Asking for your take on these Cowboys’ draft scenarios
This week, we present five newly crafted draft-related questions, all obviously focused on the Dallas Cowboys. Cast your vote on each and leave your opinions in the comment section.
Ignoring BPA, what’s the biggest position of need to address in the first round?
Many people believe wide receiver is the obvious answer here. The team needs a WR2 and this year’s wide receiver class isn’t the deepest we’re normally accustomed to. Cornerback is also a big need and has very little depth in this year’s draft class. Some will say offensive line is a first round need given last year’s complications, or even defensive tackle given the talent at the position in the first round and that it’s a huge need for Dallas.
Would you be happy with WR Matthew Golden at pick 12 for Dallas?
There’s a lot of momentum on the “Matthew Golden to Dallas” talk at the moment. Most consider him a slam-dunk first-round selection, and his speed is exactly what Dallas needs. The team lost Brandin Cooks in free agency and have a great collection of WR3/4’s on the roster. Golden went blazing in the combine and blew up an impressive 4.29s in the 40-yard dash. He featured heavily in the Longhorns offense last season after transferring from Houston and started all 16 games in 2024. He led Texas with 987 receiving yards and nine receiving touchdowns, doing it from all three receiver positions. The issues are he never had a 1,000 yard season in college, has struggled a lot with drops, and contested catches have been a big problem for him, especially last year.
CB Trevon Diggs looks as though he will start the season on PUP, does this put cornerback as the team’s biggest weakness?
Jourdan Lewis had a great 2024 season and Dallas could no longer afford his services and he has since signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars. Josh Butler showed promise last season in the couple of games he featured in, but he went down injured and will miss a large portion of the 2025 season. Some people inside The Star believe the situation with Diggs is far greater than some are letting on, and even speculate he could miss the start of the season. This means he will start the season on PUP and leaves only DaRon Bland as a sure thing among the team’s starting cornerbacks.
Which player would you say has been the team’s biggest bust?
With the draft around the corner it’s a good time to look back at some of the team’s big time busts. Most fans will remember Taco Carlton as he’s the most recent. The team missed on T.J. Watt and went for the Michigan defensive end, only to watch Charlton struggle and be dropped from the team two years later. There is also cornerback Morris Claiborne. He was taken sixth overall by Dallas after the team traded up to get him. Claiborne was hindered in Dallas by a series of injuries and never lived up to the hype. Quincy Carter will still give some Cowboys fans shivers, and of course Rod Hill is still considered one of the team’s worst busts by Tom Landry back in the 80’s. Leave any names you consider a bust in the comments section.
Which defensive linemen has been the best historically?
This year sees the 50th Anniversary of the great 1975 NFL Draft by the Dallas Cowboys that was nicknamed “The Dirty Dozen”. The draft class set the Dallas on a path to Super Bowl greatness and would dominate the mid to late 1970’s. Spearheading the draft was the great and powerful, Randy White (aka The Manster). The rookie class would end up with just a Hall of Famer but four other Pro Bowlers, and even included wide receiver Percy Howard, who would become the second rookie in NFL history to score a touchdown in a Super Bowl.
