No Cowboy Picks On Day One

Well, the first day of the NFL Draft is over and there are no new Cowboys. The Cowboys had traded their first round pick to Detroit for receiver Roy Williams. I have no problem with that. I think Williams will shine next year in his first full year as a Cowboy, especially since Terrell Owens is no longer on the team.

The Cowboys did have a second round pick -- the 51st overall pick of the draft, but they traded it away for the 75th and 110th picks. Those are a third and a fourth round pick. It looks like the Cowboys have decided to draft quantity this year. They have a total of 12 picks on the second day of the draft.

I think there are a couple of reasons for this. Once you get out of the first round and the first few picks of the second round, there are no guarantees of just how good a player is. It doesn't mean you can't find a really good player in the lower rounds (the Cowboys have found several). It's just more of a crap shoot, as a lot of lower round players don't make it in the league.

Lower round players are also cheaper. That's important, because the Cowboys already have a lot of high dollar players on the roster and they are still trying to come to terms on a new contract with Demarcus Ware (possibly the best defensive player in the league). You know the Ware contract is going to be obscenely large.

But the second day of the draft should be exciting with the Cowboys having 12 picks. The Cowboy starters are set, so what they're looking for is mainly back-ups and special teams players. They will be looking for diamonds in the rough -- that can be developed into first-line players. It will be a successful draft if they find just 4 to 6 players that can make the team, and with 12 picks that might be possible.

Here are the Cowboy picks:

3rd round -- 5th and 11th picks

4th round -- 1st, 10th and 17th picks

5th round -- 20th, 30th and 36th picks

6th round -- 24th and 35th picks

7th round -- 1st and 18th picks