Cowboys make a trade...

[ngnichols]

Not to move up to get McFadden

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More Cowboys headed to Miami. LB - Akin Ayodele and TE - Anthony Fasano are headed to South Beach for a 4th Round pick.

 

[Genco]

That Bobby Carpenter/Anthony Fasano draft still burns my ***.

 

[ngnichols]

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[unpaintedhuffhines]

tough to disagree with what you just posted, however every team in the league could do the same analysis and see who they coulda/shoulda/woulda drafted.

 

[Third Coast]

I think a lot of this has to do with the development of Tony Curtis, as well as the depth at LB.

 

[ngnichols]

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[BigDLonghorn22]

How do you trade two guys who played a lot for one pick - and a 4th round pick no less. That was a steal by Miami.

 

[celis]

Miami stole a below average TE and an average LB that was going to be cut.

It's petty theft at best.

 

[RockyBalboa]

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[Third Coast]

Ayodele had been publicly whining about Zach Thomas taking his PT. Taking his complaints to the media probably made him even more expendable.

Fasano had 28 catches and 1 TD in two years of "playing a lot". Curtis is more athletic and also a better blocker.

4th round pick yes, but it is Miami's 4th rounder and the 100th pick in the draft. They should get a decent player there.

 

[calico]

still trying to get the memories of Fasano's dropped TD in the playoff game against the Giants...what a waste of a draft pick.

 

[Crockett]

Fasano wasn't a wasted pick. He made the team and played. That's more than you can say for some of Big Bill's second round picks. This move is a salary dump that nets the first pick of the fourth round

As far as Carpenter goes, let's not write him off yet. He's been swioched from outside to inside, back out then inside again. He's much faster than Ayodele. Bradie James seemed like a wasted pick for his first two years in the league. Then he was a below average starter for a year and now he's a pretty productive player.

Having the first pick in the fourth round gives the Cowboys some options in this draft -- where there will be value at WR, Corner, inside linebacker and TE through the middle and late rounds.

 

[coolhorn]

Tuna never was the talent evaluator that Jimmy Johnson was. Dallas won't miss Fasano or Ayodele, but might pick up a good player with a high fourth round pick. It will be interesting to watch the South Beach Cowboys this coming year...sorta like going to a B team game.

 

[Billy Clyde Ag]

Good trade for both teams. I think the trade was Ayodele for a 4th rounder if Miami would also take Fasano.