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It’s a new era in the history of the Dallas Cowboys‘ franchise. The team still makes stupid picks in the draft, but now head coach Jason Garrett is basically admitting to it instead of acting like it was some mastermind move that will pan out in the future. When asked by ESPN Dallas’ Todd Archer why the Cowboys decided to trade down in the 2013 NFL Draft and take Travis Frederick at the end of the first round, Garrett’s response was at least halfway honest:
“At the end of the day you evaluate the pick we made, Travis Frederick, plus the third rounder that we got versus who we would get at 18. We feel like this draft is pretty rich in the second round and third round and feel like that additional pick can really help our football team.”
Translation: “It was a bad pick, but we’re hoping to make up for it with the additional third-rounder we got in the trade.”
Of course, that’s just the last bit of a really long, drawn-out answer that had a lot of fluff and horse radish in it, but you get the idea.
Many Cowboys fans are upset the team passed on defensive tackle Sharrif Floyd at No. 18 while others are pleased Dallas took an offensive lineman at No. 31, which is by far Dallas’ biggest area of need. It is good that Jerry Jones decided to take an offensive lineman and stuck with that plan, but he could have traded up and got an elite one or traded down again and got a guy like Frederick in the third round. So basically, the Cowboys took one step forward and two steps back like they usually do because Jones has no idea what he’s doing as the general manager and Heaven knows Garrett is just as clueless.
Just another day in the life of a miserable Cowboys fan.
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