I think, one more good draft and we are in the Super Bowl for sure.


--- In dallascowboysofamerica@yahoogroups.com, "Commish"
<commish_guy@y...> wrote:
> Dallas Cowboys Draft
>
> 1 (5) Terence Newman, db, Kansas St.
> 2 (38) Al Johnson, c, Wisconsin.
> 3 (69) Jason Witten, te, Tennessee.
> 4 (103) Bradie James, lb, LSU.
> 6 (178) B.J. Tucker, db, Wisconsin.
> 6 (186) Zuriel Smith, wr, Hampton.
> 7 (219) Justin Bates, g, Colorado.
>
> My personal take on this draft is that we got some good players at
> minimal need positions when we needed to get as many players that
we
> could at maximum need positions. Our biggest need was DL and we
> didn't get a one. Should that lower the grade or should the grade
be
> on how good were the players we got? I don't know. That's why I'm
> not giving a grade. I was extremely disappointed that we didn't
> trade down for more picks. I think it was reported on Espn that
> someone offered us 2 #1's and a 3rd round pick for the 5th
overall.
> Wow! And we turned that down? Big mistake there. Yes, Newman is
a
> good pick. Yes, we now have one of the best secondaries around.
Yes,
> we now have depth at CB. But it don't matter who our DB's are if
we
> can't pressure the QB. If the opposing QB has time, any DB will
get
> picked apart. However, the most disappointing part of the draft
> happened in the 2nd round for me when we passed on DE Chris Kelsay,
> who slipped major, and we took C Al Johnson. Is Al Johnson good?
> Yep he is. He may even start in front of last year rookie
sensation
> C Tyson Walter. The point is that we needed a DL. We already have
a
> good starting C. Did the move give us depth on the O-Line? Sure
it
> did but we don't even have a couple starters on the DL to go along
> with Ellis and Glover, let alone depth there. Overall we got good
> players in the draft but we didn't fill our biggest need so the
draft
> just didn't make sense to me.
>
>
> The Atlanta Journal Constitution
> By Ken Sugiura
> http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sports/0403/28grades.html
> DALLAS COWBOYS -- C+:
> The Cowboys had two great picks with first-round CB Terence Newman
> and third-round TE Jason Witten, but they needed to get picks along
> the D-line and at RB and didn't get any. They traded for RB Aveion
> Cason, and he'll challenge RB Troy Hambrick for the job.
>
> Newsday.com
> By Bob Glauber
> http://www.newsday.com/sports/football/jets/ny-
> bbag3xx3257345apr28,0,765883.story?coll=ny%2Dgiants%2Dheadlines
> Dallas Cowboys (B):
> Not a lot of fireworks in Bill Parcells' first draft alongside
Jerry
> Jones, just some solid early picks, including first-round CB
Terence
> Newman of Kansas State and third-round TE Jason Witten of
Tennessee.
>
> The Star Ledger
> By Paul Needell
> http://www.nj.com/giants/ledger/index.ssf?/base/sports-
> 0/1051510834239350.xml
> Cowboys – B+:
> Comment: Surprised that wheeler-dealers Bill Parcells and owner
Jerry
> Jones were able to resist trading up or down. Maybe they knew they
> could do just fine staying put. CB Terence Newman is already being
> acclaimed in Dallas as the next Deion Sanders. Second-round C Al
> Johnson may let them move Andre Gurode, last year's No. 2 pick, to
> guard. TE Jason Witten was great value in Round 3, considered by
some
> the best TE in the draft. Fourth-round LB Bradie James is Parcells'
> kind of 'backer, big (6-2 1/2, 242) and swift, to go with the
smurfs
> he has now.
>
> The Seattle Times
> By Staff
>
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/134684652_nflgrade28.html
>
> Dallas Cowboys Grade B:
> The top four picks were sound, from CB Terence Newman to LB Bradie
> James. But where are the young running back and defensive linemen?
>
>
> CBS Sportsline
> By Pete Prisco
> Dallas Cowboys Grade B:
> Best pick: They needed a shutdown corner, and they got one in
Terence
> Newman with the fifth overall pick. Newman and Derek Ross will make
a
> nice duo outside.
> Worst pick: Second-round pick Al Johnson, a center from Wisconsin,
> has some off-field problems that turned other teams off. He was
taken
> too high.
> Reach: Johnson. They would have been better off taking tight end
> Bennie Joppru in the second round.
> Comment: The Cowboys had a good draft on Newman alone. Getting
> Tennessee's Jason Witten in the third round was a nice pick, too,
> after not getting Joppru. The Bill Parcells-Jerry Jones duo did a
> nice job.
>
> USA Today
> http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/draft/2003-04-27-winners-
> losers_x.htm
> Dallas * * * * * That's 5 Stars out of 5 Stars
> First pick in Bill Parcells era, shutdown CB Terence Newman, was
> surprising because The Tuna usually likes his DBs bigger. But
Newman
> is a special athlete who can help on special teams as returner.
Some
> ranked Al Johnson as best C. TE Jason Witten and ILB Bradie James
> represent excellent value in third and fourth rounds. No running
back?
> The Cincinatti Inquirer
> By Bob Matthews
> http://bengals.enquirer.com/2003/04/28/wwwben2a28.html
> Best drafts
> Cincinnati, Baltimore and Dallas
> The Cowboys added top-rated CB Terence Newman, top-rated TE Jason
> Witten and a center who could start immediately in Al Johnson.
>
>
> The S.F. Chronicle
> By Ira Miller
> http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?
> f=/chronicle/archive/2003/04/28/SP170647.DTL
> Dallas: Solid, conservative draft.