Previous Five Picks
17) NFL-Minnesota_Vikings-2008_NFL_Mock_Draft_Minnesota_Vikings-030308">Minnesota Vikings: Phillip Merling, DE, Clemson
18) NFL-Houston_<a%20href=">Texans-2008_NFL_Mock_Draft_Houston_Texans-050308">Houston Texans: Jonathan Stewart, RB, Oregon
19) Eagles-2008_NFL_Mock_Draft_Philadelphia_Eagles-060308">Philadelphia Eagles: Limas Sweed, WR, Texas
20) Buccaneers-2008_NFL_Mock_Draft_Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers-090308">Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Malcolm Kelly, WR, Oklahoma
21) Redskins-2008_NFL_Mock_Draft_Washington_Redskins-120308">Washington Redskins: Derrick Harvey, DE, Florida
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I’m assuming by now that everyone heard about the “tornado-like storm” that blew through Atlanta last night.
Pretty wild when a storm blows a hole through the Georgia Dome, rocks the scaffolding at the top of the dome, scares the coaches and players so badly that they moved their families back into the locker room and out of danger...and yet they still ended up eventually finishing the game!
A tornado in a major city. Crazy.
Hopefully everyone in Atlanta is all right. As I type this, they’re saying no fatalities, but nine or ten injuries.
Back to the not-so-serious subject of this extremely long-winded mock draft.
I’ve been toying with what to do about the fact that Dallas has two first-round picks for the last few days.
After much deliberation, I’ve decided that writing two separate Cowboy draft columns would force me to resort to Wade Phillips-inspired fat jokes and the ever popular Jessica Simpson barbs. Nobody wants this. So I’ve decided to make both of their selections in one neatly wrapped column.
Two for the price of one—a Saturday morning special, if you will.
Picks No. 22 and 28: Dallas Cowboys
This is a clear case of the rich getting richer.
The Dallas Cowboys were the best team in the NFC last season. For them to be the only NFL team with two first-round picks is almost unfair.
Before Giants fans get all uppity, remember this: Remove Wade Phillips from the equation and the Cowboys, not the Giants or the Patriots, are your Super Bowl champions last season.
The Giants were able to take advantage of one of the most inept playoff head coaches in the history of the NFL.
Hey, good for the Giants.
They’re Super Bowl champions, Eli Manning rules, everyone love parades, and so on.
Doesn’t change the fact that the Cowboys were the best team in the NFC last season, and they’ll probably be the best team in the NFC this season.
They did, however, have their issues.
Terrell Owens isn’t getting any younger, and without him their offense slowed to a grinding halt (the genius of Wade Phillips and Jason Garrett couldn’t get together and devise a single usable no-TO gameplan).
There’s also a hole that was created in their backfield by the departure of Julius Jones. Marion Barber III, in my opinion, is one of the best running backs in the NFL. But at this point in his career he’s only proven that he’s a tremendous thunder in a thunder-and-lightning combination.
In college, he shared the load with Laurence Maroney.
In the NFL, he shared the load with Julius Jones.
He’s never been THE man—and I’m not sure a Super Bowl caliber team can take a chance on him being THE man without having an insurance policy of some kind.
At the very least, I expect the Boys to draft some lightning to go along with his thunder.
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