A Shot at the 53 - Post Draft

Ridgelake — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:55:13 -0000

The draft has come and gone and we have 12+ new players to factor into our roster. I wanted to take a stab at what the 53 man roster might look like.

QB 3 - Romo, Kitna, McGee

RB 3 - Barber, Felix, Choice

FB 1 - Anderson

WR 5 - Williams, Crayton, Austin, Hurd, Stanback

TE 3 - Witten, Bennett, Roster fight between Hannah/Phillips

OL - 9 Flo, Kosier, Gurode, Davis, Columbo, Proctor, Brewster, 2 spot roster fight between Holland, McQuistan, and Free

Total Offense - 24

DL 6 - Rat, Igor, Spears, Hatcher, Bowen, Siavii

OLB 4- Ware, Spencer, Brandon Williams, Victor Butler.

ILB 4 - James, Brookings, Jason WIlliams, Hodge

CB 4- Newman, Jenkins, Scandrick, Ball

S 4 - Ken Hamlin, Sensabaugh, Michael Hamlin, DeAngelo Smith

ST - 4 Folk, Buehler, McBriar, Loudaceur. You could almost move Hodge here from ILB. He's here for ST.

There are 3 open roster spots. It could be the 10th OL, 5th CB in Mickens, Carpenter, 5th safety in Watkins, or another special teams LB like Rogers/Octavian.

Actually, I think Carpenter makes it so we don't have all rookies at back up LB.

I'd like to see Ellis stay around fofr his passrush and teaching ability for the young guys. But I have a feeling he's gone.

Manuel Johnson sure looks like a practice squad guy.

What say you, everyone?

Hitting Raf's 4 Keepers in the draft: How successful have late draft picks been?

Ridgelake — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 01:14:30 -0000

In the upcoming draft, Dallas has 2 fourth rounders, 3 fifth rounders, 2 sixth and 2 seventh round picks. It got me wondering just how effective we've been with these later round picks?

Lets look at the current roster:

4th Round Picks

Marion Barber
Brady James
Tashard Choice
Doug Free
Stanback

5th Round

Scandrick
Watkins

6th Round

Deon Anderson
Nick Folk

7th Round

Ratliff
Crayton
Ball
Brown
McQuistan

We've had success with fourth rounders. In addition to the nice list thats on the team now, you can also add Chris Canty. We seem to have a realistic shot of getting a contributor or two with our 2 fourth rounders.

Outside of Scandrick last year, we've been rather pathetic with our 5th rounders. That is not good considering we've got 3 of those picks this year. Consider it unlikely that we get a keeper from these three picks.

Our 6th rounders have been only slightly better. Nick Folk was the first kicker off the board his year. He appears to be a long term answer to our kicker positions. But among position players, only Deon Anderson was a 6th rounder. Consider it unlikely again that we find a keeper from these 2 picks.

We've had some success with 7th rounders, with pro bowler Jay Ratliff and starter Crayton. Three other roster spots are filled with 7th rounders, though its unclear if all will remain with the team once the season starts. Beyond these guys, we've also recently drafted vets Jacque Reeves and Nate Jones in the 7th. Based on our history, we might get 1 keeper from our 2 7ths.

If we are going to have a successful draft, and by that it means 4 keepers, as elaborated by Rafael, here is a not unlikely path:

Hit on our 2nd and 3rd. There is significant risk of this occurring, however. Hit on 1 4th and 1 7th. With luck, the odds of a 5/6 hitting will offset the odds of a 2/3 not hitting.

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A Shot at the 53 - Post Draft

Hitting Raf's 4 Keepers in the draft: How successful have late draft picks been?