After all the number-crunching and tape-analyzing, maybe the Cowboys don’t want the 26th pick after all. In today’s News and Notes, we start to entertain the possibility of trading the first-round draft pick. But up? Or down? We’ve got options for either direction (including the best college running back in the country)… but one team writer maintains that the front office could stay right where they are and wait for a big name to fall to them.
Meanwhile, a top wide receiver prospect says he had a “fanboy moment” meeting the owner of his favorite childhood team, and you’ll meet the likely first-round pick who reveals he didn’t get a single visit with an NFL team. Also, Dak Prescott is holding out hope for the return of his best friend, we’ve got sleeper picks at a position that Dallas will be looking at, we examine how early is too early for a defensive tackle, the NFL announces the musical acts to wrap up each night of draft weekend, and we say farewell to a former Cowboy who holds a unique place in franchise history.
The ESPN expert thinks Robinson is the second-best player in the draft class. If he gets by Philadelphia at 10th, Dallas may be tempted to make a move up to the mid-teens to get him as a complement to Tony Pollard. “Mike McCarthy is dying for a big power back like that, wants to run the football. They want to be a run-based team, and they would love to bring the Texas star into Dallas and make him the star of their offense.”
You want to get nuts? Let’s get nuts. The only rule in this mock from Bill Barnwell is that everybody must trade their first-round pick. But Barnwell does try to keep each trade transaction realistic. He has the Packers dealing the 15th selection to Dallas (who takes you-know-who-from-Texas) in exchange for Picks 26, 58, and a fifth-rounder in 2025. But since each trade exists in its own little multiverse, the Cowboys then trade down out of their 26th pick, letting the needy Colts jump into the first round and taking their 35th and 106th picks, plus a fourth-rounder next year. Finally, the Chiefs move up in a swap with the Cowboys (26 for 31), with the Chiefs also getting Pick 169 and the Cowboys taking over Pick 95.
The more I hear of first round scenarios, the more I believe multiple big names could slip to 26.
Possibly some that are thought to be inside the ‘top 15.’ Back of the first still looks like a…
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