Each year, we hear about the importance of the all-mighty board when it comes to the NFL Draft. Each year, teams deviate from said board. Former Dallas Cowboys scout Bryan Broaddus discussed the habit and how the Cowboys missed out on selecting running back LeSean McCoy because of it. "If you go back to the 2009 draft, they sat there and they had LeSean McCoy with a first-round grade," Broaddus said during a radio interview last week on KRLD-FM, according to The Dallas Morning News. "The problem was, they weren't willing to take LeSean McCoy. That's the issue. Don't window-dress your board. They're sitting there in the second round and they've got LeSean McCoy with a first-round grade on their board. That's value. They did it (got it right) with Sean Lee, they did it with Bruce Carter. They sat there, they took the guy that was on the board that they were supposed to take. "Mistakes are made when you jump around on the board. Jerry (Jones has) done it a couple of different times. The Quincy Carter draft, we had Kendrell Bell there, first-round grade, ends up going the second round; goes right behind us to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Ends up being AFC Defensive Rookie of the Year. And then we take Quincy Carter. That was a forced pick right there. You had a guy there you had a better grade on, you probably could have got Quincy Carter later in the draft. That's where you get in trouble leapfrogging around." McCoy ended up going to the Philadelphia Eagles at No. 53 overall. Source: NFL.com
Should have picked McCoy in that instance, but the real mistake was not trading up for Unger who was there real target at that pick. They knew there was chance the Seahawks were going to take him and the they passed on trading up ahead of them in hopes that they passed. They didn't and we traded out because a target wasn't there. To there credit, since 2009 they have stuck to there board religiously and have been aggressive in positioning themselves to get a target ( Bryant, Lee, Claiborne) Sent from my HTC Vivid
this is a stupid story just trying to drum up something in the rivalry. didn't 30 other teams pass him up too?
Also, the year McCoy was drafted, they had Barber and Choice both coming off pretty good seasons in a timeshare and had drafted Felix in the 1st the previous year (who still showed a ton of promise). They were looking pretty set 3 deep at RB, they would have been foolish to not try and improve the team in another area with that high of a pick considering the situation. Yeah in hindsight McCoy should have been the pick (which can be said about soooooo many players for soooooo many teams) but at the time it wouldnt have made much sense.
what jerry jones picking off his board that never happens lol this is the same guy that traded for wr roy williams
