Why Jerry Jones Won't Draft Darren McFadden

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Link: MDS on Jerry Jones
Published 3/29/2008 by Bassett at thejetsblog.com
... Jerry Jones made some statements this past week about being in the top five (but he does mention the sixth pick too) of the NFL Draft and how it’s a millstone.  I had started writing up a piece about this, but it looks as if MDS has done a far better job expressing my sentiments on top five picks in his latest guest post on Fifth Down. ...

JONES SAYS HE WON’T TRADE UP FOR McFADDEN
Published 3/29/2008 by Mike Florio at ProFootballTalk.com
Though the Cowboys might have the ammunition, with two first-round picks and running back Marion Barber, to spring into the top five of the NFL draft to make a play for Arkansas running back Darren McFadden, Jerry says he’s not gonna do it. And we’ll believe him only when it doesn’t happen. Our own MDS writes on the topic for the New York Times ; Jones made the declaration earlier this week that he won’t make the move north in round one. His reluctance doesn’t flow from what it takes to trade up.  It comes from what it costs to draft a player that high. “A team can get ...

Jerry Jones Isn't Going to Say it Again: Dallas Ain't Trading Up for Darren McFadden
Published 3/29/2008 by Ryan Wilson at FanHouse
... Second, the ubiquitous Michael David Smith writes on the New York Times' Fifth Down Blog that for an NFL owner to call the current salary structure "crippling" is indicting. And possibly an indication that Jones really means it when he says not interested in the financial obligations that go along with having a top-5 pick. We'll see. ...

Why Jerry Jones Won’t Draft Darren McFadden
Published 3/29/2008 by Michael David Smith at Football Outsiders
Why Jerry Jones Won’t Draft Darren McFadden My most recent post at the New York Times’ Fifth Down blog examines Jerry Jones’ comments that he doesn’t want a Top 5 draft pick. I also wrote this week about Bill Polian , Glenn Dorsey , the 49ers’ tampering penalty and the draft’s most intriguing player . posted 3-29-2008 at 10:39 AM by Michael David Smith || Extra Points 2 Comments If I was Jerry Jones, I wouldn’t want a top 5 pick either, because the only players in this draft who are clearly worth one are pass-rushers ...

The Answer Key
Published 4/26/2008 by Tim <info@battleredblog.com> at Battle Red Blog: Front Page Posts
... )--Darren McFadden, RB.  Remember all that talk about Jerry Jones wanting to trade up to get his hands on McFadden?  I believe it.  And once he sees McFadden falling, he can't help himself. ...