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2025 NFL Draft: Ten Years of Cowboys Draft Tendencies

2025 NFL Draft: 10 Years of Cowboys Draft Tendencies

The Dallas Cowboys’ NFL Draft tendencies over the past ten years (2014–2024) reveal a consistent approach influenced by owner and general manager Jerry Jones, vice president of player personnel Will McClay, and the coaching staff. Looking back over the last ten years, a trend has started to develop, and this could be the year the team …

Cody Warren

Cody Warren

Four men stand together, with one holding up a "Glyton 60" football jersey, at a Dallas Cowboys press event backdrop.

The Cowboys must break this recent 1st round trend

There have been seven NFL drafts since the unmitigated disaster that was the Dallas Cowboys taking Michigan’s Taco Charlton with the 28th overall pick of the 2017 Draft. Between 2018-2022, with the lone exception of 2019, when Dallas traded the pick to obtain Amari Cooper, the Cowboys had a great run in the first round. 2018 …

Richard Paolinelli

Richard Paolinelli

Cowboys 1st Round Pick: Battle Between 2 Georgia Bulldogs?

Cowboys 1st Round Pick: Battle Between 2 Georgia Bulldogs?

The overwhelming consensus is that the Dallas Cowboys 1st round pick needs to be a wide receiver. Arizona’s Tetairoa McMillan and Texas’s Matthew Golden are easily the most discussed options for Dallas, but two Georgia Bulldogs may be the real decision. It’s not at all a knock against either wide receiver option; fans are simply underrating …

Mark Heaney

Mark Heaney

These 4 Dallas Cowboys draft picks must be traded

These 3 Dallas Cowboys draft picks must be traded

The 2025 Cowboys draft picks will be complete this time next week, and they can’t afford mistakes in their haul. Dallas’s roster has too many holes, and their late-round draft capital is too strong to misuse. After holding just three picks in the first 148 of the draft, the Cowboys have seven selections in the fifth, …

Mark Heaney

Mark Heaney

Cowboys 2025 Prospect Watch: Desmond Watson

Cowboys 2025 Prospect Watch: Desmond Watson

In the 2025 NFL Draft, defensive tackle Desmond Watson is a prospect to watch. This young man is the ultimate run-stopping defensive tackle, which is exactly what this defense has been missing for several years. The defense currently has a great pass-rushing tackle in Osa Odighizuwa and a solid veteran in Solomon Thomas, but Thomas is …

Cody Warren

Cody Warren

Cowboys get Buckeye Fever in this playful draft scenario 1

Cowboys get Buckeye Fever in this playful draft scenario

The Dallas Cowboys, a franchise that thrives on star power and strong college pipelines, could make a bold and calculated move in the 2025 NFL Draft by selecting three players from the same school in the first three rounds. This is the second installment of my series on the 2025 NFL Draft, focusing on one school …

Mario Herrera Jr.

Mario Herrera Jr.

Cowboys' Stephen Jones open to NFL Draft trade down

Cowboys Draft Rumor: Stephen Jones “could see” a trade down

We are just eight days from the Dallas Cowboys draft class forming, and the front office seems to be finalizing its plan. On Tuesday, Stephen Jones told 105.3 The Fan that while the team isn’t likely to move up the board, he “could see” a trade down occurring. Fans have speculated for months about this option, …

Mark Heaney

Mark Heaney

Cowboys need to find gems late in the 6th round 3

Cowboys need to find gems late in the 6th round

The Dallas Cowboys will have two picks in the sixth round of the NFL Draft next week. That’s the good news. The bad news is that both picks fall in the bottom third of the round. With as many needs this roster has to fill, it becomes more important than ever for the Cowboys to hit …

Richard Paolinelli

Richard Paolinelli

Recent tragedies highlight need for changes in both the NFL, NCAA

Recent tragedies highlight need for changes in both the NFL, NCAA

Near the end of the 2024 college football season, LSU receiver Kyren Lacy was a potential first-round pick in next week’s draft. That all changed in mid-December on a road in Louisiana. Lacy was allegedly driving recklessly, speeding and passing in a no-passing zone that morning. An oncoming car swerved to avoid hitting Lacy’s car. That …

Richard Paolinelli

Richard Paolinelli

2025 Dallas Cowboys 7-Round Mock Draft: Massive Trade Up 10

2025 Dallas Cowboys 7-Round Mock Draft

All right, folks, here’s a 2025 Cowboys seven-round mock draft that should make some of you happy. There are so many mock drafts out there, and if you combine them all, you may get a few picks correct, but let’s get crazy. Maybe old Jerry Jones has a little Wildcattin’ Jerry left somewhere between all the …

Cody Warren

Cody Warren

Cowboys get back to work in Draft’s 5th round

Cowboys get back to work in Draft’s 5th round

After taking the first couple of hours off of the Saturday session of the draft, the Dallas Cowboys will get back to work in the fifth round. Dallas will have two draft picks in this round to work with. At one point, they had four picks in the fifth round. They shipped off one to Buffalo …

Richard Paolinelli

Richard Paolinelli

Ollie Gordon will go in the 4th round of the draft

Which player is the one Dallas doesn’t draft in the 4th round?

Last week, I mocked the first three rounds of next week’s NFL Draft, as did Mark Heaney. I stopped after three rounds for two reasons. The first being, for the second-straight year, Dallas doesn’t have a fourth rounder due to a poor trade. The second being that, after three rounds, the reaching begins in earnest. Trying …

Richard Paolinelli

Richard Paolinelli

3-Round Cowboys Mock Draft: Ability Over Availability? 1

3-Round Cowboys Mock Draft: Ability Over Availability?

The 2025 NFL Draft is now just 11 days away, and it will be a big one in Dallas. There is a new head coach and staff at the helm, and the roster needs some serious building; what better way to analyze that than with a 3-round Cowboys mock draft? With all due respect to Dallas, …

Mark Heaney

Mark Heaney

Comparing NFL Draft prospects to current Cowboys stars

Comparing NFL Draft prospects to current Cowboys stars

The 2025 NFL Draft prospects list is star-studded to say the least; from Heisman winners to the sons of football legends, this class has it all. For the Dallas Cowboys, this draft is bigger than names, as the team is desperately trying to find new stars to team up with their current ones. Here’s the thing: …

Mark Heaney

Mark Heaney

Could the Cowboys go bold with this 1st-round pick?

Could the Cowboys draft a star tight end in the 1st round?

The 1997 Cowboys draft saw a trade with the Philadelphia Eagles to select LSU tight end David LaFleur in the first round. That remains the last time Dallas drafted a player at that position on Day 1 of the NFL Draft. LaFleur played just four seasons in the league, and the 2003 selection of Jason Witten …

Mark Heaney

Mark Heaney