2026 Cowboys Draft Chatter Thread

[Genghis Khan]

Supposedly Wolchuk said he's heard we won't take Bain even at 12.

I think I said this before but if we take Styles, Downs, Delane, Bailey or Reese ahead of Bain, fine. I'd prefer to take Bain but fine.

If Bain is there but they trade back...I won't agree but fine.

If Bain is the last of the Mohicans and they take anyone other than Bain, I'm going to be so pissed.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

If Bain is the last of the Mohicans and they take anyone other than Bain, I'm going to be so pissed.

Yep me too. The only caveat to that is if they dug up some dirt from Kelly during the 30 visit about Bain that scared them off I can live with it. I mean I don't want a guy doing sketchy off the field stuff. I haven't heard anything that gives me that impression but I only know a fraction of what the Cowboys know I'm sure.

 

[boozeman]

I just don't see the same category of player with Bain as I do with Bailey/Styles/Downs.

And that is okay. If the Browns or whatever stay put, it compresses things.

 

[boozeman]

Supposedly Wolchuk said he's heard we won't take Bain even at 12.

Kiper came out and called him top 15.

In pure talent, of course. The rest is overanalysis.

This is a weak weak draft overall that has some strong suits. Strategy is important.

 

[Simpleton]

Kiper came out and called him top 15.

In pure talent, of course. The rest is overanalysis.

This is a weak weak draft overall that has some strong suits. Strategy is important.

Good thing we have a couple of master strategists running the team!

 

[boozeman]

Good thing we have a couple of master strategists running the team!

Thanks for the fucking reminder. And our dumb brain trust is being led by the nose into this draft.

They do this shit every time on defense because they have employed an offensive minded HC. We draft per that DC and because nobody else can evaluate talent, we get stuck with the end result.

 

[Simpleton]

Thanks for the fucking reminder. And our dumb brain trust is being led by the nose into this draft.

They do this shit every time on defense because they have employed an offensive minded HC. We draft per that DC and because nobody else can evaluate talent, we get stuck with the end result.

Yep, I've complained about the fact that they have absolutely no concept of how to build a defense at an organizational level, it's all dependent on the DC.

 

[boozeman]

Yep, I've complained about the fact that they have absolutely no concept of how to build a defense at an organizational level, it's all dependent on the DC.

And yet…you trust Parker? If his FA excursion is like the rest of them, he got his boys.

I am sorry, I do not trust Locke, and I am not sold on Thompson either.

Both look like band aids in that the coach knows the player, okay?

 

[Simpleton]

And yet…you trust Parker? If his FA excursion is like the rest of them, he got his boys.

I am sorry, I do not trust Locke, and I am not sold on Thompson either.

Both look like band aids in that the coach knows the player, okay?

I trust him with the secondary for sure, the front 7?

Who knows?

 

[boozeman]

I trust him with the secondary for sure, the front 7?

Who knows?

So we get stuck with a secondary draft because of him. The LBers are the biggest deal.

 

[Simpleton]

So we get stuck with a secondary draft because of him. The LBers are the biggest deal.

Maybe but then they'll just ship next year's 2 for Brooks so that'll be fun.

In all seriousness though, I wouldn't love a LB at 20, they need to be strategic in terms of either trading up at a reasonable price for Styles or moving down and taking one of the LB's in the 30-40 range.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

So the Cowboys draft guys were just discussing they don't think Dallas would be interested in Faulk because they want more of a 290+ pound guy at DE and he is too big for OLBer.

 

[bbgun]

 

[boozeman]

I always try to view top prospects from big programs with a grain of salt. Sometimes they are a sum of those around them? It is tough but you are stupid if you evaluate based off of singular traits.

 

[Genghis Khan]

So the Cowboys draft guys were just discussing they don't think Dallas would be interested in Faulk because they want more of a 290+ pound guy at DE and he is too big for OLBer.

I am skeptical of that but I hope so.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

I am skeptical of that but I hope so.

Hey, I was just glad to hear it but I don't really trust those guys knowledge of what the team wants.

 

[Cotton]

 

[Smitty]

Harrison was almost too stocky and crazy strong, so a better comparison for Bain would be Brandon Graham or the older Seattle edge Michael Bennett. Almost exactly the same measurables in height weight-- right there at 275.

Bain is not the "freak" athlete, but like I said before being a freak does not translate into NFL production. Bain was productive in college to the point where that whole defense looked to him as its leader.

The only thing that reminded me of Harrison really was that compact power element of his game, Bain plays more like that but has more bend and moves like traditional EDGE rushers than Harrison who seemed to use raw strength.

Yeah I see Brandon Graham and that’s a 4-3 player.

 

[Simpleton]

I'm not overly worried about Bain's ability to rush in a 3-4 but he's definitely not a seamless fit, especially in terms of dropping into coverage here and there.