PRO DAY UPDATE: Could Cowboys Target Texas LB Anthony Hill In The First Round of NFL Draft?

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The Dallas Cowboys were at the Texas Pro Day, we'll tell you what that means for their

draft plans next.

Welcome back I am your host Marcus Mosher, he is Landon McCool and on today's show,

we're discussing the pro day updates as the Dallas Cowboys were at the Texas Pro Day

on Tuesday, Brian Shottonheimer was there, chatted up with David Mullageta, which I found

fascinating.

I want to talk about some of these players at the Texas Pro Day because the Cowboys had

dinner with Anthony Hill, the talented linebacker, who a lot of people think could go somewhere

late, round one, even somewhere in the 70s, what do you think about their interest in

Anthony Hill?

Well, if you remember, when we talked about his evaluation, I thought that he was specifically

a really good fit for what the Cowboys want to do in this kind of gap and ask him, and

I think it fits his skillset really well.

I wondered about his skillset kind of writ large across the NFL, like I wondered how much

value he would have for teams that are just looking for a simple 4-3-will linebacker,

right?

I think that there's a lot of other guys that probably would play that position maybe

a little bit better, and I don't know that he's necessarily a great fit as a mic linebacker

in those systems either.

So I did wonder, is there where his draft stock would land, right?

And I think he came out and showed that he was a lead athlete, he was a five-star coming

into the college, right?

And so I think, or at least he was a four star, he might have been a four star.

But I think he's shown you enough that for the Cowboys, I think he has a real serious

value, I think my problem right now with him is that if I had to value him, I would probably

put him somewhere between the two picks.

The Cowboys have a 20 and 94, and I think that if they picked him at 20, I wouldn't be

upset, but I think, you know, I would be much happier with him at 94, to be honest.

I struggle with the end of the hell, but let me tell you some other people's opinions

on him.

If you look at like, let's call them big draft media, right?

You guys know the names right now, Daniel Jeremiah, Dan Brugler, Mel Kuiper, listen to

these rankings, Daniel Jeremiah 37, Jordan Reed 34, Dan Brugler 56, ESPN, this would be

Scouts in 42nd, Eric Edholm 42nd, Nate Ties 37th, Matt Miller 38, Todd McShay 38.

They all like him in that like top 50 range, you know, kind of mid second round.

And you're right, like that's, that's a far stretch from where the Cowboys are drafting

at 20, but I think if they drafted him, if the Cowboys dropped, you know, dropped back

from 20 to 30 and they drafted him, I don't think anybody would put up a big stink about

it.

I think we'd all say, okay, hey, they identified a player that fits their defense well.

He's a supreme athlete and let's go from there.

I just think it gets a little hairy when we talk about him as a top 20 player in this

class.

Yeah.

And, you know, maybe the Cowboys have some sort of, maybe the Cowboys have some sort

of handshake deals to pull to trade down from 20, you know, because it's starting to

feel more and more like they might, right?

Simply like, because if they did and it opened things up for them, you know, first of all,

you feel great.

Like you said, you feel great trading back a little bit and taking a guy like, I think

you would feel, okay, would feel much better about taking someone else at, you know, one

of these other corners or edges that you, you can get kind of maybe closer to the second

round, depending on where you are.

And then that also potentially opens up, you know, if you have a deal like that, it opens

things up for 12 and that would make sense for some of the other stuff that we are here.

We're seeing and hearing about some of the folks that are coming through the Cowboys

Halls and interviews.

So, yeah, I think to me, it's the interesting thing about Hill is that CJ Allen is a name

that you've heard other teams been kicking around as a first round pick.

So when the Cowboys talk about taking him a 20, it's like, okay, I get it.

But when Anthony Hill's name comes up, it's like, again, I wouldn't be mad about it

because I get it, especially if they thought that this was their guy, but it does feel like

there could have been another player at 20 that you could have picked that would have been

a better value.

And if you pick him at 20, it's like, it really feels like a strong, a strong reach,

you know?

Well, not only are you reaching on the player, but you're also reaching on.

A position that's not, it's not that linebacker is not important, but it's not one of the

money five positions.

And I think it's more understandable if you're reaching on a corner or you're reaching

it on offense, tackle linebackers where it gets a little tough.

Well, and again, there's the economic issue that we talked about in previous episodes.

You know, it's not as pronounced at 20, but still like, you know, the way that these guys

get paid in their fifth year, it's like, it's even less of a reason to want to go get

a linebacker, right?

I got to, I got to stat for you.

There's a 29 linebackers off ball linebackers drafted in round one since 2009.

How many do you think signed a second contract with their team?

29 first round off ball linebackers since 2009?

10, five.

And that is including, that's including late in the end of the rest who signed a,

basically, it was like a one or two year deal because the Cavaliers just didn't know what

they were getting at that point.

It's just not a position that lasts very long in the league.

And more often these guys, not these guys move on.

So it's tough.

Let's talk about another pro day that happened on Tuesday.

One that is very close to late in its heart.

That would be the Auburn pro day.

Let's discuss KELGIC Falk.

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There was another pro day that happened on Tuesday that at least I think we should

mention Caldrick Falk, who I again, I know there's a lot of cowboy fans that don't

want him at 12 or 20, but we've been waiting on this 40 yard dash number.

It's not official, but according to Jordan Reed, between four six seven and

four six nine for a guy that is six five two hundred and seventy five pounds.

He's not a perfect fit is this outside edge Russia.

That's going to bring pressure, you know, quickly, but I think at least he went out

there and gave us some good numbers.

Yeah, I mean, you guys are so down on what is it?

I'm giving him credit.

Look, yeah, this is a good football player.

And I understand folks that don't like him at 12 totally understand that.

I think that, you know, look, his skill set is is not he doesn't hasn't

have a elite past rushing tape.

He doesn't have the kind of elite athletic athletic profile that you want from

your bendy right defensive end that we've all been chasing forever and ever.

He's not my comparisons, right?

He's just he's not even that style of player.

But there is a lot of value in this kind of player when they hit and I think

having a guy like this on your defense would raise the floor of this defense.

Just having another body who could play several different spots and give you

better than competent play at, you know, anywhere from three all the way out to

seven, right?

And I think he can do that.

And so I don't think he's a guy that you want as the top of your of your

past rush.

I don't think he's the guy that you want as the crown jewel of your defense.

But as like a guy that is like part of a rotation, part of a past

rush group, he is a force multiplier because you can move him all over it.

He can be effective on a bunch of different fronts.

And if you want to identify a problem area, he can be used at a couple of

different spots to attack that problem area on the offensive front.

I just think that he's not going to he'll never be a 12 sack guy probably.

But I wouldn't be shocked if he ends up being a 10 15 year six to eight sack guy,

you know, and so there's value with those kind of guys who give you great

run defense and offer that kind of past rush, pushing the pocket.

And I think it's probably closer to the bottom half of the first round.

Really quickly before we go, the two guys that I'm struggling with a little

bit are Celtic Falk and TJ Parker.

Falk is the better athlete.

He's also bigger.

He's longer.

Parker is the more proven past rusher.

If it came down to those two players at 20 for the Cowboys, which one would you prefer?

I before the Cowboys, I think I would choose Parker because again,

the Cowboys have a specific need now more than more than run defense.

I think where I think that they've got the correct talent.

They can still add more obviously, but they've got enough at this point.

I still think they need more past rushers.

So give me the past rusher right now.

I think it's closer than I thought.

I think I'm there with you as well.

Well, we'll see.

Let's let's see how this process shakes out of the next month.

Maybe our opinion will change.

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