The Dallas Cowboys may have too many holes to fill this time. Normally the club works to fill the gaps during free agency, but they’ve left a glaring need at both offensive guard and wide receiver with the defection of Connor Williams and Cedrick Wilson and the trading of Amari Cooper. It’s hard to stray away from those needs when doing 2022 mock drafts, because not addressing them early in favor of other positions makes things harder down the line.
Not impossible, mind you, but harder. The team could still go any direction with their first pick and then get a guard and wide receiver on Day 2, but that causes a couple of issues. Even with trading back to acquire more picks, or moving around to ensure grabbing certain guys, it’s hard to envision the Cowboys getting impact players or future starters for every position of need. In addition to the two already mentioned, offensive tackle, defensive end, tight end, run-stuffing DT, safety, linebacker, center, even running back and corner could use infusions for various reasons.
In this latest mock, an attempt was made to follow the Cowboys 10 Draft Commandments and address as many needs as possible. A first-round trade back netted an extra selection, then the myriad of fifth-round picks were used to move up in a couple places to secure targets. Even with all this, a position was left behind.