{"id":853241,"date":"2026-04-04T13:29:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T13:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/853241\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T13:29:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T13:29:16","slug":"dallas-cowboys-draft-why-a-trade-rumor-should-interest-the-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/853241\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Cowboys draft: Why a trade rumor should interest the team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Cleveland Browns general manager Andrew Berry traded down from the No. 2 pick last year in the 2025 NFL Draft, and recently acknowledged he could be looking to trade down from No. 6 this year based on the statement he made to the media at the NFL owners meeting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1teeyfa8 ls9zuh1\">\u201cIt really just depends on prospects that are available,\u201d he told a small group of Brown beat writers covering the meeting, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/browns\/2026\/04\/browns-gm-andrew-berry-i-dont-know-that-well-be-picking-at-6-in-the-nfl-draft.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cleveland.com<\/a>. \u201cI don\u2019t know that (we\u2019ll find a trade partner), but I would tell you guys, I don\u2019t know that we\u2019re going to be picking six at the end of April, and if we are picking six, I have no idea what we\u2019re going to take at this point.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Finding a trade partner may be easier than Browns GM Andrew Berry thinks. In fact, a simple call to the Dallas Cowboys could find him exactly what he\u2019s looking for from a trade down partner. Dallas is the draft capital needed to make the trade and could have an interest in moving up. It could be a win-win for both organizations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">As things stand right now, the Browns have a total of nine draft picks in the 2026 NFL Draft. They currently hold the No. 6 and No. 24 picks in the first-round as well as No. 39 in the second round. On the flipside, the Cowboys currently have No. 12 and No. 20 in the first round.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">These are the draft picks that are important for any trade involving No. 6 for both organizations. It\u2019s all about finding the right draft capital to facilitate this trade and Cleveland\u2019s No. 6 and No. 39 picks in exchange for Dallas\u2019 No. 12 and No. 20 could be all it takes to bring this to fruition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">No. 12 (1200 points), No. 20 (850 points) = 2050 points<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">No. 6 (1600 points), No. 39 (510 points) = 2110 points<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">No. 12 (347 points), No. 20 (269 points) = 616 points<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">No. 6 (446), No. 39 (153 points) = 599 points<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The point differential between the two different trade value charts isn\u2019t so much that it should prevent the Cowboys or Browns from bringing this trade to fruition. There\u2019s only a 60 point differential in the Jimmy Johnson model favoring the Cowboys and a 17 point differential in the Rich Hill model favoring Cleveland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Depending on who the aggressor is, Cleveland or Dallas, whichever organization it is could try to attempt to extract extra draft capital to make these trades a little more equal. However, the point differential is close enough that both organizations could be happy without including extra late-round picks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">If this trade were to go through, it would give the Cowboys a draft pick in each round this year.<\/p>\n<p>Round 1, Pick 6Round 2, Pick 39Round 3, Pick 92Round 4, Pick 112Round 5, Pick 152Round 6, Pick 177Round 6, Pick 180Round 7, Pick 218<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">With the No. 6 pick the Cowboys should be able to land one of the top players in the 2026 draft class that would unlikely still be available for them had they stood pat at No. 12. Out of players like David Bailey, Rueben Bain, Sonny Styles, Caleb Downs, and Mansoor Delane, several should still be available at No. 6.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Then, assuming they addressed another position besides linebacker at No. 6, the Cowboys could come back at No. 39 to draft someone like LB Jacob Rodriguez, who probably would\u2019ve been a reach with their original pick at No. 20. This trade shapes up like a win-win for the Cowboys.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">As far as the Browns are concerned, this trade makes a lot of sense for them too. It would give them three first-round selections (12, 20, 24) to use as they see fit to upgrade their roster. They could stand pat with each pick or even trade down for even more extra draft capital if they so choose. Again, a win-win.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">How would you feel if the Cowboys made this trade?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cleveland Browns general manager Andrew Berry traded down from the No. 2 pick last year in the 2025&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":849985,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2054],"tags":[86,85,54,2337,57463,437,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-853241","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cleveland-browns","8":"tag-browns","9":"tag-cleveland","10":"tag-cleveland-browns","11":"tag-clevelandbrowns","12":"tag-dallas-cowboys-rumors","13":"tag-dallas-cowboys-draft","14":"tag-football","15":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116346681028620827","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=853241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/849985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=853241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=853241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=853241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}