Dallas Cowboys: Class 2019 Review: The Cowboys Trusted Their Selection Committee and Selected Top Players Still Available

FRISCO – If you've been paying attention to the Cowboys project this weekend, you know it's true: the team came into being.

This is not necessarily an endorsement for the brand new eight-member class. Time always says. It may be necessary with this group, devoid of first tourist, more than others recently.

Instead, the Dallas reception continued to use a slogan to describe why he had ended up with certain players.

"We are coming to the end of our repechage," said head coach Jason Garrett about the ultimate pick, Jalen Jelks, of Oregon, and he sits like a flashing red light. "

On Friday night, Executive Vice President Stephen Jones said the team had chosen Penn State's offensive lineman Connor McGovern in the third round because it was "obvious, he was blinking." .

The Cowboys therefore trusted the rankings of their selection committee and chose the best players still available. They finished with five defensive players and three offensives.

But will the chosen rookies provide enough help to improve the lineup, pronto, after a new season ended in the divisional playoff round? Will a golden light shine on Dallas during the 2019 season?

"Everything we were looking for improved over where we were," said team owner Jerry Jones. "There is no tangible reason why we should not expect to be better than last year, and I think we have succeeded."

With the orientation of recruits at the next stage, let's take a closer look at Dallas' latest draft decisions.

Under pressure

The Cowboys spent three of their choices on the defensive linemen. The additions should ensure that the defense front is busy and competitive in 2019.

Trysten Hill (2nd round) was selected by Dallas, as well as Joe Jackson (5th round) and Jelks (7th). The club had already invested heavily in the line, starting by securing DeMarcus Lawrence with a $ 105 million contract extension and ending Robert Quinn as a freelancer. Veterans Tyrone Crawford, Maliek Collins and Antwaun Woods, not to mention the 2017 and 2018 draft picks, Taco Charlon and Dorance Armstrong. The team also added Christian Covington and Kerry Hyder during the free placement phase.

"I really think we have improved our pressure with this project," said Jerry Jones. He continued to profess optimism that Randy Gregory could also be part of the rotation. Gregory is indefinitely suspended while he continues to fight addiction, but Jones does not rule out it.

"I'm a positive guy about Randy," said Jones.

Coach him up to

Despite all the talk about the security stance in the repechage, Jerry Jones said he thought the club might not take one at all, especially after choosing Hill instead of Virginia Thornhill's security at second turn.

Dallas ended up taking safety Donovan Wilson in the sixth round. The late choice of Texas A & M is part of the trend of the team that does not invest a large selection of projects in this position. He joins Xavier Woods (sixth round in 2017), Jeff Heath (not written in 2013), Kavon Frazier (sixth round in 2016) and George Iloka (2019 in free agency / fifth round in 2012).

Jerry Jones said that he felt good about Wilson's choice after being reassured by high school coach Kris Richard that Wilson could be trained.

"[Richard] Jerry Jones said: "Richard pointed this out and made me feel a lot better about it because he was very coachable," said Jones Jerry. Surely has the right attitude there to security and can cover. If you see him criticized, it is that sometimes he returns and misses.

"But he will bite and bite like a puppy, he bites like a dog."

As for Richard, he could be seen camping in the war room of the team a large part of the draft.

"I'd like to have it at every meeting, really," said Jerry Jones.

O-line, again?

The offensive lineman's draft is rarely the sexiest choice, but the Cowboys took the opportunity to do it again and again. That's six selections in the first three rounds on the last nine projects, if you count.

Their selection of Connor McGovern in the third round this time has raised eyebrows because the guard / center does not necessarily have an obvious place to contribute this season.

Jerry Jones said that although he expects the Travis Frederick Center to be fully cured of the autoimmune disease that forced him to miss last season, he is still enjoying more of depth for unforeseen circumstances.

McGovern's selection means that he could play guard and that Connor Williams, the second-round pick of 2018, could eventually be replaced. Why wait for the seasons to come?

"I would not rule out anything that improves the flexibility of the offensive line," Jones said. "We continue to seek flexibility with so many good offensive linemen."

Say again?

Some of the best moments of the draft are revealed by phone calls from the Cowboys Reception to welcome the recruits to the team, which are then posted on the team's website.

Some highlights of 2019:

– Defensive coordinator Rod Marinelli asked Joe Jackson of Miami, "Are you ready to bite someone's chin?"

Unfazed, Jackson replied, "I'm always ready."

When Garrett spoke with the Miami Jackson middle-aged filly, also from Miami, Jackson said he was eager to return to Dallas after training for the combine in the area.

How eager is Jackson to start?

"You can send this book now," he told Garrett.

When Jerry Jones welcomed Donovan Wilson, he told him, "You can bring some of that Aggie punch to the Cowboys." You could hear Wilson's family celebrating in the background, especially with a mighty "Thank you, Lord!"

College Conferences

Cowboys coach Jason Garrett called former Miami coach Mark Richt on Saturday morning. Later in the day, Dallas took two of his Hurricanes players in the fifth round. Although scouts do most of the job of looking for leads, Garrett likes to talk to head coaches whenever possible.

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