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Cowboys fans hoped the team’s focus this week would be on preparations for the NFC championship game. Instead, the team’s attention has turned towards the offseason as they continue to build for the future. Four teams remain in contention for the Super Bowl, so the other 28 teams are already looking ahead to the 2024 NFL …
With their last pick in the 2023 NFL draft, the Dallas Cowboys selected wide receiver Jalen Brooks from South Carolina. The team waited until their last pick two picks in the draft to add a running back, then a wide out. Brooks adds depth to the room, but does not have good speed. He has decent …
The Dallas Cowboys have selected Kansas State running back Deuce Vaughn with the 212th pick in the NFL draft. Standing at 5’5 Vaughn was tremendously productive at Kansas State. Over his final two years with the wildcats he had 2,962 rushing yards, 27 rushing touchdowns, and 846 receiving yards. He was a 2-time 1st-team AP All-American, …
The Dallas Cowboys selected Southern Miss defensive back Eric Scott Jr. with the 178th pick in the NFL draft The Cowboys moved to the top of the sixth round after a trade with the Chiefs to take Scott. Dallas the Chiefs a 2024 fifth-round pick in exchange for the first pick of sixth round (No. 178 …
The Dallas Cowboys have selected North Carolina offensive tackle Asim Richards with the 169th pick in the NFL draft. After Dallas selected a number of defensive players, with the 169th pick, the Cowboys took Richards that adds much needed depth to the offensive line. Richards started 38 games at UNC including 34 in a row. He …
The Dallas Cowboys have selected San Jose State edge Viliami Fehoko Jr. with the 129th pick in the NFL draft. Dallas has now used three of their first four picks on defense, he won the Mountain West player of the year a season ago, and had a very solid season. He totaled 69 tackles, 19 of …
The second day of the 2023 NFL Draft was nearly as entertaining as the first day was. It started early in the morning in the form of a flow of salt from part of the Cowboys’ fanbase. They were still out of sorts over the Mazi Smith pick after Buffalo jumped ahead in the draft and …
After what could, at best and very charitably, be called a dismal second round overall, the NFC East rebounded nicely in the third round. The Eagles, which led the way in Thursday’s opening round, got the round started off on the right food. The Giants took advantage of a potential Top 50 player falling to them …
It would be hard to argue against the NFC East having had the best first round of any of the eight divisions on Thursday. What a difference a day makes. After all four teams made solid picks, and the Eagles all but stole the round with two defensive linemen from a championship team, Friday’s effort was …
As the 2nd round of the NFL Draft is set to be later today, many prospects that were favored to be picked in the 1st round are still on the board. Players such as University of Kentucky Quarterback Will Levis, University of Penn State Joey Porter Jr., and University of Notre Dame Tight End Michael Mayer, …
With the Dallas Cowboys on the clock at 26th, they were fielding calls to trade down. One potential trade partner would have been the Kansas City Chiefs. Talks between the teams ended when the Chiefs announced who they planned on drafting. The Chiefs were interested in the player the Dallas Cowboys wanted. The Cowboys found their …
Well, that was quite the first round of the 2023 NFL Draft last night now, wasn’t it? It started off with a bang with the Arizona Cardinals and Houston Texans wheeling and dealing. It ended with the Philadelphia Eagles pretty much winning the first round. Like it or not Cowboys faithful, the Eagles committed grand theft …
The Dallas Cowboys have selected Defensive Tackle Mazi Smith from the University of Michigan with their 1st-round pick in the 2023 NFL Draft. The Cowboys added another weapon for Dan Quinn to use on a loaded defense for Dallas. At 6-foot-3, 323 pounds, Smith can plug a hole. The biggest weakness of the Dallas defense for …
(UPDATED THROUGH THE 30th PICK) The Eagles entered tonight as the early favorites to have the best first round of the 2023 NFL Draft among NFC East teams. It must be nice to have a GM that can build a team to make the Super Bowl and have a Top 10 pick in the next draft …
For a lot of NFL fans, the NFL draft marks a particularly special time during the calendar year. The acquisition of new, young talent from amongst the best of the college ranks provides an opportunity to forecast the futures of our favorite teams. If you’re active in Cowboys Nation, especially on Twitter, then you know the …
The 2023 NFL Draft is only a few hours away. For the most part, we have a pretty good idea how the first 10 picks will play out. What remains to be seen is how the night will play out for Dallas. They only have three options: Move up, stay put at #26, or move back …
If you have followed along with this mock draft series, you know the ultimate goal was to figure out the best way to attack each round to provide good value at positions of need. Those mocks can be found here: 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, and 6.0. I only did five rounds for the series, but …
ESPN’s Bill Barnwell recently wrote an article where he projected trades for all 31 first-round picks. In it, he had the Cowboys trading down with the Indianapolis Colts. The move from 26 to 35 would net them two fourth-round picks (one this year and one in 2024). I love the idea of a trade down this …
This is the last exploratory version of this mock draft series. I take everything I’ve learned from this series and map out a draft plan for the Cowboys that I will use as a guide for my final mock draft coming out the day of the draft. If you want to see where this journey has …
The Dallas Cowboys have positioned themselves in this upcoming draft to take the best player available at pick number 26. The acquisitions of Stephon Gilmore and Brandin Cooks have been unanimous crowd pleasers. Re-signing Dante Fowler, Johnathan Hankins, Leighton Vander Esch and Donovan Wilson addressed some notable holes on the defensive side of the ball. So, …
Whispers about The Star have the Cowboys targeting a quarterback in the later rounds of this year’s draft. The top players at the position are going to be gone by the middle of the first round. So what does that leave for Dallas? The possibilities are TCU’s Max Duggan, UCLA’s Dorian Thompson-Robinson or even Houston’s Clayton …
