Cowboys draft poll: First-round picks, Matthew Golden, and the Dirty Dozen

This week, we current 5 newly crafted draft-related questions, all clearly centered on the Dallas Cowboys. Forged your vote on every and depart your opinions within the remark part.

Ignoring BPA, what’s the largest place of want to deal with within the first spherical?

Many individuals consider broad receiver is the apparent reply right here. The group wants a WR2 and this yr’s broad receiver class isn’t the deepest we’re usually accustomed to. Cornerback can also be a giant want and has little or no depth on this yr’s draft class. Some will say offensive line is a primary spherical want given final yr’s issues, and even defensive sort out given the expertise on the place within the first spherical and that it’s an enormous want for Dallas.

Would you be pleased with WR Matthew Golden at choose 12 for Dallas?

There’s a variety of momentum on the “Matthew Golden to Dallas” discuss in the intervening time. Most take into account him a slam-dunk first-round choice, and his pace is strictly what Dallas wants. The group misplaced Brandin Cooks in free company and have an amazing assortment of WR3/4’s on the roster. Golden went blazing within the mix and blew up a formidable 4.29s within the 40-yard sprint. He featured closely within the Longhorns offense final season after transferring from Houston and began all 16 video games in 2024. He led Texas with 987 receiving yards and 9 receiving touchdowns, doing it from all three receiver positions. The problems are he by no means had a 1,000 yard season in school, has struggled lots with drops, and contested catches have been a giant drawback for him, particularly final yr.

CB Trevon Diggs appears to be like as if he’ll begin the season on PUP, does this put cornerback because the group’s largest weak spot?

Jourdan Lewis had an amazing 2024 season and Dallas may not afford his companies and he has since signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars. Josh Butler confirmed promise final season within the couple of video games he featured in, however he went down injured and can miss a big portion of the 2025 season. Some folks inside The Star consider the scenario with Diggs is way better than some are letting on, and even speculate he may miss the beginning of the season. This implies he’ll begin the season on PUP and leaves solely DaRon Bland as a certain factor among the many group’s beginning cornerbacks.

Which participant would you say has been the group’s largest bust?

With the draft across the nook it’s a great time to look again at a few of the group’s huge time busts. Most followers will keep in mind Taco Carlton as he’s the latest. The group missed on T.J. Watt and went for the Michigan defensive finish, solely to observe Charlton battle and be dropped from the group two years later. There’s additionally cornerback Morris Claiborne. He was taken sixth general by Dallas after the group traded as much as get him. Claiborne was hindered in Dallas by a sequence of accidents and by no means lived as much as the hype. Quincy Carter will nonetheless give some Cowboys followers shivers, and naturally Rod Hill continues to be thought of one of many group’s worst busts by Tom Landry again within the 80’s. Go away any names you take into account a bust within the feedback part.

Which defensive linemen has been the very best traditionally?

This yr sees the fiftieth Anniversary of the good 1975 NFL Draft by the Dallas Cowboys that was nicknamed “The Soiled Dozen”. The draft class set the Dallas on a path to Tremendous Bowl greatness and would dominate the mid to late 1970’s. Spearheading the draft was the good and highly effective, Randy White (aka The Manster). The rookie class would find yourself with only a Corridor of Famer however 4 different Professional Bowlers, and even included broad receiver Percy Howard, who would turn out to be the second rookie in NFL historical past to attain a landing in a Tremendous Bowl.