BlueHeffner
Veteran
We did last year
Adding to the 21-4: Official 2018 Dallas Cowboys War Room Thread
- Thread starter BigE214
- Start date
I guess keep adding to the defense We couldn't stop anyone last year...
We couldn't stop anyone last year...
Spade
Superstar
No receiver? Because Sutton, Miller, and Chark will be picked today by someone.
BlueHeffner
Veteran
Since we passed on Moore and Ridley, we might as well go all in, in fixing the Defense
lol what’s the problem?
BlueHeffner
Veteran
Dude could barely get by a 205lb Running back
Sucks we have to wait so goddamn long to know ANYTHING about this draft selection.
TC, drills, practice, and even preseason won't tell us anything about a guy who has 1 full season of 11-11 football.
If he busts, between him and @smitty22's dikkhead BFF Taco Supreme Hypebeast Charlton's pathetic Vernon Gholston lookin ass, we wasted bike to bike first rounders.
Please don't bust
TC, drills, practice, and even preseason won't tell us anything about a guy who has 1 full season of 11-11 football.
If he busts, between him and @smitty22's dikkhead BFF Taco Supreme Hypebeast Charlton's pathetic Vernon Gholston lookin ass, we wasted bike to bike first rounders.
Please don't bust
If they're really thinking about drafting fukking Cortland Sutton. 
I hope they trade that shyt for Earl Thomas if this is true.
This Cortland Sutton love fest is clearly Jerruh.
I can't wait for this old idiot CAC to die.
I hope they trade that shyt for Earl Thomas if this is true.
This Cortland Sutton love fest is clearly Jerruh.
I can't wait for this old idiot CAC to die.
Sucks we have to wait so goddamn long to know ANYTHING about this draft selection.
TC, drills, practice, and even preseason won't tell us anything about a guy who has 1 full season of 11-11 football.
If he busts, between him and @smitty22's dikkhead BFF Taco Supreme Hypebeast Charlton's pathetic Vernon Gholston lookin ass, we wasted bike to bike first rounders.
Please don't bust
Tuls | Vander Esch is a home run pick for the Cowboys
By
Jonah Tuls
Published on April 27, 2018
I know most Dallas Cowboys fans were ready to bring out the pitchforks and storm the castle after the team selected Boise State linebacker Leighton Vander Esch with the 19th overall pick, but it’s time to pump the brakes. I believe in the player. He is a self-made prospect who comes from six-man football in a graduating class of 11 students in high school. He was not handed anything, and instead had to walk on to Boise State.
Vander Esch is an ascending player who has gotten better each season and that showed as each game went on in his junior season. This was his first true season as an inside linebacker, so he is just starting to understand what it means to play the position. Yet, he looked like one of the most instinctive and natural flowing linebackers in this draft class. If you watch his first couple of games in the season, such as BYU and Virginia, my initial impression was that he was raw, which is true. However, you have to take his film into context with his lack of experience.
As the season went along against teams like Fresno State and Oregon, he showed flashes of another Cowboys linebacker Sean Lee with how disruptive he was. Mountain West defensive player of the year. Bowl game MVP. This happened in his first season as a starting linebacker. Imagine what he can do with two more years of experience under his belt? Five years? Or even 10 years? Throw in the fact that this guy tested better at 6-4, 250 than any linebacker at the Combine in recent memory with a 4.65 forty-yard dash, 40-inch vertical jump(!), 124-inch broad jump, 6.88 three-cone time, and a 4.15 short-shuttle time, and his ceiling is sky-high.
I get it. Some of you fans may not necessarily be upset with the player, but it is the fact that they took a linebacker instead of Harold Landry, James Daniels, or a wide receiver. Trust me, I was carrying the banner flag for a left guard to be the pick here. Also, a lot of people are jumping to the conclusion that this is an indictment of Jaylon Smith. Let’s not forget that Sean Lee has proven to be one of the most injury-prone linebackers in the league and is about to turn 32. This team cannot afford another season without depth at the linebacker position, plain and simple.
On another note, the value of this pick makes a TON of sense. I had Vander Esch as the 18th overall player on my board, ahead of Tremaine Edmunds and Rashaan Evans. But my love for the player is only one part of the equation. The other part is that if this team knew the drop off in talent at linebacker from round one to round two and three is much bigger than the deep classes of wide receiver, defensive tackle, and safety.
Before you jump off the ledge, take a deep breath and look at the value of the prospect that are still on the board at those positions. James Daniels, Will Hernandez, Austin Corbett, Harold Landry, Maurice Hurst, Jessie Bates, Justin Reid, Josh Sweat, and every receiver not named DJ Moore or Calvin Ridley. Like it or not, it looks like the Cowboys’ plan to address all their needs at the best value is going to come to fruition, just like it did last year when they drafted Chidobe Awuzie and Jourdan Lewis on day 2.
Don’t worry about how Vander Esch is going to fit in this defense. This team will find a spot for him, whether it is at MIKE or WILL. Focus more on what he is going to bring to this team going forward, not only as immediate insurance for this injury-prone linebacker corps, but also as a long-term investment.
Of all the players I watched on tape this year, Leighton Vander Esch played with the most competitive toughness, fire and passion on the field. He is the consummate teammate and will be an avid listener and learner in the film room. Mark my words: Vander Esch has the intangibles and makeup of a future captain and leader of this defense. He is going to be an uber-athletic linebacker piece right away for this team, and I strongly believe he can be a defensive centerpiece in a post-Sean Lee environment.
the next guy
Superstar
Jerry looking for Dez Jr...he'll never be over cutting him no matter what he says publically.If they're really thinking about drafting fukking Cortland Sutton.
I hope they trade that shyt for Earl Thomas if this is true.
This Cortland Sutton love fest is clearly Jerruh.
I can't wait for this old idiot CAC to die.
It's crazy because Dez would've been a Top 5 pick if it wasn't for the issues. Dez was killing motherfukkers in college. This Sutton nikkas is nothing but measurables.
This is some Al Davis shyt.
BlueHeffner
Veteran
Witten retiring 