IRVING, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys scouting department probably wasn't pleased to learn that their 2013 draft board was made public. Between photos and video interviews from inside of the Cowboys war room, BloggingTheBoys.com was able to compile the first five rounds of the Cowboys' board.
For all NFL teams, the draft board is something that's guarded closely and not supposed to ever become public knowledge. But Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones doesn't seem to think it gives away any competitive advantage if it is leaked after the draft has concluded.
"I can certainly appreciate the sensitivity of our draft board [during] the draft," Jones said on Tuesday. "I don't look at it as a very sensitive issue at all. I'm a little hard-pressed to see where the issue is at all after the draft is over. We don't put anything up there that's particularly sensitive. Those are the opinions and the work of our scouts.
"The fact that there might have been a player up there a round earlier or a round later than it is on a lot of other people's boards or opinion doesn't impact us. I don't see the negative aspect of that information. We won't make it a practice of publishing it, but still, I don't think it's an important detail."
Cowboys coach Jason Garrett was also asked about the draft board. As expected, he was very guarded about the topic.
"I didn't follow that story very closely. Obviously we have a draft process that we believe in. A draft board is part of that process. A lot of discussions are a part of that process to the interpretation of that draft board, and then we make our best decision. Any comment beyond that is not something that I want to get into."
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