Jon Snow

When I heard the evaluator call him a safety I did a double take. I hadn't even considered the position shift in the nfl.

I'm hearing he may be a safety at the next level. I guess it is a team specific plan I'm hearing.

I'm not so sure they do. I could be reading them completely wrong but I would be shocked if it's Williams. Membou would be a better selection over Williams if they are looking at the trenches. Williams needs a lot of development as a pass rusher. Dan is serious about production mattering in the end and Williams doesn't have it yet. It's one of the reasons they want to trade down. I seriously doubt they will be able to so it is going to be a wild 1st round.

It's that or a 3rd round TE. The TE from The U is an option in the 3rd if he makes it that far.

Dart and Mykel Williams will not be in the Green Room on draft night. Wonder if they have been told something?

There's probably some intel gathering with a lot of those visits as well.

I fear they will have to take a wr early on day 2 if there's a run on them on day 1. You know how we fair with 2nd round picks and I think the best will be picked by round 3.

If you go by last years 30 visits they will probably take about 4 of those guys in the draft. Whether that's by design or just plain luck I'll let you decide. Last year the 1st pick couldn't keep his mouth shut before the draft but this year, so far, it's been silence.

As far as I know they've only met with him one time. I suppose that doesn't matter that much in the end as they've kept things close to the vest so far. Maybe the production thing has some weight, maybe it's just talk. The truth is they would much rather trade down and get more ammo to move up in the 2nd round. Who they are targeting is anyone's guess.

I only the 1st pick. The rest are disappointing.

Dallas now finds themselves in the market for a tackle. Tryon Smith just retired.

We certainly hope so. They need to do a better job of finding day 2 and 3 talent or this team will continue to be bottom dwellers.

I would not expect a future starter from every pick in this draft. Most of those will be day 3 picks.

Yes. You cannot have too many pass rushers.

He will be an OLB here.

He's been mocked to either the Ravens or Eagles in the past week. Prior to that it was the Dolphins. He's big and fast with great ball skills so who knows? I feel the same way about him as I do Walker, uncertain.

The entire room is taking visual clues from the boss. Its impossible to avoid. I finally had to limit the number of meetings I had with the staff. I had to limit my involvement to phone calls to individual team leads and monthly staff meetings. It made a night and day difference in creativity and productivity.

Jeremiah says he's the best in the draft if that means anything. He raves about him.

They are different types of safety apparently. Starks is more of a strong safety where Nick is a free safety according to DJ. I have not researched either to know enough either way.

It surprised my as well when I saw how many times they met with him. At first I was thinking he was a trade down option but now I'm not so sure. They are targeting a pass rusher but it must be in the 2nd round on day 2. I think day 1 it's Walker or Emmanwori at 8 as the 2 options. I haven't seen them show as much interest in any offensive players on day 1.

I've thought that for awhile. They've shown way too much interest in him.

All of this ^^^^^^. I'm not a professor but I have supervised highly skilled professionals for 25 years and everything in this post holds true in the private sector as well. The most powerful person in the room will always influence his subordinates just by their presence alone. No matter how many times I tried delegate authority you cannot truly empower you people until you remove yourself as much as possible. Every time I was in the room all eyes were on me whether I had anything to do with what was going on or not. The top dog has the room whether he wants it or not. It just human nature.

I think you have to factor need into it. What do they desperately need?

How could you not believe someone who calls himself Slick Rick?