The Dallas Cowboys desperately need to find multiple, immediate contributors in the 2024 NFL Draft after their mantra for the offseason morphed from “all in” to “get it done with less.”
That transformation has manifested itself in allowing over five starters to walk in free agency, including eight-time Pro Bowl left tackle Tyron Smith (now a New York Jet), Pro Bowl center Tyler Biadasz, (now a Washington Commander), Pro Bowl running back Tony Pollard (now a Tennessee Titan). The result of either the departures or releases, in the case of former third wideout Michael Gallup.
Dallas now possesses holes or positions of need at the following spots: left tackle or left guard (depending on what Tyler Smith’s long-term position is), center, running back, linebacker, defensive tackle and wide receiver. With all these holes, it would certainly make sense for the Cowboys to attempt to acquire as many draft picks as possible in the 2024 draft. Even though Jerry Jones doesn’t typically make trades involving his first-round draft choice, here are three potential scenarios. All of them involve Dallas trading down since they have a handful of needs.
Trade down to 28
- Cowboys get: 2024 first (No. 28), 2024 fourth (No. 128), 2024 fifth (No. 160)
- Bills get: 2024 first (No. 24)
The Buffalo Bills could use a new top wide receiver after trading Stefon Diggs and a couple Day 3 picks to the Houston Texans in exchange for a 2025 second-round pick. Moving up to 24th overall puts them in the potential strike zone for someone like Texas’ Adonai Mitchell or LSU’s Brian Thomas Jr.
The Cowboys drop back four spots, but they gain a fourth-round pick — something they didn’t have after acquiring quarterback Trey Lance in a trade with the San Francisco 49ers — and a second fifth-rounder, one that is 14 spots (174th overall) higher than the compensatory pick they were awarded for last year’s free agency departures of receiver Noah Brown, offensive lineman Connor McGovern and tight end Dalton Schultz.
Following this swap, the Cowboys could still be in line to take an offensive tackle prospect with upside, like Oklahoma’s Tyler Guyton, or a steady, interior offensive lineman like Duke’s Graham Barton or Oregon’s Jackson Powers-Johnson. Barton would likely be slotted in at left guard with Tyler Smith vacating that role for left tackle. Powers-Johnson’s top position would likely be center. Guyton’s…
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