When the 2022 NFL regular season gets underway, you’ll see Amari Cooper, La’el Collins and Randy Gregory all suiting up for teams not named the Dallas Cowboys — three headline departures that create additional voids on a roster that could ill-afford more. The headlines pouring in from off of the field also create issues on the roster sheet, namely the open murder investigation involving former second-round pick Kelvin Joseph, one the NFL front office is monitoring as well, and it’s safe the say the Cowboys have a whole lot of work ahead of them in making sure their 2022 NFL Draft haul is one of their best — possibly ever.
The good news is they have no shortage of opportunities to do just that, seeing as they’ll walking into Las Vegas next week with a total of nine picks, assuming owner Jerry Jones doesn’t strike a trade deal at some point before or during the event. All things considered, with needs at so many more positions than they originally anticipated exiting 2021, what would a perfect draft look like for the Cowboys this April?
Glad you asked.
Round 1:
Jordan Davis, DT, Georgia (24th-overall)
Dread it. Run from it. Jordan Davis arrives in the opposing backfield all the same.
Davis has a chance to be one of the best interior defensive linemen in all of football at the NFL level, and that is not being hyperbolic whatsoever. A human his size simply shouldn’t be capable of the athleticism he possesses, and those who believe he’s simply an elite run-stopper are basically telling you they haven’t watched him play. Along with Nakobe Dean, Davis was the leader of a Bulldog defense that was unequivocally the best in the nation in 2021, en route to landing the school’s first national championship in more than 40 years. The loss of Gregory only deepens the need to strengthen the defensive line as a whole (combined with the Cowboys ongoing need to locate a game-changing 1-tech), and nothing…
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