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Jerry Jones gives hilarious answer on where first-round pick ranked on Cowboys draft board

When it comes to the NFL Draft football fans are obsessed with two things. Mock drafts, and whether or not a player was a reach or a steal.

That discussion came to the forefront on Friday night when the Dallas Cowboys were introducing first-round pick Mazi Smith, a defensive tackle from the University of Michigan. It produced an incredible response from team owner Jerry Jones. 

Jones was asked how much consideration was given to taking an offensive tackle or edge rusher, and he refused to get into that for tactical reasons and what the team might have planned for day two of the draft. Jones also got into trouble with his front office last year when he waved his draft board around in front of the media. 

He was not inclined to do that again this year. 

But as he kept getting pressed on where Smith ranked on the Cowboy's draft board, and whether or not it was 13th or 14th. He finally became frustrated with the exchange and said "who gives a s---, we got him."

Honestly? That is the only appropriate response to that line of questioning because whether or not a player is 13th or 14th on a team's board is almost irrelevant. Especially when you are picking that player at the end of the first round. 

Mel Kiper and Todd McShay's big boards have completely warped the mindset of football fans when it comes to picks, and the second a team shows any sign of deviating from the experts they go crazy about what a bad pick it is. 

The reality is that sometimes the draft experts on TV are wrong, and their big boards do not always reflect what the 32 teams actually believe. 

There is also plenty of disagreement within the teams themselves. 

The Cowboys liked Mazi Smith. They wanted him. They got him. That is all that should matter right now. Time will tell if it was the right pick for them. 

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