Was Trading Away Osa A Good Move For The Cowboys?

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like overall the osamove how surprised were you on that and do you like the idea because you

mentioned it and we've heard it from a handful of people now we're talking with John Mishoda on

on our radio show and we've talked to some other guys that are on the beat it doesn't seem like

they want to take that 92 pick and flip it for a win now veteran player like Jonathan Grenard

from the Vikings who's a really really really you know pro bowl level for sure

ed rusher it seems like they're like hey we've got we just brought in a new coaching staff defensively

a lot of these guys are coming from the college ranks they feel confident that they they

really know these prospects from a draft standpoint and so and hey they didn't they don't

have a second-round pick they didn't have a third-round pick so I understand the thinking there

hey we want a day to pick like for sure so they get 92 in the trade from San Francisco for osa

and it seems like they want to stick and pick there overall just your thoughts on that whole

that whole deal yeah I mean it does to me theme as that it's like hey I appreciate the fact that

they they have a plan in a vision and that's something is though I don't know that we could

always say about the Cowboys and when it comes to building this defense it there were so many holes

that realistically they probably couldn't have accomplished everything in one-off season but the

draft is now going to be huge and it always is for them and if they're able to really hit on

these players and all of a sudden what we're saying about the defense then you get a jump start

I think it's a little bit you you kind of have to be careful because you never know how quickly

some of these guys are going to be able to adjust and hit the ground running at the NFL level

but there have been cases of other draft classes that have come in when you look at New Orleans when

they had three straight eight-nate seasons then they absolutely hit Marcus Williams was a third-round

pick the safety that they took that year he was absolutely phenomenal for them there's others I

mean look Anthony Brown a sixth-round pick when the Cowboys drafted in 2016 was a starter for them

immediately and it was pretty darn good so you look at other Cowboys defenses in the past even

when they haven't been super talented can you get by on creating having and turning the football

over you know there's going to be a premium on being able to turn it over so I I think in the

third round there's going to be some guys whether it is your linebacker could it be Josiah Trotter

Adam Azoo could it be a corner that slides your way like is that where maybe you can address your

nickel player whether that's Chandler Rivers the corner back at a Duke who I think could be probably

a second-rounder but you've got so many good corners in this class maybe teams just see these players

differently and they've got them ranked differently on their boards so as he a guy that could fall

to you is it Keonte Scott from Miami who I know you're very very high on and I love the way that he

plays so I think he fits perfectly with the Christian Parkers trying to do here from a physicality

standpoint Brian thinks that he could play some strong safety I'm not going to count them out

there like are there players that could slide or if you want to continue to add some pure

thoroughbred pass rushers you've got the opportunity there pick 92 whether it's Ramello

height from Texas Tech if he can get there a Joshua Joseph says one of the best first steps

in the entire draft of me when it comes to being able to time the snap down and just fire off

the line the edge from Tennessee he would be a fun player there a Kiran Crawford from Auburn

at 92 who I think is going to start his career as a true third down situational pass rutscher

and then kind of around out the rest of his game like there are names that you can talk about

there that I do think will have a role that could really try and help them and then safety too I mean

Bud Clark from TCU can he make it there to 92 VJ Payne from Kansas States a player that I like

quite a bit that I've gotten the third round range Kamari Ramsey from USC they're supposed to

actually have in for a 30 visit that's a guy who's got some range and some good coverage ability so

there are a lot of players that you're going to feel good about I think the second and third round

is really the strength of this year's class and there's probably a big drop off but that's really

the when you're when you're talking about moving down from like 20 to say 35 like is the the

variance and player that you're going to end up getting there super different no it's not like

you're probably going to have a similar guy that you're talking about taking at 20 that you would

be taking at 30 or 40 in this year's draft it's just kind of how it is in this year's class so

you know to me I think they've got a vision which I'm excited for but I can understand wanting to

hang on to pick 92 because there's going to be a lot of players there that we're probably going to

like and it also kind of gives you ammunition of is there a player in the second round if you want to

pair three and one of your fives to move up and be aggressive like let's say your linebackers

there maybe it's Anthony Hill Jr. from Texas maybe it's Jay Rod from Texas Tech and he doesn't

go in the first round or CJ Allen from Georgia and you want to be aggressive and go get that guy in

the second it gives you the flexibility to do that as well so overall I understand wanting to get

pick 92 but it's certainly even defensive tackles there's a there's a wide range of possibilities

that are on defense of a quality player that you can pick that I do think will be able to help

you immediately yeah yeah and that's the great news you know and and there is still they're super

open in terms of the position because other than linebacker that's like you literally I don't know

that you have a quality enough set of linebackers right now that you could just run out there

and play but otherwise you got bodies you got bodies at these positions so depending on what's

available to you you could go a multitude of different directions positionally defensively on

this draft right now so that's all very exciting you mentioned that nickel player which is hugely

important as well that's another one of those positions where like okay Jalen Thompson you bring

him in from the Cardinals he's got some of that you know maybe that's a role that is sort of

situational and by by committee to some extent by match up in year one of Parker if they don't

identify a guy in the draft that like hey that's our guy because it is a unique position and I do

think this draft offers plenty of quality options but if you're not able to get a guy for sure

that it's like okay this is our you know this is our M and Warrior whatever type player that boom

here we go plant the flag right there Cooper to Jean whatever then okay like maybe we can have

depending on the match up in the situation we have you know two or three guys that can kind of

bounce around and play that role and then as you look ahead to next year in 2027 okay let's try

and find the guy for that position but that's another spot that is supposed to be like maybe the

most important role of the entire defense in this new scheme so that's going to be something like

you really absolutely got to iron out and I do think it's interesting like we talk about the size

factor on the defensive line and how clearly they're they want some bigger dudes which is cool

but one of the things on the back end bringing in a guy like Kobe Durant like how does that change

I know this fires you up because you you are a tiny DB lover guy I know you are at your core

and Kobe Durant fits the bill of a smaller dude like under 510 like 180 pounds and he was really

really fast maybe maybe speed is going to be something like Mitchell and Dejean in in Philadelphia

Blazers super fast maybe the the archetype and the traits for what they're looking at at the

cornerback position which was it was been want the bigger guys they want the long arm dudes they want

the bigger corners maybe Christian Parker's coming in here and just seeing the Kobe Durant move go

okay if he can get use out of a 5.9 and a half buck 80 corner I don't think many of the defenses

over the past decade and Dallas would have looked Kobe Durant but like I can get use out of you

because of your side so maybe they're changing hey we want the big bodies on the defensive line

but maybe in the back end they're willing to sacrifice size for speed yeah and and I mean

reflecting back on Will McClay said to our morning show at the combat at 105 through the fan

and he said you can get in trouble with traits and then he talked about Jordan Lewis and Jordan

Lewis was an undersized corner and to me there's something about these if I turn on the tape and

you're 510 but you're ballin I don't care like I that's that's what's annoyed me about

teams and the cowboys can fall into this like I've got it in my measurables I need my arm length

I need you to check the certain hike qualification I need your wingspan to be XYZ I need you to run

this type of 10 yard shuttle this type of 40 your 20 yard sprint should be this this look

there's so many this is a very good tiny defensive back class when you're talking about guys

that are six foot below the angel of ponds out of Indiana freaking dog right Kianta Scott

that I mentioned out of Miami dog and it sounds like that like Christian Parker when you look at

the way Kobe Durant plays he's got that chip on his shoulder this dude's not afraid to run

under the trash get into the fire stick his nose in it and smack somebody right you need somebody

with that grit that physicality and I think that there's a lot of those type of corners and this

year's drought a name that I am hoping and I've been in love with him since I watched him he's

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pharma so I think there's interest in Chris Johnson that's a 4 4 40 guy you know that's one where I

got a little feather in the cap and I love Brian to death finally in year four this I feel a little

bit more confident speaking up you know it's like okay maybe I'm gonna miss more than I'm right about

all right I'll say that but Chris Johnson all right that was a dub that was a dub right there so now

even Brian's like okay all right it can run because the tapes tremendous like super sticky

can stay in your hip pocket also will come up and tackle but he's like a six foot guy right he's

not your typical Dan Quinn like I'm freaking huge you know you're you're browning you're you're

Richard Sherman you know what they drafted with nishon right when they were here you know more

is one of those corners from Florida that's like six three big body type but you're right maybe it's

like I want the better athlete I want the quickness I want the speed you know I want the corners that

I can rely on to come up and run support everything seems like it is a big shift in first and

foremost if we don't stop the run and we can't do that at a high level to try and at least

force defense is to be one-dimensional and I get it big plays it can be a pass happy league but

we've seen the shift now to wanting to be more of a running style offense and that was to combat

some of the smaller defensive position groups that really built themselves into we're gonna stop

the pass so now you've got your too high double safety we're gonna try and limit the big plays

on the back end but we're gonna try and be really stout and defend the run in the front seven

that that might be kind of what they're looking at here so this is a tremendous tiny DB class

I'm trying to champion the tiny DB I love the fact that Will McLean the Cowboys are circling around

of this and they're like you know what maybe we should pivot from some of these measurements

because there's I mean Chandler Rivers is a guy that I mentioned from Duke smaller guy dude's freaking

incredible when you go watch a play and that's a perfect nickel player avion terrell I don't know

that they'd have interest in him in the past from Clemson at 20 if he's there perfect for what

Christian Parker wants reminds me a lot of Jordan Lewis in the way that he plays so this is this

is definitely the draft class in my opinion to pivot from that previous thinking yeah that's very

exciting that's very exciting because you just laid out that there's a bunch of dudes that maybe

would not have been considerations for the Cowboys in the past at corner because they don't meet the

size qualification but this draft features a lot of those guys and it seems like Christian Parker

and company are going to be open to that size of player I think the speed thing will be a factor we

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