Javonte Williams signed a three-year contract extension<\/a> last month. The Cowboys have their starter. But Love is such a special talent that completely ruling him out seems like a mistake. It\u2019s highly unlikely that Dallas will draft an offensive skill-position player in the first round.<\/p>\n10. Keldric Faulk, Edge, Auburn<\/p>\n
The experts\u2019 projections are all over the place with Faulk. Some believe he has great potential. If Parker feels that way, it\u2019s not difficult to see how the Cowboys could use him in a variety of ways up front.<\/p>\n
11. Dillon Thieneman, S, Oregon<\/p>\n
The consensus No. 2 safety in this class, Thieneman could help in many ways on the back end. It would just be somewhat surprising to see the Cowboys use a premium pick on the position after spending on safety in free agency and not having invested much for a long time.<\/p>\n
12. Kayden McDonald, DT, Ohio State<\/p>\n
Trading Osa Odighizuwa and Solomon Thomas means another interior defensive lineman could be a first-round option. Quinnen Williams and Kenny Clark are two starters, but adding a young, talented option up front wouldn\u2019t be a bad idea.<\/p>\n
13. Peter Woods, DT, Clemson<\/p>\n
Same thought process as with McDonald. Woods or Florida\u2019s Caleb Banks could be possibilities even if there are bigger positions of need remaining when Dallas is on the clock<\/p>\n
14. Avieon Terrell, CB, Clemson<\/p>\n
This would seem like a possibility at Pick 20 if they don\u2019t take a cornerback at Pick 12. The Cowboys had interest in his brother, A.J., in the 2020 draft, but he went the pick before Dallas selected CeeDee Lamb.<\/p>\n
15. Akheem Mesidor, Edge, Miami<\/p>\n
His age is the biggest issue here. Mesidor turns 25 next month. But if the Cowboys want an immediate impact edge rusher at Pick 20, this could be an option. He had 12.5 sacks and 17.5 tackles for loss for Miami last season.<\/p>\n
16. Emmanuel McNeil-Warren, S, Toledo<\/p>\n
The consensus No. 3 safety in this class. McNeil-Warren could be an option at 20 or if the Cowboys decide to trade back a handful of spots to gain another pick in the process.<\/p>\n
17. T.J. Parker, DE, Clemson<\/p>\n
If cornerback, inside linebacker or interior defensive line are targeted with Dallas\u2019 first pick, edge rusher could make the most sense at Pick 20. All 32 teams will not grade these edge rushers the same. Depending on how the Cowboys stack their board, they could see good value at 20 or in a trade-back situation. Parker\u2019s production dropped off last season after a monster 2024.<\/p>\n
18. Zion Young, DE, Missouri<\/p>\n
He had 16.5 tackles for loss last season. Another example of a player who could fit at 20 or if Dallas decides to trade back and gain an additional third-round pick.<\/p>\n
19. Colton Hood, CB, Tennessee<\/p>\n
Parker\u2019s specialty is the defensive backfield. If a player like Hood is what he\u2019s looking for at 20 or later, it would make sense to give the new defensive coordinator what he wants.<\/p>\n
20. Cashius Howell, DE, Texas A&M<\/p>\n
Parker was a defensive analyst at Texas A&M in 2018. He was on Notre Dame\u2019s staff in 2017. He obviously knows Texas A&M coach Mike Elko very well. Parker will know if Howell is the right fit if he\u2019s in the conversation when the Cowboys are on the clock.<\/p>\n
Numbers 21-25<\/p>\n
If the Cowboys ended up taking an offensive player in the first round, it would likely be an offensive tackle. Tyler Guyton is expected to be Dallas\u2019 starting left tackle, with some competition from Nate Thomas, and Terence Steele is expected to continue starting on the right side. Could the group be upgraded? Sure. But there is just too much work left to do on defense to think that will happen. If it does, these are the five offensive tackles to know. All five are considered first-round talents.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Monroe Freeling, Georgia. He was the Bulldogs\u2019 starting left tackle in 2025 after mostly being a reserve in previous seasons.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Caleb Lomu, Utah: He was the Utes\u2019 starting left tackle the last two seasons.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Spencer Fano, Utah: He has experience starting at both tackle spots but was on the right side the last two seasons.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Francis Mauigoa, Miami: He had 42 career starts in college at right tackle.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Kadyn Proctor, Alabama: He was a three-year starter at left tackle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The biggest goal of free agency is to add enough options at areas of need to prevent being…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":521885,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[462],"tags":[6832,5,4,465,466],"class_list":{"0":"post-521884","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl-draft","8":"tag-dallas-cowboys","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-nhl-draft","12":"tag-nhl-entry-draft"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116289646530984112","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=521884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521884\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/521885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=521884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=521884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=521884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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