I spent part of Saturday afternoon and most of the evening at Valley Ranch waiting for the Cowboys to make their second-round draft pick. And waited some more. And then waited for Jerry Jones to say why the team didn't make that or any other pick.
When Jerry and his son/heir to the throne, Stephen Jones, met with the media, the team's owner explained with his usual double-speak and incomplete sentences. Piecing together parts of answers to different questions made it seem sort of clear that Jones thought there were enough players of nearly equal value available that he could trade that second-round pick to obtain another early third-round choice.
In that way, the Cowboys could choose two of the same players worthy of being taken with overall picks No. 51 and 69 with selections 69 and 75 -- and add still another fourth-round pick. In addition to giving the team another player with at least some chance to make the team, the lower draft positions would drive down the amount of money the 'Boys and the Joneses would have to spend on salaries.
There will be no million-dollar signing bonuses for this year's rookies.
That makes me wonder whether any of them would be able to afford buying tickets at the Cowboys' new stadium.
Hey, Sunday morning I get to go back to the ranch. Might even get to write about some actual draft picks. I'm pretty sure there will be more trades to write about.
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