Check out The Fan's Mike Fisher's Dallas Cowboys NFL Draft info nuggets.
1) I don't know that the rest of the NFL entered today knowing exactly what the Cardinals are going to do at No. 1 overall, with QB Kyler Murray available and QB Josh Rosen on the roster. I just know the poison that can seep into a building when a team keeps two high-pick QB kids around at the same time. Right, Troy Aikman and Steve Walsh?
2) Dallas is looking for a "plug-and-play starter'' with its first pick. But how do the Cowboys accomplish that when a) they have a deep and talented roster and b) they don't draft until No. 58 overall?
3) Once upon a time, you might assume a Jerry Jones trade-up. After all, in 20 of his first 26 NFL seasons, Mr. Jones didn't end up drafting in his original first-round spot. Wow. But more recently -- as Will McClay "fundamentals'' have taken hold in the building -- there is a stand-pat mentality. The Cowboys this year are not possessive of a Round 1 pick, are not inclined to go get one, and can let this draft "come to them'' at 58. ... With COO Stephen Jones noting that it took an "Act of Congress'' to get management to move this year's No. 1 for Amari Cooper.
4) Dallas is picking a good year to not have a No. 1, and picking a good year to want a safety at 58. Scouting guru Gil Brandt terms this the "best and deepest'' safety class of his lifetime. I assume the Cowboys love Nasir Adderly (but he'll go in the first round) while hoping either Taylor Rapp or Juan Thornhill slip toward them at 58.
5) One guy on defense the Cowboys really like -- and have for a long time -- but who I cannot pinpoint where they have him on their Big Board -- is Boston College defense end Zack Allen.
6) One guy on offense the Cowboys really like -- and this might be a more recent development -- is tight end Jace ... of Texas A&M. If he's in a Cowboys uniform, he immediately becomes the best athlete in the tight ends room, the best downfield receiving threat, the best example of the more modern tight-end-is-a-big-receiver profile. But in part because Dallas so many existing tight ends (including Jason Witten), I can't quite figure out where Dallas would pencil Jace in as a draftee.
7) If the bulk of the safeties are gone (I suggest not putting Alabama's Deionte Thompson on Dallas' wish list) but EDGE Jachai Polite is still there at 58? I believe Dallas bites the bullet on any red flags and turns that card in.
8) The Cowboys are openly interested in a complete back who would be able to fill in should Ezekiel Elliott miss time -- and maybe even serve as Zeke's heir. Alabama's Damien Harris is in play at 58, with Trayveon Williams of Texas A&M and David Montgomery from Iowa State in play after that.
9) The Cowboys are "looking around the corner'' at defensive tackle, with next year possibly the time to turn the financial page on Tyrone Crawford and maybe even on Maliek Collins.
10) Pick 90 in the third round used for Central Florida defensive tackle T
rysten Hill would fit that "look.''
11) Despite reports to the contrary, I do not believe Dallas sees Miami defensive tackle George Willis III as fitting that "look.''
12) Much has been made of defensive assistant Kris Richard’s "physical prototypes'' for cornerbacks. (Height and length.) Less ballyhooed is that Kris Richard has thoughts on other defensive positions, too, as does Will McClay -- and that in most respects, their prototypes are the same.
13) Much has been made of defensive assistant Kris Richard’s "physical prototypes'' for cornerbacks. (Height and length.) Less ballyhooed is that Richard has thoughts on other defensive positions, too, as does Will McClay -- and that in most respects, their prototypes are the same.
14) There is no way it can happen but Dallas is madly in love with Houston defensive tackle Ed Oliver, who is a top-10 pick.
15) There is almost no way it can happen, but Dallas will get the itch if defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons from Mississippi State -- with a behavioral red flag and a recently injured knee -- starts to fall from out of the late first round. Jerry will want to discuss "wild-cattin' in Round 2'' with his lieutenants.
16) Taylor Rapp, the Washington safety, ran a bad 40 time. That might actually help Dallas, because in the view of the Cowboys scouts and coaches, he is very much "RKG'' (Right Kind of Guy) and very much a system fit.
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