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Jerry Jones Is Either Playing Checkers Or 4D Chess Based On His Comments Ahead Of NFL Draft

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Jerry Jones Is Either Playing Checkers Or 4D Chess Based On His Comments Ahead Of NFL Draft

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  • Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones was asked about the team’s NFL Draft strategy and his comments left some wondering
  • It has been 33 years and 32 or 33 NFL Drafts since Jones bought the Cowboys and it is hard to imagine he’ll be swinging for the fences with just one 1st Round pick
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The Dallas Cowboys did draft Emmitt Smith with the #17 pick so it’s possible that owner Jerry Jones might capture lightning in a bottle once again. His latest comments suggest he’s either playing checkers or 4D chess, or he’s being deliberately vague to confuse other teams.

Jerry Jones has owned the Dallas Cowboys for 33 years which means he’s overseen 32 or 33 NFL Drafts. And it’s been 27 years since Dallas won a Super Bowl. So either Jerry doesn’t put too much stock in the NFL Draft for stocking up a team or they just haven’t been able to get it right since they drafted Troy Aikman at #1 overall in 1989.

The Cowboys are expected to address their major needs with their early NFL Draft picks. They currently hold the #24 pick in the 1st round, #56 in the 2nd Round, and #88 in the 3rd Round. After that Dem Boyz have the 129th, 155th, 167th, 176th, 178th, and 193rd picks to try and fix their woes. Mel Kiper Jr. (I know, I know) has them drafting these three with their first three picks: 24. EDGE Arnold Ebiketie, PSU, 56. RT Abraham Lucas, WSU, and 88. WR Bo Melton, Rutgers.

Edge rusher, right tackle, and wide receiver. Jerry Jones on the other hand suggests the team will stay fluid or nimble or pliable or whatever…

Jerry Jones Is Either Playing Checkers Or 4D Chess Based On NFL Draft Comments

The replies to that tweet reveal the eternal pessimism that I respect so much from Cowboys fans.

As an unbiased outsider, I’d actually really, truly love to know how much input Jerry Jones has on NFL Draft picks in the moment. He says they’ll exercise ‘flexibility’ and that they should be ‘contrarians’ but are they just hollow words from a guy who has no actual control at the moment because the decisions were made ahead of time or is he gonna hop in there and be like ‘GO GET HIM’ and pull a total wild card off the board?

For anyone who wants to read more about those Mel Kiper Jr. Mock Draft picks (I know, I know, Mel is irrelevant) just hit that tweet above!