Dallas Howler?

I would love to bash Dallas Cowboys' owner/GM/czar/jack-of-all-trade Jerry Jones for what he has done in the first round of the 2013 NFL Draft.

In case you are not following, at the start of the day the Cowboys had the 18th pick. Then they decided to trade down, which they did with the San Francisco 49ers. At the end of the day, the moved all the way down to 31st, while picking up ONLY an additional third-round pick, at no. 74.

In contrast, when the St. Louis Rams traded down from 22nd to 30th, they also picked up a third- and sixth-round pick.

And that pick no. 74 simply paled in comparison with what the New England Patriots managed to get from the Minnesota Vikings when they traded out of the first round: A second-, a third-, a fourth- and a seventh-round pick.

And when it was finally the Cowboys' turn to pick, they picked OC Travis Frederick who, although generally regarded as the best OC available, was also projected as a third-round pick.

Perhaps Jerry thought he was using that pick no. 74 when he selected Frederick.

When the selection was announced, I hated it. I was telling myself that Jerry was being Jerry again, and he has no idea how to run a draft.

But a couple of hours later, I have calmed down and started to think that he actions may actually make sense.

It takes two to tango. It takes two to get married. And it takes two to get a trade done. Of course the Cowboys would love to get as much value as possible when they traded down, but every trade is different.

I would love to think that when it was their time to pick at 18, that 49ers' trade proposal was the best they had and when they looked at their draft board, all the players they loved were probably gone. So they didn't stand pat and decided to trade down.

As for Frederick, he may turn out be a very good player. Who knows? The Cowboys had a terrible offensive line the last couple of years, and perhaps Frederick is the missing piece they have been looking for. If he's really good, then who cares about what the so-called draft experts say?

Wishful thinking? I hope not.