They didn't interview him. They didn't feel they needed to. They did a slew of NFL mock drafts and also the odds were they'd waste their time rebuke him. Of course, I'm touching on the Dallas Cowboys presumption regarding wide receiver CeeDee Lamb, who became their 17th-overall selection within the 2020 NFL Draft, after falling several spots beyond where anyone predicted.
"[Lamb] was never once was there at 17 [in our mocks]," said head coach Mike McCarthy, whose influence on the Cowboys has now been felt in both representation and also the NFL draft. "We're very blessed, very happy to own him. ...It was a good example of staying faithful our board.
The staff did an unbelievable job of just being disciplined and drafting the most effective player." When the the big apple Jets passed on grabbing a WR to fill a requirement to pick offensive lineman Mekhi Becton with the 11th-overall pick, there was guaranteed to be a run on the highest three receivers within the draft -- namely Lamb, Jerry Jeudy and Henry Ruggs III. But when the city Raiders decided to grab Ruggs with the 12th-overall pick, there was an audible gasp among owner Jerry Jones and also the remainder of his Cowboys front office. Could Lamb fall? Surely not, considering there have been WR-needy clubs just like the San Francisco 49ers and Denver Broncos set to choose sooner than the Cowboys, on the other hand it happened. The 49ers moved back a spot but still passed on a receiver at No. 14, and also the aforementioned gasp evolved into the Cowboys suddenly holding their breath entirely. When the Broncos picked Jeudy at No. 15 and with the Atlanta Falcons in dire need of a corner or pass rusher -- they chose defensive back A.J. Terrell -- there Lamb was, starting Dallas right within the face and daring them to depart this world him. They didn't, but it required a small amount of dialogue, considering they were eyeing EDGE talent K'Lavon Chaisson with the 17th-overall pick, operating under the idea Lamb would be long gone. It truly did come right down to those two players. "I don't mind telling you [Chaisson] was a heavy thought," Jones admitted, after noting the team had and "extremely high value" on the LSU product. "We talked about it." The conversation didn't last long though, and Lamb now joins a Cowboys offense that would be virtually unstoppable in 2020. The team had Lamb rated because the sixth-best player on their board, which made for a reasonably easy decision when he was sitting there with half the primary round already within the books. So enthralled with Lamb were the Cowboys that they shrugged off multiple trade offers that would've involved them moving back and gaining more picks, instead subscribing to the assumption that extra picks in later rounds wouldn't have the Day 1 impact of Lamb. "We had as many as three different trades that we could have [done]," Jones said. "[We] just didn't want to miss [Lamb]." Team exec Stephen Jones, who was also present virtually as Jones and McCarthy navigated the pick, was as floored as everyone else involved. He echoed McCarthy's comment regarding Lamb having never been available at No. 17 in any of the team's drafts -- having pegged him as a premier talent that wouldn't come within sniffing distance of Dallas. "We went through lots of mock drafts, and that i can tell you, [Lamb] wasn't part of any of them," he said. "We felt he was a top-10 player during this draft and that we felt we'd never see him. Download Report
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