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I still don’t believe that rumor. Dallas said they were looking for a trade. Anyway, that would have cost us last years 2 and at least this years 1. That is too much to trade up. imo This year we can have a choice of two players I like just as good as Martin, Collins and Scherff.
AgamemnonDon’t worry, Blalock and Joseph will be there after the draft and we are already talking to potential UDFAs.
AgamemnonTime to scout some sumo wrestlers.
The upside to being a Rams fan is heartbreak.
Sprinkles are for winners.
I still don’t believe that rumor. Dallas said they were looking for a trade. Anyway, that would have cost us last years 2 and at least this years 1. That is too much to trade up. imo This year we can have a choice of two players I like just as good as Martin, Collins and Scherff.
Cowboys wanted Ryan Shazier, whose agent was on the phone with Dallas when Steelers drafted him
Jon Machota Email jmachota@dallasnews.com
Published: May 11, 2014 6:51 pmOhio State linebacker Ryan Shazier poses for photos upon arriving for the first round of the 2014 NFL Draft at Radio City Music Hall, Thursday, May 8, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
There were some nervous faces in the Valley Ranch draft room Thursday night while the Dallas Cowboys were on the clock.
With the 16th overall pick, the Cowboys were focused on improving their defense with either UCLA pass rusher Anthony Barr, Pittsburgh tackle Aaron Donald or Ohio State linebacker Ryan Shazier.
Barr went ninth to Minnesota and Donald was drafted by St. Louis at 13.
Shazier looked to be on his way to the Cowboys as the weakside linebacker’s agent, Jimmy Sexton, was on the phone with Dallas, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
But Pittsburgh snatched up the speedy 6-1, 237-pound linebacker one pick ahead of the Cowboys, which explains the tense moments that were captured by the team’s draft room camera.
“I’m in the middle of writing a text that Dallas is going to take him and the phone rings and it’s the Steelers,” Ryan’s father, Vernon Shazier, told the Post-Gazette. “Good thing I didn’t send out that text.”
The Cowboys front office was forced to scramble while on the clock, looking to trade back before eventually selecting Notre Dame offensive lineman Zack Martin.
Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones said Martin had the same grade as the other three players, but it appears that adding Shazier was their preference.
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