2026 Cowboys Draft Chatter Thread

Yates' latest:

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Jermod McCoy, CB, Tennessee

One of the true wild cards in this draft is McCoy, as he's a top-10 talent but has not played or worked out for scouts since an ACL tear in January 2025. He is expected to participate in Tennessee's pro day March 31, which will help solidify this ceiling if he's healthy.

At his best, McCoy is the top coverage cornerback in this class, with exceptional length (77-inch wingspan), ball skills, patience and timing to disrupt wideouts. In a full 2024 season, he had four interceptions and seven passes defensed. The Cowboys need all the cornerback help they can get after finishing last in yards per dropback allowed (7.3) and total pass breakups (30).

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R Mason Thomas, Edge, Oklahoma

Thomas is my type of football player as an explosive, powerful and relentless pass rusher. Plus, he has heavy hands and a nasty attitude when defending the run (21 run stops over the past two seasons). Thomas dealt with an injury for part of the 2025 season, but he still finished with 6.5 sacks and 23 pressures in nine games.

The Cowboys must keep hammering away at their pass rush to find some semblance of what they had with Micah Parsons. Dallas traded for edge rusher Rashan Gary to boost this same initiative.

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WalterFootball's latest:

NFL Team Logo for CowboysDallas Cowboys: Mansoor Delane, CB, LSU
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The Cowboys gave up 450 passing yards to Russell Wilson and then allowed Caleb Williams to have the best performance of his career. Dallas’ miserable defense needs help at every level. As with the Bengals, any defensive position makes sense for the Cowboys in this 2026 NFL Mock Draft.

Mansoor Delane is very instinctive with nice size.

NFL Team Logo for CowboysDallas Cowboys: T.J. Parker, DE, Clemson
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The Cowboys almost have to use both of their first-round picks on defense, given their inability to stop anyone last year. Their edge rush was particularly anemic.

T.J. Parker had a breakout sophomore campaign. He has impressive instincts and was very productive.

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If the big 6 are gone before we pick, there is a 67% chance we take Jermod McCoy at 12. If he does well at his pro day, you can bump that up to 89%. If he aces it, Bradie bottlelock that shit.
 
bbgun said:
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We do not, in fact, "have to get those young guys going".

We need to add another talented body to the pool so we aren't relying on Versace shoes, a 7th or a complete spare in Davis as the only viable alternative to our very physical starter, who is also apparently the only RB the coaches really trust to pass block.

Could one of them ascend into a viable RB2?

Sure, but I'm not counting on it.
 




Interesting tidbits since I don't think there are many clear nickel type CB's that should go in the top 20ish.

Terrell is one and Delane could do it, but ultimately I think Downs and Thieneman might actually be the best suited for it out of the guys expected to go that high.

Keionte Scott of course is one of the best ones but he'd be a reach at 20, Ponds theoretically fits the bill in terms of size but he's barely played in the slot in college.
 
Simpleton said:
We do not, in fact, "have to get those young guys going".
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I mean I think that's the approach of any coach. I have a talented young guy on the roster. I need to get him going. I think where Schotty is coming from on this one is a perfectly normal approach to guys you think are talented.
 
Cowboysrock55 said:
I mean I think that's the approach of any coach. I have a talented young guy on the roster. I need to get him going. I think where Schotty is coming from on this one is a perfectly normal approach to guys you think are talented.
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General nonsense talk is fine, I'm just saying if they don't add anybody notable and roll into the season with those three behind Williams they're asking for problems.
 
Simpleton said:
General nonsense talk is fine, I'm just saying if they don't add anybody notable and roll into the season with those three behind Williams they're asking for problems.
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I think you can potentially go into camp and preseason that way and pick up a RB right before the season if needed. It's probably one of the few positions you can kind of say that about.

But I like Mafeh and Blue better than you. And frankly the Cowboys know more about those two then any of us.
 
Cowboysrock55 said:
I think you can potentially go into camp and preseason that way and pick up a RB right before the season if needed. It's probably one of the few positions you can kind of say that about.

But I like Mafeh and Blue better than you. And frankly the Cowboys know more about those two then any of us.
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It's not that I dislike either of them, but they were both late round picks who didn't show much of anything until a throwaway last game of the season.

My bigger issue is that I think our offense is more dependent on the run game being solid than some from the outside might think. You see the big star WR's, the stats and so forth and think that's what really makes things go, but to me the running game, which facilitates the play action game, is the true key to the offense.

Especially because we have two dummies playing OT.

If Williams has one high ankle sprain and misses a month where we have to start Mafah or whoever because we don't have a real RB2, it could easily be the difference between 9-10 wins and 11-12.
 
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