Dallas Cowboys
After losing both Brandon Carr and Morris Claiborne in free agency, it’s readily apparent that the defending NFC East champs need help at cornerback. And no, adding veteran Nolan Carroll to the mix doesn’t change this.
Also of utmost importance for the Cowboys, they’re definitely going to need to find more pass-rush help. The team’s leading sack getter from last season was Benson Mayowa with six. That’s not going to get it done moving forward.
The good news here for Dallas is that both cornerback and defensive end is stacked in next month’s draft. The team could conceivably move out of the first round and add multiple players at need positions on Day 2. Picking 28th overall, it wouldn’t be a surprise to see a team like Cleveland or San Francisco call for a move up in order to nab their quarterback of the future.
It’s a scenario we saw play out with Teddy Bridgewater and the Minnesota Vikings back in 2014. This is to say a quarterback-needy team going in another direction with its first pick, only to see one of its top quarterback prospects fall to the end of the first round.
For the Cowboys, this would open up a whole lot of possibilities. Pure conjecture here, but a combination of Sidney Jones and Takkarist McKinley in Round 2 while adding another selection could do wonders for Dallas.