Ten days to go until draft … Hard to believe there are just ten days to go until the start of the 2016 draft. In fact, this is the last week in which teams can have out of town prospects in for for on-site visits with the Thursday the actual final day for such visits. and while nobody really believes Los Angeles haven’t yet decided on which player they will select with the newly-acquired #1 pick overall – no one is going to trade the passel of picks the Rams gave Tennessee for the top pick if they don’t know who they want – the Rams will have both Carson Wentz of North Dakota State and Cal’s Jared Goff, the two top-rated passers in this year’s draft, in for visits this week. More likely the Rams are just milking having the top pick for as much publicity as they can get having just moved back to Los Angeles and plan to keep up the suspense until they actually get on the clock next Thursday. Meanwhile, the most curious move of the week was the fact that Dallas owner/GM Jerry Jones and a contingent of Cowboy’s officials including head coach Jason Garrett were in California over the weekend working out Goff. For the record that it is the second time Jones and the Cowboys have gone west to work out Goff which in itself is almost unprecedented that a team works out a guy twice. The timing is also curious in that the trip appears to have been rather spontaneous after LA made the deal with Tennessee presumably to take Wentz. Also for the record, while neither Jones nor anyone else in the Cowboys’ organization commented publicly on Goff’s workout, the rumor mill suggests they came away impressed. So what’s up with the Cowboys. Who knows at this point! It could just be Jerry Jones being Jerry Jones or the Cowboys doing some final due diligence just in case Cleveland passes on Goff with the 2nd pick and he’s still there at #4. But that’s a lot of due diligence! It is also hard to imagine the Cowboys would even consider moving up a couple of spots to take Goff with Tony Romo still around, but Cleveland is believed to be wavering o taking him themselves and there are teams like the 49ers and Eagles out there believed to be also interested in Goff. As the old proverb says: may you live in interesting times! Have a great day!
