Draft Tidbits

Some interesting things about the draft, according to my sources:

1. If the Cowboys had taken Jenkins at 22, they would have lost out on both Mendenhall and Felix Jones. Pittsburgh jumped on Mendenhall at 23, and the Titans were set to take Jones at 24. Jerry knew this because he was working the phones to get ahead of San Diego and grab Jenkins. Of course, we asked the Titans if they wanted to trade since they had pick 24: the idiotic Titans told Jerry (before we picked at 22) they would not trade because they wanted Felix Jones. Decision made, thanks.

2. Jerry was really pushing to get Roy Williams or Anquan Boldin in a first round trade. Neither team would budge even with Dallas making very strong offers. Rumor has it the offer was more than Washington offered the Bengals for Chad Johnson. The Detroit Free Press is now ripping Matt Millen.

3. Jerry wanted to trade up in round 2 to get WR James Hardy. The rest of the war room did not agree, convincing him to stand pat.

4. Martellus Bennett was not drafted as a back-up for Jason Witten. Garrett plans to use him heavily in two TE sets and as a lead blocker, something Fasano could not do. He is about to get a crash course.

5. Mel Kiper gave KC an A for their draft. The next highest grade of B+ went to, you guessed it, the Cowboys!

6. Orlando Scandrick was projected as a second rounder by Mel Kiper (we got him in the 5th). They say that if Scandrick had gone back for his senior year, he would have been a first round pick.

7. Two of the notable undrafted free agents we have signed so far are Danny Amendola, the WR from Texas Tech, and Marcus Dixon, the DE from Hampton. Amendola is very similar to Wes Welker: short stature, quick, good punt returner, elusive in the open field, from Texas Tech, and tough as nails. Let's hope he turns out the same. Marcus Dixon is the guy who made national news after being released from jail for rape, with mentions on Oprah and ESPN.

8. Many people were disappointed that we did not draft Mario Manningham, the talented receiver from Michigan, when he fell to the third round. However, the Cowboys did not even have him on their draft board because he skipped an interview with the Cowboys during the combine, which is basically the same as not showing up to a job interview. It's bad enough that Mario smokes pot, but he also lied about it to NFL teams even though they had his positive marijuana results. He even needed handlers to take care of him in college. Lastly, Mario scored a 6 out of 50 on the Wonderlic test. Good luck with that, New York Giants.