Dallas Cowboys Select USC’s Tyron Smith With Ninth Overall Pick in 2011 NFL Draft
With the No. 9 overall pick in the 2011 NFL Draft, the Dallas Cowboys surprised no one by selecting Tyron Smith, the offensive tackle from USC. With the offensive line in Dallas beginning to deteriorate, Cowboys team owner and general manager Jerry Jones got smart and listened to head coach Jason Garrett. Smith will make an immediate impact on the team, especially if right tackle Marc Colombo is not kept for the 2011 season.
At 6’5” and 307 pounds, Smith is a quick, athletic tackle. Most scouts think Smith needs to add about 10 pounds to be an elite NFL tackle, but his athleticism is unrivaled at the position. If the Cowboys are able to retain left tackle Doug Free in free agency, quarterback Tony Romo won’t be blindsided from the outside much anymore. Free and center Andre Gurode are the only sure things on the Dallas offensive line with Colombo and left guard Kyle Kosier constantly hobbled by injury in 2010. Expect Smith to start at least half the season this fall.
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[...] plenty of it. When you’ve heard a lot of it, you learn how to decipher it into pure English. Upon the Cowboys’ drafting of USC offensive tackle Tyron Smith in the first round of the draft, we translated Jones saying that Dallas right tackle Marc Colombo [...]
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[...] pick in Thursday night’s NFL Draft. The team addressed a huge need on the offensive line by drafting USC offensive tackle Tyron Smith. Surprisingly, two highly-touted cornerbacks and the top safety in this year’s draft class are [...]
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[...] owner and general manager Jerry Jones. The Cowboys addressed a big need on the offensive line by drafting USC offensive tackle Tyron Smith with the ninth overall pick in the first round. Jones insinuated the Cowboys’ drafting of Smith meant the end of right tackle [...]
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[...] the first time in a long time this year. With the No. 9 overall pick of the NFL Draft of April 28, the Cowboys took USC offensive tackle Tyron Smith. Smith was a solid right tackle at the NFL player factory known as Southern California and the [...]
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and still alkn……. even in tx
Great pick!