Southlake said:

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Chiefs will take Mauigoa if none of the LBers are available. Can't afford MaHomes to get beat up again.

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Man I hope so. CB is a big need for them as well. KC at #9 could go O or D... Cincy is almost certainly going D... and Miami is cleaning house so they are a big wild card.

This is going to be crazy fun to watch in a few weeks. We really need 1-2 teams to go rogue and take guys top 10 that nobody expects.

A lot of the mock drafts that have come out in the last 24 hours are starting to have more offensive players taken before us. We all knew this would happen. Teams just like offense too much.

A couple major mocks have Bain falling to us.

Bain makes me nervous. If he develops into a star pass rusher, he will be one of one at this level in terms of measurables.

Guys with far more college production with his measurables have flopped

I keep running a bunch just to see what the ebbs and flows look like. Downs has recently been available in almost all. Several OTs are sliding up. If OTs are taken and the two CBs are gone, something has to give and a stud will fall in our laps

Bain has historically short arms... There is hope that top 10 teams will pass.

Also hope for Styles and Downs because they don't play a premium $ position.

Even RT and #2 WRs are getting PAID right now... Maybe not expected, but also not shocking if more offense picks go top 10.

Bain is ****ing crazy tho. I get it, but thr dude doesn't even get hair cuts cuz he's so focused on ball. I'd be fine with him at 12

Bain...

The thing about all the pre draft stuff is we are all focused on players & their talent. But the teams are focused on roster building. The prime positions (QB, WR, OT, DE, CB) always get a boost.

I expect to see, at the very least, a little shakeup in the top 11 with OT, WR & maybe even CB going earlier than most mocks predict.

Where it gets fun is you have 4 outliers in the mix. Love/Styles/Downs play non premium positions and tape measures hate Bain.... but all 4 project as IMPACT players.

Less than a month away, the hype is building!

It's genuinely one of the more fascinating drafts in recent memory for a plethora of reasons.

Have not studied the 'points' of draft picks but if these mock sites are accurate, we could bump to 7-9 range and only give up the 12 and a 5th or two 5th rounders (both comp picks I think). I'd love to see that, plus a move to get back into the 2nd in the 50ish range.

Call LV and flip the 20th for Max.

One can dream

When you are talking about the top 15 picks, if you are trying to move 2 or more spots it's going to cost you a day 2 pick. This is a good thing because if we get wiped out at #12, pretty good bet that a team looking for offense will gladly let us trade back and we'll pick up a 2nd or 3rd.


Dallas trade up options: We have no business straight up giving away picks, but we can do pick swaps. I don't personally have a big issue trading up to 6 (CLE) or 8 (N.O.) and swapping pick #20 for their early 2nd round pick. The trade makes a lot of sense if picks 6 & 8 are a bit rich for the guys those other teams are targeting.

jr15aggie said:

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When you are talking about the top 15 picks, if you are trying to move 2 or more spots it's going to cost you a day 2 pick. This is a good thing because if we get wiped out at #12, pretty good bet that a team looking for offense will gladly let us trade back and we'll pick up a 2nd or 3rd.


Dallas trade up options: We have no business straight up giving away picks, but we can do pick swaps. I don't personally have a big issue trading up to 6 (CLE) or 8 (N.O.) and swapping pick #20 for their early 2nd round pick. The trade makes a lot of sense if picks 6 & 8 are a bit rich for the guys those other teams are targeting.

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I think they need to be ready to pull the trigger if a guy like Bailey slides. Pick 12 and 20 will have solid players if they don't, but the chance to get one of the sliding elites…also as we discussed earlier pick 20 to 92 is a long, long drop in talent. They're not getting a LB if they don't over draft at 20 or get back into the 2nd round

I completely agree if it's Bailey or maybe Reese. I think you do it for a blue chip premium position guy. Not sure if I would for a LB (Styles) or S (Downs)... I wouldn't be mad at it, but for those guys I'd rather sit at 12 and pray.

I really think CLE could be a great trade partner to jump Washington. I think they really want to go offense but #6 is probably too rich for the guys they are targeting. A trade back to #12 would still give them one of their top targets and they would now have 3 first rounders.


For Dallas, we'd end up with an edge rusher that we had no shot at and the CBs/LBs/DTs that we can choose from in the early 2nd will be similar to what we could have had at #20.

Regarding Downs... I'm hearing more and more talk about him going later than most early mocks suggested. The phrase I've heard repeated by a few people is teams feel like he's more of a 10-20 guy than a 1-10.

Safeties are weird and it's hard to guess where they might go. I'm even hearing that some teams have Theineman as safety #1. Possible smoke screens, but we've seen it before with safeties.

If the Cowboys drafted nothing but Aggies, I'd be fine with our draft.

I love Downs and would be thrilled to get him at 12, but I'm skeptical Jerry drafts a guy at the one position he spent free agent money on.

Would you give up 12 and 20 to get Bailey at 6 and a third rounder?

Southlake said:

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Would you give up 12 and 20 to get Bailey at 6 and a third rounder?

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If it's me, no, I don't think so. It's their 2nd rounder for #20 or no deal.

If we are able to move to 6 it's because Cleveland sorta wants out of that pick. It can be a win/win for both teams so neither should be asked to over pay.

If Cleveland really does need offense, 12 & 20 are excellent spots to find 2 plug in starters (not to mention they also have pick 24). For Dallas, we get a projected franchise edge at 6 and we will be able to find a starting LB at 39 (or a starter/depth piece at CB/S/DT if we prefer).

I could not see myself trading up if I was the Cowboys. Our only solid position on defense is interior DL. We could use help at DB, S, LB, and edge. Not to mention that we could use another RB, and you are never wrong to draft WR and OL. There are just too many shoes to fill. I would trade back if the opportunity arises and get as many picks as I could. One guy isn't going to fix anything on defense. If it worked that way we would still have Micah Parsons. Stay put and we likely get 2 immediate starters. Trade back and maybe we can push that to 3 or 4 guys who play this year and can all start in 2027

I get what you are saying in theory... but the problem is you could be sitting there at 12, be completely wiped out and the phone isn't ringing. And even if it does ring, the other team knows you are wiped out and you are going to get a low ball offer to move back a few spots.

But I do agree that I don't want to move up and lose picks in the process. We absolutely need our 3 top 100 picks. I'm just OK if pick 20 becomes pick 30-40 if that means we get to move up and draft a blue chip at a premium position.

The best thing about the draft is that someone is going to do something very stupid. We just have to hope that it isn't us, and that they don't screw us in the process.

I still think someone will reach for Simpson in the first and hopefully it's between 12-20 so we have two shots to get some extra picks.

What would you give for Myles Garrett? Reportedly he's in play

It seems like every year, someone falls that ain't supposed to. You don't panic. Just wait and something good will fall to you. Either a player you didn't expect or someone will want to move up.

Never underestimate the ability of some of these GMs/decision makers to over think things. Whether it is falling in love with some "elite" trait or getting hung up on some perceived flaw(s). There's always a dude that falls (usually combined with a moderate to massive reach or two) Now if that's a guy Dallas has high on the board, who knows. But Even if the stud defensive guys we want get wiped before 12, it likely means one or more good offensive guys are there at 12 and someone may be wiling to move up for them.

Agristotle said:

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What would you give for Myles Garrett? Reportedly he's in play

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Both firsts this year, or a one this year and next plus additional later round picks.

Lots of proposed deals out there, most are two ones plus something. One proposed Pickens be included

I could see Jerry doing it. Talk about juice!

2 #1s five years from now when they pass their proposal.

The window is now. 2-3 years. Time to go all in for some glory hole jerruh

It's not possible to be completely wiped out at 12… or 20.

As stated above. Patience and let the draft come to you and we're going to get a great player. Every year surprises happen. Trading up should be a firable offense in this draft for the cowboys.

Jerry implied he was going to be aggressive this year and really hasn't. - yet. Maybe this is his time to make a splash. Both Firsts for Myles at his prime? Oh hell yeah.

Might not be enough…

What we see as aggressive and what Jerry sees are completely different and that's the issue. In his mind they have probably been very aggressive because they brought in 4 new starters on defense added 40 plus in salary and tagged Pickens. They also tried to sign Walker and Dean. In fans mind, being aggressive would have been paying the extra money for a linebacker or grabbing a higher caliber secondary player.

I think the Jones set a number for someone and refuse to ever go above it and just assume players should come to them because they are the Cowboys.

Yes, I believe you are correct. They were also involved with the Crosby stuff. Very active compared to most years.

And it sounds like we will keep working depending on how the draft shakes out. When we lost Tet McMillan last year we picked up George. Will do the same if we can't get a top LB.

Woods Ag said:

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It's not possible to be completely wiped out at 12… or 20.

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Agree at 12 because we could always take one of the OT and then move / get a little something for Steele post draft. But man, I'm a huge draft guy and that would be so deflating.

Regarding pick #20... it's all 2nd round graded players at that point. It's why I'm not opposed to moving that pick down ~ 20 spots if it allows us to move up from 12 and get a top 5 player at a need position.



It's a gamble... sitting still can absolutely land you a stud, but it can also put you in "well ****, now what!?!" land.