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I wasn't planning to do a post-draft article, but they left me no choice. You can sign up for my articles here: http://cowboysstats.com
One fun thing about the various mock aggregates and prominent big boards I'm looking at: They all loved what the Cowboys did with their draft capital, but they had different favorite picks. https://twitter.com/john9williams/status/1254183515605827585
PFF board's favorite use of a DAL pick (using a surplus approach I just made up) was CeeDee Lamb, followed by Tyler Biadasz.
Grinding the Mocks EDP thought Bradlee Anae was the biggest steal, then Biadasz.
Brugler's board was highest on the Anae pick, but disagreed on Biadasz.
Grinding the Mocks EDP thought Bradlee Anae was the biggest steal, then Biadasz.
Brugler's board was highest on the Anae pick, but disagreed on Biadasz.
^ This isn't accounting for the trade that led to the Biadasz pick, or the positional value of each selection. It's just the raw difference in recommended/expected draft position and where the Cowboys picked, expressed in terms of Fitzgerald-Spielberger draft values.
More on this later
my god, the sheer surplus
For the record, I liked the Eagles draft. There's a lot more to the value of a pick than where your players were expected to go pre-draft—such as positional value, etc
But it's worth noting that the Eagles first four picks were all expected to go later than where they took them.
But it's worth noting that the Eagles first four picks were all expected to go later than where they took them.
The Cowboys ended up with 5 of the 8 biggest draft steals in the NFC East.
This is according to my (certainly flawed) method of estimating surplus solely based on expected draft position, actual draft order & Fitzgerald-Spielberger pick values.
This is according to my (certainly flawed) method of estimating surplus solely based on expected draft position, actual draft order & Fitzgerald-Spielberger pick values.
Five NFC East selections stood out as particularly notable reaches (considering when they were taken relative to their expected draft position, priced at Fitz.-Spiel. values).
None of those reaches were Cowboys picks. Three of them were the Eagles first three selections.
None of those reaches were Cowboys picks. Three of them were the Eagles first three selections.
I'm sort of backpedaling using the word "reach" here. I see this more as an expression of tactics than pure value. Eagles either had a very different board from the consensus, or they targeted their guys to make sure they got them. Cowboys undoubtedly let the draft come to them
