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Cowboys 2021 Draft Grades
In this year’s NFL draft, the Cowboys consistently saw coveted players go off the board just before they could pick them. Did the silver and blue deftly adjust or just hit the panic button? Our crack analysts slap some grades on Jerry and Co.’s efforts.
By BO JACKSBORO AND TROY FAKEMAN -
Fakeman’s Hot Takes
If there’s one thing to take away from the Cowboys’ 11-pick haul in this year’s class, it’s that the purported focus on “the right kind of guy” left The Star with Jason Garrett. (That the likes of Zeke Elliott, Greg Hardy, David Irving, and Randy Gregory don or donned stars on their helmets during his tenure might prove the mantra was mere lip service, anyway.) Jerry no doubt sensing his number of remaining years shrinking and throwing caution to the proverbial nor’easter to “win now” added plenty of questionable character to top the war room’s seemingly knee-jerk boom-or-bust selections
The 49ers decision to take Lance at No. 3 makes a hell of a lot more sense than going with Mac Jones would have. Still, the North Dakota State star brings plenty of risk, as he lacks experience against top-level competition. While he may need time to adapt to the speed of the NFL, he offers huge upside in both the passing and running games. By subsequently picking Banks, Sermon, Moore and Mitchell, San Francisco furthered its clear commitment to the ground-and-pound lifestyle. I like what the Niners did. Much of this grade is tied to the smart aggressive trade up for Lance s unlimited upside in Kyle Shanahan s offense as a big-time passer and runner with high football intelligence. Banks and Moore boost their interior blocking, while John Lynch found excellent safety values for the future in Thomas and Hufanga. Sermon and Mitchell reload Shanahan s always productive zone rushing attack with more big-play elements.
(Daily Press File Photo by Geoffrey Plant)
In this Sept. 1 file photo, the New Mexico Entity of the Central Arizona Project meets at the Grant County Administration Building. Seated, from left, are Allen Campbell, Howard Hutchinson, Bucky Allred, Vance Lee and Ty Bays. Executive Director Anthony Gutierrez is standing.
The New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission
last week voted to defund the New Mexico Entity of the Central Arizona Project, the organization that was tasked in 2015 with planning and constructing the proposed Gila River diversion project known in federal statute as the “New Mexico Unit.”
The ISC, which serves as the Entity’s primary fiscal agent, also voted to “prepare a resolution to withdraw the ISC from membership” in the diversion group, which is otherwise made up of 14 ditch associations, soil and water conservation districts, municipalities and the counties of Grant, Luna, Hidalgo and Catron.