When I fill out the first run of my tournament bracket, sometimes I look at it and ask how the hell do I have 2 12 and 1 13 seed in the Elite 8. It's because I want to be the guy who catches the Cinderella.
I'm becoming convinced that's Jerry's attitude towards skill position players in the draft. We're enamored with late round projects - Tolbert, Flournoy, Brooks, Fehoko - just so that when 6th round WR Bubba Thompson from Kutztown St. hits, Jerry can say, "See, I know what I'm doing."
The guys drafted might end up being good players. But, the fact that we're more than likely coming out of the draft without a difference maker at WR or RB means it's already a failure to me.
It is most likely better that way. Dak is not going to lead the Cowboys anywhere for the next 4 more years. Hopefully guys on the line develop and we get a young running back a few years from now that goes with a new QB. The team the Cowboys have now is a total waste with Dak as the QB, and by the time the RB is useful, he will then have to be signed to a big contract.
Because Jerry signed Dak to that huge 4 year non tradable contract, anything we really do in the skill positions is going to be a waste. The time to rebuild was this year, and the answer was to do it and not re-sign Dak.
The smartest thing they can do is rebuild the OLine and DLine and just forget about anything else. That way they are building for 4 years from now. The issue with that is that they will then have a rookie QB that will take a couple of years to develop. So, really this team is trash for the next 6 years. So, it really does not matter who they take because Jerry has seen to it that his money is tied up between 2 players, soon to be 3 and there isn't anything else to go around.
The bottom line is that nothing matters as long as Jerry is at the helm. He has run this team into the ground, and until he is gone, nothing will change. They are caught up in a hard place because they can't rebuild because they signed Dak, and they have no money to get the 5 superstars Dak needs because we all know he can't carry the team but is paid like it. Therefore, none of this really matters right now if that makes any sense.
