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By Calvin Watkins | ESPNDallas.com IRVING, Texas -- We've got some final thoughts on the NFL draft in our beat writers recap. *The trade that shocked North Texas was prompted years ago when San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh was then the head coach at Stanford. Harbaugh tried to...

By Todd Archer | ESPNDallas.com IRVING, Texas – Historically the Cowboys have never shied away from small-school players. They found Hall of Famers at Fort Valley State (Rayfield Wright) and Sonoma State (Larry Allen) and a Ring of Honor player from Ouachita Baptist (Cliff Harris). You can...

By Todd Archer | ESPNDallas.com IRVING, Texas – Lawrence Vickers picked the wrong time to need back surgery, not that there’s a good time to need back surgery. The Cowboys’ decision to draft tight end Gavin Escobar in the second round, coupled with the never-ending discussion of the...

***Updated***Day 2 2nd and 3rd round prospects still available by position.... These are all prospects that could be drafted between the 2nd and 3rd rounds. Could a Admin or Mod sticky this thread so we can delete the prospects as they're drafted, thanks. I didn't list any FB's, K's, P's, or...

By Dan Graziano | ESPNDallas.com Where they're picking: No. 18 Conventional wisdom tells us the top six offensive linemen will be gone by 18, depriving the Cowboys of the chance to address their most significant short-term and long-term need. The mock drafts in which this happens have the...

By Todd Archer | ESPNDallas.com IRVING, Texas – Over the last few years, the Cowboys’ top-30 visitors before the draft have been a good indicator into who they end up selecting. Guys like Dez Bryant, Sean Lee, Tyrone Crawford and Matt Johnson, among others, visited Valley Ranch and ended...

By Todd Archer | ESPNDallas.com IRVING, Texas – In an ideal world the Cowboys would love to see Jonathan Cooper or Chance Warmack be available with the No. 18 pick in the first round. Some might call that a fantasy world. So do the Cowboys trade up, even a smidge, to get one of them in...

By Calvin Watkins | ESPNDallas.com Late Thursday night we'll know the entire first round of the NFL draft and begin the discussion of who did what and why. ESPN's Mel Kiper Jr. and Todd McShay have their final mock drafts. Kiper has the Cowboys taking North Carolina defensive tackle...

By Todd Archer | ESPNDallas.com IRVING, Texas – While most draftniks focus their mock draft on the first or first and second rounds, the guys at Scouts Inc. have gone through the entire seven-round process. For those of you wanting the Cowboys to go heavy on the offensive line, they didn’t...

By Calvin Watkins | ESPNDallas.com With the 18th pick of the NFL draft, the Dallas Cowboys will select ... With that, we look at five players that the Cowboys might select with their first-round pick Thursday night: 1. Sylvester Williams, DT, North Carolina: Highly-regarded player had just...

http://thacover2.com/2013/04/ej-manue... Verified_ybn EJ Manuel is either an extremely confident quarterback, he knows something, or he’s just crazy. While speaking to reporters at an NFL Play 60 event in Chelsea Waterside Park on Wednesday, Manuel let it be known that the “Philadelphia...

Jonathan Cooper hopes the Cowboys don’t pick him 18th for one reason: He hopes to be long gone by the time they are slotted to draft. “I probably wouldn’t like to fall that far,” the North Carolina guard said with a laugh Wednesday. “But if they want to come up and get me, that would be...

By Todd Archer | ESPNDallas.com IRVING, Texas – There is a good possibility that by the time the Cowboys are on the clock with the 18th pick, all of the players they gave first-round grades to will be gone. The prevailing and wise thought would be for the Cowboys to trade down. But it’s...

By Calvin Watkins | ESPNDallas.com There's an interesting story on former Dallas Cowboys backup quarterback Brad Johnson in USA Today detailing his post-NFL life. Johnson played with four NFL teams during a 17-year career that ended in 2008 after a two-year stint with the Cowboys. Johnson...

By Tim MacMahon | ESPNDallas.com IRVING, Texas – Jerry Jones basically bought an ad in the NFL classifieds during Monday’s pre-draft press conference, sending out the message that the Cowboys could be in trade-down mode when they get on the clock with the 18th overall pick. That news was...

By Todd Archer | ESPNDallas.com IRVING, Texas – Let me start the post this way: I love Dan Graziano’s work. Somehow he keeps track of four teams in the NFC East and seems to be able upset fans of all four at the same time, so he’s doing something right. But I think Dan is over the top in...

By Calvin Watkins | ESPNDallas.com There are many questions surrounding this draft class, but the Cowboys can't miss here. The Cowboys have to find a starter or a significant contributor in the first two rounds, regardless if they trade up or down. Missing the playoffs again isn't an...

By Todd Archer | ESPNDallas.com IRVING, Texas – The keeper of all things salary cap when it comes to the Cowboys, executive vice president Stephen Jones understands the importance of the team hitting on draft picks. The NFL docked the Cowboys $10 million of cap space the last two years and...

By Todd Archer / ESPNDallas.com IRVING, Texas -- With the draft coming up Thursday, believe everything you hear from teams -- including the Cowboys, who held their pre-draft news conference Monday -- at your own peril. Like this from Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones: “The...

By Jean-Jacques Taylor /ESPNDallas.com Jason Garrett embarks upon the most important draft of his NFL coaching career this week. He can't screw it up. Otherwise, we'll be discussing another head coach's approach to the draft. This is the year to err on the side of caution and be...