Hope Springs Eternal

Every year the the seasons change. But not since 1995 has there been a year in which I am more optimistic about the harvest that will come to get us through the upcoming winter. Yes, I am talking about the seeds we have planted in the Dallas Cowboys organization and taking it to the ship in '09. This year da Boys came in with two FIRST round picks, 22 and 28 overall. And although we have a loaded team, that lost narrowly to the eventual super bowl champs in the playoffs, you can always use more talented youngsters on your squad. A breakdown:

• 22nd pick - Felix "Barney" Jones (RB, Arkansas) - At first glance you are mad at this pick because you say, why didnt they take Rashard "Muscles" Mendenhall (muscles - not sure if this man has ever done a bicep curl) ? He was, by most accounts, the 2nd RB on most peoples boards behind D-Mac and not expected to be available. Although upon further inspection you realize that FJ did average over 8 yds per carry in the dam SEC and was considered the "Lightning" if the aforementioned D-Mac was "thunder" at Arkansas (though D-Mac was probably closer to being the whole "storm"). Regardless, the man has quick lateral movement and breakaway speed, a tremendous complement to Marion the Barbarian in the backfield.
  
• Don't realize why they didn't trade the 22nd pick to Detroit for former Longhorn and my former hallmate Roy Williams. The Lions needed a premier RB in the worst way and wanted to unload Roy before his contract was up after this year and is worthless to them.
  
  
• 25th pick - Mike Jenkins (CB, USF) - Hits like a rock and covers like paper. This was the top rated CB on the Cowboys draftboard. Pair him with Newman, Henry, and potentially Pacman and you have a secondary that can line up and shutdown across the board. This is actually the only person I really wanted us to draft. Go get you some rations!!
• He gets #31 as Roy is switching to #38.
  
  
• 61st - Martellus Bennett (TE, didnt goto a real school) - So we traded away Fasano (a recent 2nd round TE pick) along with Ayodele, picked up a 4th rounder and then draft this guy. I dont get it. He is a two sport player who draws similarities to some TE in San Diego. But his charecter/intelligence AUTOMATICALLY come into question after you find out where he spent the last three years of his life...
  
  
• 122nd - Tashard Choice (RB, GTech) - So tough to tackle and you can't question his work ethic/ heart after watching the most INSPIRATIONAL pregame speech I have ever seen. Im now ready to fight, fall down, bleed some, and fight again!
• Dude was competing with AD at OU for PT and then decided everyone in Oklahoma is an idiot so went to Gtech where he triple majored and was an academic honor roll member for two years.
  
• OK, so Marion the Barbarian wants 60 MM and we are offering 30, think that had anything to do with us spending two picks on young quality RBs?

Ok, time to stop as my blogging/writing high is wearing off. But basically we didnt get a WR, so we are essentially banking on TGlenn to be solid again, which I fully expect him to do. I can also see Sam Hurd stepping up in a big way next year, or who knows, maybe we somehow swing a deal for one of the big 3 WR on the trading blocks (Roy, Anquan, Ocho). Love our draft simply because we got Jenkins. We also got another corner from Boise State and a yes ANOTHER OLB/DE from some school in Tennessee. We made a flurry of trades in the later rounds, but basically just netted extra picks for next year, boo yakasha! We were stacked at basically every position so had the ability to draft the best available player, keep that in mind.

Every season brings new hope for me, and hopefully the seeds we plant ed this year will bear a fruit called Lombardi.

BE INSPIRED AGAIN (It's Ok to Cry)