The Cowboys have afforded themselves the opportunity to go in a myriad of directions during draft weekend. Prudent planning and a shift of offseason strategy had them fill their two biggest roster needs, WR2 and CB2, with outside help. No, they didn’t dabble in veteran free agency; giving a bunch of guaranteed money to players who haven’t contributed to the financial success of their organization is still a big no-no.
The club is now 100% capable of not only going full Best-Player-Available-at-a-Position-of-Need (BPAPN), but instead of having two or three positions to select from in the first round, they actually have six or seven in the 2023 draft. This exercise is meant to go through the dominoes of what happens to their choices in later rounds once that first decision is made.
In Sunday’s Edition, Dallas went offensive line, selecting Tenneessee’s Darnell Wright with the intention to move him inside to left guard. Using Fanspeak’s On the Clock Simulator we showed how that selection, followed by taking a WR in Round 2 saw the cornerback market ravaged. Dallas was still able to come away with what we think is a highly intriguing corner in Round 4.
In Monday’s Edition of the 777 Project, we will investigate the fallout from taking a WR in the first round.