Dallas and defensive ends
NFL Draft Mailbag
December 16, 2004
Lou Pickney, DraftKing.com
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From: Sam zerorider503@***.net
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 3:55 PM
To: Lou Pickney
Subject: dallas
You have the cowboys drafting two ends in the first round?
Lou: Good point; it's actually not very likely to play out that way. I do see Dallas hoping that OT Jammal Brown falls to them, but they definitely could use one first rounder on a DE.
However, it's not *entirely* outside the realm of possibility, since Spears is the type of player who could also play DT. He's not a major pass rush threat, and Dallas could play him on the interior part of the line (and use Mathias Kiwanuka as the pass rush DE that they desperately need.) There are teams that draft players who performed at one position in college and then move them to another for the pro level (i.e. Jason Babin in Houston from DE to LB, Michael Boulware in Seattle from LB to S, etc.)
