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Cowboys beat writer David Moore answered your questions in a chat Friday. Here are some highlights.
Tim asks ... Is Mark Ingram a possibility for the Dallas Cowboys with 9th pick?
DAVID MOORE: Haven't talked to enough people yet to have a feel for where Ingram would go, but he is a top 10 pick. If he's the best player on the board when the Cowboys pick, I'd do it in a second.
Guest asks ... Do you think that Dallas will get the OL help that we need in FA and then get DB help in the draft? or maybe the other way around. Or am I just completely off base on this?
DAVID MOORE: The Cowboys need to get offensive line and secondary help both from the draft. They need good, young talent in both positions at manageable contracts. The way to do that is through the draft. But if you had to choose one area they are more likely to supplment through free agency than the draft, I'd say it's the offensive line. You have more spots to fill there than you do in the secondary and young linemen sometimes take a year or two to develop physically.
jj asks ... With the labor issues is it for sure that there will be a draft in April. Will any rookie wage scale be retro to this draft class?
DAVID MOORE: The draft will take place and that will allow teams to hold the rights to those players. Nothing retro will need to be done. There will be no rookie wage scale in place. The team will not be able to sign the rookies because there will be no CBA. Once the new rules are in place, the rookies will fall into whatever system is collectively bargained.
Buford asks ... When Jerry grabbed the mike yesterday and made his famous statement about Garrett making the decisions, did he include "drafting decisions" in the statement?
DAVID MOORE: Not specificially. But he did say there would not be a player on this roster that Garrett didn't want. If Garrett is in the draft room and he says he doesn't want a player, I would take that to mean he won't be drafted.
ZAK asks ... You think the Cowboys will truly go for the "best player available," or will their glaring needs at OL and secondary cause them to reach a la Shante Carver, et al?
DAVID MOORE: I would argue there are so many glaring needs on this team that it will make it easier for the Cowboys to go for the best player available. If the best player at No. 9 is not a quarterback, tight end or outside linebacker I'm thinking he's fair game.
Cowboys beat writer David Moore answered your questions in a chat Friday. Here are some highlights.
Tim asks ... Is Mark Ingram a possibility for the Dallas Cowboys with 9th pick?
DAVID MOORE: Haven't talked to enough people yet to have a feel for where Ingram would go, but he is a top 10 pick. If he's the best player on the board when the Cowboys pick, I'd do it in a second.
Guest asks ... Do you think that Dallas will get the OL help that we need in FA and then get DB help in the draft? or maybe the other way around. Or am I just completely off base on this?
DAVID MOORE: The Cowboys need to get offensive line and secondary help both from the draft. They need good, young talent in both positions at manageable contracts. The way to do that is through the draft. But if you had to choose one area they are more likely to supplment through free agency than the draft, I'd say it's the offensive line. You have more spots to fill there than you do in the secondary and young linemen sometimes take a year or two to develop physically.
jj asks ... With the labor issues is it for sure that there will be a draft in April. Will any rookie wage scale be retro to this draft class?
DAVID MOORE: The draft will take place and that will allow teams to hold the rights to those players. Nothing retro will need to be done. There will be no rookie wage scale in place. The team will not be able to sign the rookies because there will be no CBA. Once the new rules are in place, the rookies will fall into whatever system is collectively bargained.
Buford asks ... When Jerry grabbed the mike yesterday and made his famous statement about Garrett making the decisions, did he include "drafting decisions" in the statement?
DAVID MOORE: Not specificially. But he did say there would not be a player on this roster that Garrett didn't want. If Garrett is in the draft room and he says he doesn't want a player, I would take that to mean he won't be drafted.
ZAK asks ... You think the Cowboys will truly go for the "best player available," or will their glaring needs at OL and secondary cause them to reach a la Shante Carver, et al?
DAVID MOORE: I would argue there are so many glaring needs on this team that it will make it easier for the Cowboys to go for the best player available. If the best player at No. 9 is not a quarterback, tight end or outside linebacker I'm thinking he's fair game.
