Bob Sturm: It's 'absolutely' possible Cowboys take Carson Wentz with No. 4 pick

The Ticket's Bob Sturm joined SportsDayDFW's 'Ballzy' podcast with Evan Grant, Barry Horn and Kevin Sherrington to break down the top quarterbacks in the draft, whether the offense is too Romo-friendly and more.

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Here are some highlights from the episode:

On if it's possible the Cowboys take Carson Wentz with the No. 4 pick:

Sturm: "Absolutely I think it's possible. It's very early. That's another thing we should define. It's not early in that he won't play any more college games. All of his college football games have been completed, so from that standpoint we do have a body of work. Now comes the second element where he has to pass all of the close-up exams from such things as the Senior Bowl, the combine, the medicals, the pro day and all of that, including personality tests, which are heavily valued for the quarterback position, these personal interviews I mean. ... Is Wentz the type of guy who looks like a big-time quarterback prospect, who should be considered as a first-round pick, maybe even a high first-round pick? From watching his games I absolutely believe that."

On how valuable the Senior Bowl will be for the Cowboys to determine if Carson Wentz is the right fit for the organization:

Sturm: "It depends who you ask. If you were to ask a coach they would say it's incredibly valuable. 'We get to basically ask him to do anything we want him to do over the course of an entire week.' Usually at a pro day, he'll be put through a workout, but as a team you're just kind of observing, and at the combine you'll get 15 minutes with him, but this is unprecedented to Carson Wentz that they don't have for Jared Goff and they won't have Paxton Lynch. You can bring the guy in for the personal team workouts, but this should be even better because you can put him on a field in 22-man drills, you can see him in a game carrying out your game plan. That's very very valuable. Now if you ask a scout, they'll recoil a little bit and say, 'Man, the worst thing that can happen sometimes is the coaches getting to meet some of these guys and suddenly thinking they're scouts.' "

On Wentz vs. Paxton Lynch vs. Jared Goff:

Sturm: "I've heard some people question (Wentz's) velocity but I wonder if we're watching the same games because he fires it in there. The thing about him that troubles me is he does tend to take some direct hits. I don't really know how to put this into words all the time, but whether it's football or hockey, all these contact sports, there are some guys who just always seem to take direct hits and there are other guys who never take direct hits. Again, we get back into bias with our research and only picking the plays that fit our agenda, but I do think Carson Wentz at that level was taking some direct hits and therefore at the NFL level you do wonder what sort of damage would be done. But as far as running a pro style offense, under center and in shotgun, making all the throws, man that guy can make the sideline throw, what they call the NFL throw, the deep out."



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