Memo to Jerry Jones: Please, Don't Do It Again

All Cowboys fan have their...AHEM..."fond" memories of Jerry Jones working the Cowboys Draft War Room. Who can ever forget Jerry grabbing Shante Carver, Quincy "This is my team" Carter, and Chad "Whyyy meeee?" Hutchinson, trading two first-round picks for Joey Galloway, passing over Randy Moss for Greg "Whiny-Poo" Ellis, and doing likewise to Stephen Jackson for Julius Jones...just to name a few.

The following are some of Jerry Jones' stunts that I do NOT want him to pull in this year's draft...

• If/when going the best available player route, do not draft the best available players that Jerry thinks are the best available players. Instead, draft the best available players.
• Stay away from baseball players. QC, Hutch, Henson et al comprise more than enough baseball players for any NFL franchise's history. But if Jerry just can't resist the urge, at least draft GOOD baseball players, not flops...and preferably (if he must) draft ones that have been on 'roids. Thus, some may have some "adaptable-to-football" muscles. Somewhere among Giambi, Clemens, Bonds, A-Roid, McGuire and Canseco just may lie a back-up special teams gunner. Although, we now know why QC had so much "speed."
• Do not trade down just for sake of collecting more picks that Jerry will use to draft even more slugs.
• Related to the previous item, do not trade down just to garner 3,869 picks at the bottom of the seventh round. Note to Jerry: You can get all those slugs for free just by waiting a milli-second post-draft, when they're all undrafted free agents. Another Note to Jerry: The prime directive of the draft is to maximize the improvement of your team, not to just wheel n deal & collect picks. At some point, it is imperative that you actually draft someone...preferably someone who can play...even better if they can play well.
• Do not not draft a player at a position of need just because Jerry says it's not a position of need when everyone who's not a Cowboys' homer/fantasy dreamer knows that it is. Specifically...DRAFT A FRIGGIN WR!

What are some of your "most fond" Jerry-Draft memories?

What do you NOT want Jerry to do again?

Note: Props/thanks to Deb for the concept of this article. I am honored to be Spock/Riker to her Kirk/Picard. :-)

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