Dallas Cowboys Talk

The Dallas Cowboys have chosen 3 players in the fourth round of the 2009 NFL Draft. After drafting exactly zero players in Day 1 of the draft, the Cowboys will be drafting 13 players in Day 2.

In the fourth round they have taken a quarterback with the 101st overall pick. Stephen McGee out of Texas A&M didn’t have much of a college career with a struggling Aggies team. But many experts think he has pro potential.

With their next pick, the 110th overall, the Cowboys took Victor Butler. This defensive end out of Oregon State moved up on many draft boards after a good workout in his pro day. He should help provide some depth in the defensive line.

With the 120th pick the Cowboys took another defensive end. Brandon Williams from Texas Tech should fit well in the 3-4 scheme, but he will be a project in the making.

So there you go, Jerry is going after some depth on defense and maybe a shot in the dark at QB. Only 8 more picks left today!

The Dallas Cowboys have finally thrown their hat in the ring and drafted some players in the third round of NFL Draft 2009. Believe it or not, Jerry Jones made a trade that adds another pick to the Cowboys list of 12 picks today.

In a minor trade the Cowboys swapped fourth round picks with the Bucs and acquired an extra seventh round pick. That leaves the Cowboys with 3 picks in each of the fourth, fifth and seventh rounds and 2 picks in the sixth. That is, if Jerry doesn’t make any other trades.

So, in the third round the Cowboys drafted Jason Williams, a linebacker from Western Illinois. He will most likely play special teams this season and fill in at LB.

With their other pick in the third round, Dallas took an offensive lineman from Ball State. Robert Brewster played tackle in college but will most likely move inside to guard.

As suspected, Jerry and Stephen Jones are looking to fill holes in the backup roles on defense. With all these picks they will get to take a look at lots of talented athletes in training camp this year.

Day 1 of the 2009 NFL Draft has come and gone and the Dallas Cowboys have not added anyone new to their roster.

The Cowboys first round pick was traded away to the Detroit Lions along with their third and sixth round picks for wide receiver Roy Williams last October.

Dallas did have a second round pick scheduled for the 51st pick of Day 1 of the draft, but they chose to trade that pick away to the Buffalo Bills for their third and fourth round picks on Day 2 of the draft.

This draft day trade gives the Cowboys a total of 12 picks in Day 2. They will start the day off with the 5th and 11th picks of the third round. Then they will have 3 fourth round picks, 3 fifth round picks, 2 sixth and 2 seventh round picks.

So, it will be a busy day for Jerry Jones and his staff. I’m sure they will be wheeling and dealing again. Jerry just can’t stand to stand pat and I don’t see how they could come up with 12 players to draft, but who knows!