Prospects Dallas Has Shown Interest In - 2026

Chocolate Lab said:
I know, I can't stand the dude. That's why I want him to be wrong.

And I'm sure he will be. Does anyone else think McCoy won't go anywhere in the first?
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In my opinion he might have fallen if he hadn't worked out. But after that workout there is no damn way he falls out of the first.
 
Cowboysrock55 said:
I mean I understand it. I'm not going to get excited about passing on a guy who missed last season because of injury.
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But he looked fine, even exceptional, at his pro day and was the best DB in the nation in 2024. In every year the kid had 7 PD's and he improved year over year before getting hurt. This is a guy who at last looks far removed from injury.

I can only hope the rest of the NFL feels as conservatively as this guy is describing the Cowboys would be, but I think there's a chance this guy might not make it past the top ten. He certainly won't make it past Philadelphia at 23 or the Seahawks at 30.

Ideally...

1) I'd trade down from 12 for equivalent draft capital.

2) Then at 20 I'd still trade down with the Chargers at 22 and get pick 123 if possible.

The second we do the Eagles might trade up with PIT, but if they don't I'd be very happy with..

3) McCoy at 22 (providing we have extra picks including another late 1st). I know I keep talking about the depth at CB, but I think we might be getting top ten value at 22. Call this a swing for the fences. If McCoy is gone before 20, still trade down and draft Peter Woods or Akheem Mesidor.

4) Then with our last 1st rounder I'd grab Anthony Hill Jr. A slight reach, unless we can trade down again, but I think there's a real danger one of the last teams in the first takes a shot at him. If Mesidor is somehow still there, take him over Hill, and shed a small tear.

Hill's a real pet cat, gotta say, and I have him over J-Rod. He's very underrated in this draft, especially his ability to rush the passer. In that regard, I think he's more instinctive and certainly more productive than CJ Allen. He also has that Alpha energy I think we badly need, and was a bigger threat to opposing offenses relative to his teammates than Allen was on the Bulldogs.

5) Hopefully we've netted a late 2nd, extra 3rd, and pick 123 in the 4th.

The "Pet Cat draft" would net

  • EDGE one of Malachi Lawrence, Deni Dennis-Sutton or Gabe Jacas
  • DT Caleb Banks or RB Jadarian Price
  • CB Deangelo Ponds (pound for pound the best defender) or CB/FS Treydon Stukes (love the hybrid ability plus the speed)

Then with our 4th rounders grab:
  • OT Austin Barber or Dametrious Crownover
  • DT Darrell Jackson Jr. or RB Jonah Coleman if we took Banks instead of Price. If neither are there, take a swing at BPA at TE, LB, or DT.

In the 5th:
  • CB Ephesians Prysock -- perfect Legion of Boom type build
  • DT Nick Barrett (sleeper)
  • LB Harold Perkins Jr.

Then we'd have before long...

  • A secondary with Thompson, Bland, McCoy( or Stukes), and Ponds coached by Parker
  • Overshown (0) and Hill Jr (00?) at ILB with Hill getting the green dot
  • EZ, Gary, and Mesidor (or Lawrence) as rushers
  • Williams, Clark, and Banks/Jackson up front

Barber/Crownover lining up to replace Steele, with Jadarian Price our lead back alongside Williams, or Williams backed by Coleman

Not bad.
 
boozeman said:
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So this may make Simp mad but look at all the pass rushers we brought in. They are all the explosive pass rusher types. Makes me think we are looking for the explosive types and not the 265 pound DE types. No Mesidor, Bain, Faulk, Young or Parker.

Not saying we won't draft those guys but if I had to classify the edges we are looking at we want guys who are explosive to be a 3-4 OLBer.

Slowest and biggest one might be Kelly at 256 pounds running a 4.88 forty. But all the other guys are lighter and faster. And Kelly is like a late day 3 player. Maybe undrafted. I'm not even sure why we brought him in.
 
Cowboysrock55 said:
So this may make Simp mad but look at all the pass rushers we brought in. They are all the explosive pass rusher types. Makes me think we are looking for the explosive types and not the 265 pound DE types. No Mesidor, Bain, Faulk, Young or Parker.

Not saying we won't draft those guys but if I had to classify the edges we are looking at we want guys who are explosive to be a 3-4 OLBer.

Slowest and biggest one might be Kelly at 256 pounds running a 4.88 forty. But all the other guys are lighter and faster. And Kelly is like a late day 3 player. Maybe undrafted. I'm not even sure why we brought him in.
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No Bain would make me mad also.

It's one thing if he's gone before our pick, fine.

If he's there at 12 and we pass him up?

Oof.
 
Cowboysrock55 said:
So this may make Simp mad but look at all the pass rushers we brought in. They are all the explosive pass rusher types. Makes me think we are looking for the explosive types and not the 265 pound DE types. No Mesidor, Bain, Faulk, Young or Parker.

Not saying we won't draft those guys but if I had to classify the edges we are looking at we want guys who are explosive to be a 3-4 OLBer.

Slowest and biggest one might be Kelly at 256 pounds running a 4.88 forty. But all the other guys are lighter and faster. And Kelly is like a late day 3 player. Maybe undrafted. I'm not even sure why we brought him in.
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Nothing would make me mad unless we drafted someone a round early or took a WR or some shit in the first.

But I don't think the visits so far tell us much, they've brought in two top 5 guys, Howell and a 3rd/4th rounder in Height.

We'll see what the list looks like in a week or so.
 
Simpleton said:
But I don't think the visits so far tell us much, they've brought in two top 5 guys, Howell and a 3rd/4th rounder in Height.
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5 total pass rushers and 4 of the 5 would be speed guys.

Kelly isn't anything.

But yes there are still more visits to be had and who knows, maybe the visits tell us nothing regardless.
 
Cowboysrock55 said:
5 total pass rushers and 4 of the 5 would be speed guys.

Kelly isn't anything.

But yes there are still more visits to be had and who knows, maybe the visits tell us nothing regardless.
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There’s a gaping hole between the 10th and 23rd ranked draftees.

Since we are selecting 12th, that’s a problem unless someone from the ‘top ten’ falls

Could be telegraphing a trade down from 12? No, even they aren’t that stupid.

Also… no Hill Jr/J-Rod/CJ Allen is showing they are intentionally skipping 2nd round LB talents. Trotter is a 3rd/4th round kind of pick
 
ravidubey said:
There’s a gaping hole between the 10th and 23rd ranked draftees.
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Could be that they disagree with whoever created these "rankings." Every teams board looks different. Howell and Chris Johnson for example being that low I strongly disagree with. Maybe they have those guys ranked higher than the Terrell or Hoods. I know I would.
 
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Also I've been looking at the list and was wondering why we don't have Hill, CJ Allen or Rodriguez. But my guess is there are some guys that the coaches and scouts probably feel like they already know really well. My guess is with Hill and Rodriguez they went to dinner with them, they are from local schools, I think the team probably already knows everything they need to know about those guys. And CJ Allen, we'll we had a dude from his defensive coaching staff, I imagine he probably can provide all the I sight we need.

So yeah there are probably guys we are very interested in that we don't feel like we need to waste a 30 visit on. I still wonder why neither of the Miami guys are on there. But maybe they see value in just talking to Scott who played with them and happens to be a great prospect for us as well.
 
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