The Cowboys require their owner and general manager Jerry Jones to make purposeful moves during the 2021 Draft, targeting specific positions in their roster.
FRISCO – Since he took control of the Dallas Cowboys in 1989, the owner and general manager of Jerry Jones has agreed 161 exchanges, and 68 of them have arrived on the day of the draft.
Hence the nickname Jerry ‘the Merchant’.
Jones has made brave moves that no one expected, such as rising in the order of selections to take the corner Morris Claiborne in 2012 with the sixth global selection, in an exchange with the Sant Lluís Rams. A year later, Jones plan a move so that the Jeans would drop 13 places in an exchange with the San Francisco 49ers to select the center Travis Frederick in turn No. 31.
In some years, a dizzying number of changes have occurred for the Jeans, As in 2008, when Dallas agreed 8 draft day exchanges. Then there were three years in which the Jeans they did not move once during the draft: 2000, 2011 and 2015.
The Cowboys have 10 picks in the 2021 NFL Draft. only the Philadelphia Eagles. with 11, they own more.
the Jeans they need it to reappear Jerry the Merchant.
They don’t need the crazy uncle Jerry agreeing exchanges just to move, which was the case in 2009, a draft that focused on special teams and ended up being one of the worst in the history of the Jeans.
The Cowboys need a Jerry on purpose to perform the moves.
In the free agency of the NFL, the Jeans they focused on quantity over quality, adding 10 players, but none with an impact on the salary cap greater than $ 2.5 million. They weren’t going to spend too much on the open market, and have considered for years that the way to make a living as an organization is through the draft.
With so many high-priced players already on the roster – like the quarterback That Prescott, running Man Ezekiel Elliott, defensive wing DeMarcus Lawrence, linebacker Jaylon Smith and offensive linemen Tyron Smith i Zack Martin– the Jeans they need to get it right with their draft selections this year to enrich the depth and aspire to a balance against the salary cap.
For many, it could mean that using the 10 draft picks is the best way to help with certainty in costs, but there is no way 10 draft recruits other than a couple of free agents not recruited, remain in a final staff of 53 men. Before people get carried away remembering the success stories of sixth- and seventh-round recruits, there are many more failures and players than ever before.
Despite the registration of the Jeans from 6-10 in 2020, they still believe – with or without reason – that they have a talented roster, and earning a place among the final 53 will be tricky for a beginner. Dallas you need to strategically target players in specific positions.
During last year’s draft, the Jeans they made this class of movement in specific, ceding selections of fifth round of the year 2020 and 2021 to the Eagles to select the center of Wisconsin, Tyler Biadasz. They described a Cry as “flashing light”, meaning they had it much higher on their scoreboard than the overall No. 146 lathe. This season, the Jeans consider a Cry its titular center.
Staying fixed on this year’s No. 10 shift makes more sense for them Jeans they could pick the best defensive available if the top nine teams are offensive players. So far, the needs of the Jeans they are obvious: defensive, defensive, and more defensive. Maybe pick an offensive lineman out there, too.
The second round selection of the Jeans arrives in the turn N ° 44. What happens if they yield this selection along with N ° 75 or N ° 99 to ascend in the order at the beginning of the second return, or even the final part of the first round , to recruit someone like, say, the defensive tackle Christian Barmore of Alabama? No team wants to be as small on the defensive tackle as they look Jeans, i Barmore could contribute in this area.
the Jeans they have two selections in each of the third, fourth and sixth rounds for previous exchanges or compensatory rounds. They can also have shifts from 2022 if necessary to specify the movements.
A few times, in recent drafts, Jones has lamented some movements that, in retrospect, worked best in the way they ended up materializing. He thought that the Jeans too many conservatives were seen selecting a Martin instead of the quarterback Johnny Manziel in the 2014 Draft. Martin could one day join Larry Allen as the best offensive lineman in the history of the franchise.
In 2016, Jones he couldn’t get over the fact that he couldn’t keep up with the quarterback Paxton Lynch by exchange in the first round. the Jeans they ended up with Prescott in the fourth round, and has just been rewarded with a four-year, $ 160 million deal as his franchise quarterback.
With the advice of the Executive Vice President Stephen Jones and the staff vice president Will McClay, Jerry the Merchant can leave his mark on the 2021 Draft.
It’s time for that Jerry the Merchant be fearless.