2011 Dallas Cowboys’ Potential Draft Pick: Orlando Franklin, OG/OT, Miami

April 21, 2011   ·   Jonathan Bales   ·   Jump to comments

With the needs at right tackle, free safety and defensive end receiving plenty of publicity, some seem to be overlooking the potential hole the Cowboys will have at guard.  Kyle Kosier is actually a free agent, and there are rumors Dallas plans to cut Leonard Davis.  
Over the last decade, the ‘Boys have done a horrible job of addressing positions before they become a problem, leaving them in their current mess.  Now they must fix the glaring needs before they can worry about a position like guard.
There is a potential solution to this problem, however.  Acquiring players with positional versatility allows a team to patch up multiple positions at once.  In a sense, it is a way to buy time before securing a long-term player.  It isn’t simply a short-term solution in the same way signing a veteran might be, though.
Drafting a player such as Villanova guard/tackle Ben Ijalana allows the Cowboys to have a legitima...

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