Jones may never be better than Mendenhall, but he’s better for Dallas

By Anthony Bialy  |   Thursday, May 15, 2008  |  Comments( 4 )

 Dallas Cowboys
They may not be paired for life like Manning and Leaf, but first-round rushers selected back-to-back by good teams after each left college early are inevitably fated to be linked. Unfairly or not, Felix Jones and Rashard Mendenhall will be compared to each other for as long as each or just one holds a job in the league. Heightening the...
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CommentsComments: 4
 No.1
bardley80		 08:50 AM
05/15/2008
You can't overlook that Felix Jones went to Arkansas, and Jerry Jones probably wanted him based a lot on that alone.
 No.2
everending		 03:38 PM
05/15/2008
The best pick is in the eye of the beholder. When filling your team's needs, yeah, a lot of the times you end up drafting someone who, on the overall list, falls lower. I've always wondered consequently how it feels to be the draftees; knowing you rank highly but in the end go later on in the rounds simply because teams don't need to fill your position. In the end, this makes a lot of sense to me.
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GissoniC		 03:03 PM
05/16/2008
Yeah but... all and all.... Dallas had other options... Felix Jones is a good player but he was certainly overrated... Even if he becomes a great player, he was overrated at the time of the draft...

Dallas could have made a better draft and still attends its needs....

But ok for me.... I'm a Steeler fan... I'm happy with Mendenhall. (Although I don't agree entirely with Steelers's picks... I'm generaly happy with it)
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