that wide a talent gap between Matthews and Spiller/Best.

With the high rankings of Best and Spiller and the low/non -rankings of Matthews, Tate, Hardesty, it seems that the Cowboys valued speed more than size in this draft.

 

[Hastur]

I'm pretty sure this is the second year in a row the Cowboys board made it to the public eye. Interesting...

 

[=Smackdown=]

Interesting that Jared Odrick was a top 15 guy.

Yep - quite a few Dolphin draft picks listed higher on the Dallas board then where the Dolphins took them

 

[Wu-banger]

teams really should be using a Draft Dominator type application... this is 2010 after all and the NFL/Cowboys are a billion dollar operation.

a little organization could be helpful on a teams most important day of the year..

 

[vandyt]

They had Sean Lee ranked #14. Wow. I honestly knew nothing about him before the pick.

This explains why they gave up so much (a 4th rounder) to move up 4 spots in the 2nd to get him. He was the last 1st round graded guy on the board and also most the the 2nds were gone by then too.

Didn't Bowman go in the 3rd? They had him at #20, which is a shocker by itself.

 

[theglorydays]

They had Sean Lee ranked #14. Wow. I honestly knew nothing about him before the pick.

This explains why they gave up so much (a 4th rounder) to move up 4 spots in the 2nd to get him. He was the last 1st round graded guy on the board and also most the the 2nds were gone by then too.

Didn't Bowman go in the 3rd? They had him at #20, which is a shocker by itself.

Bowman had a bunch of off the field problems which definetly hurt his stock. I saw a lot of different websites that had him as a late first early second round prospect.

 

[Topes]

teams really should be using a Draft Dominator type application... this is 2010 after all and the NFL/Cowboys are a billion dollar operation.a little organization could be helpful on a teams most important day of the year..

They got a system. It works. It hardly looks disorganized.Whiteboards are not susceptible to so very many issues which could cause trouble for a computer. What, is somebody going to throw a grenade into the draft room?The idea that putting something/anything on a computer somehow makes it better is pervasive in our society. But it's not always correct.

 

[Phurfur]

teams really should be using a Draft Dominator type application... this is 2010 after all and the NFL/Cowboys are a billion dollar operation.a little organization could be helpful on a teams most important day of the year..

They got a system. It works. It hardly looks disorganized.Whiteboards are not susceptible to so very many issues which could cause trouble for a computer. What, is somebody going to throw a grenade into the draft room?The idea that putting something/anything on a computer somehow makes it better is pervasive in our society. But it's not always correct.

I would think they have both!

 

[Saints-Man]

Every teams board is obviously going to be different because scouts will inevitably have different opinions on certain prospects. It's still cool this information though, thanks for the post.

That is a great catch. I love to see/hear the inner workings of the draft rooms.Talent evaluation is so very difficult. No wonder different teams come up with different draft boards.

 

[B-Deep]

teams really should be using a Draft Dominator type application... this is 2010 after all and the NFL/Cowboys are a billion dollar operation.a little organization could be helpful on a teams most important day of the year..

They got a system. It works. It hardly looks disorganized.Whiteboards are not susceptible to so very many issues which could cause trouble for a computer. What, is somebody going to throw a grenade into the draft room?The idea that putting something/anything on a computer somehow makes it better is pervasive in our society. But it's not always correct.

what if wade goes for the buffet table and falls into the whiteboard?what then?

 

[culdeus]

teams really should be using a Draft Dominator type application... this is 2010 after all and the NFL/Cowboys are a billion dollar operation.a little organization could be helpful on a teams most important day of the year..

They got a system. It works. It hardly looks disorganized.Whiteboards are not susceptible to so very many issues which could cause trouble for a computer. What, is somebody going to throw a grenade into the draft room?The idea that putting something/anything on a computer somehow makes it better is pervasive in our society. But it's not always correct.

what if wade goes for the buffet table and falls into the whiteboard?what then?

They have Rowdy standing guard to prevent this.

 

[B-Deep]

teams really should be using a Draft Dominator type application... this is 2010 after all and the NFL/Cowboys are a billion dollar operation.a little organization could be helpful on a teams most important day of the year..

They got a system. It works. It hardly looks disorganized.Whiteboards are not susceptible to so very many issues which could cause trouble for a computer. What, is somebody going to throw a grenade into the draft room?The idea that putting something/anything on a computer somehow makes it better is pervasive in our society. But it's not always correct.

what if wade goes for the buffet table and falls into the whiteboard?what then?

They have Rowdy standing guard to prevent this.

do they even let wade into the war room?i kinda see him at a "kids table" in the next room. He's got his chalkboard and he writes things and every couple of hours Jerry swings in and pretends to be announcing picks for him...