Draft prep is heating up. With more official visits to track, mocks to consider, and prospects to compare, we’ve also got this year’s official draft commandments. By charting their tendencies over the years, one can get a better sense of what the Cowboys war room will do once they’re on the clock. We’ll also look back at how the modern science of drafting college athletes took a quantum leap a long time ago, thanks to the contributions of a longtime Cowboys staffer.
Elsewhere, Deion Sanders weighs in on the NFL’s new race rule as it applies to coaching staffs, and an ex-Cowboy adds his support to the discrimination lawsuit brought by Brian Flores. Trevon Diggs is in the room as his older brother inks a new deal in Buffalo, and the Cowboys bid farewell to one of their all-time icons. It’s all in this edition of News and Notes.