The Dallas Cowboys had to watch the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft, but with plenty of high-impact players still available, should they trade up?
Joining in with Stephen Jones, Dallas Cowboys fans should’ve spent the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft watching Amari Cooper highlights. But as Day 2 of the draft begins on Friday, the Cowboys will be on the clock soon enough with the 58th overall pick. And as the second round began, plenty of players that would help Dallas tremendously remained on the board.
Many throughout the NFL landscape rightly believe that the Cowboys should take a safety with the 58th pick in the 2019 NFL Draft. However, they could also use that selection on another offensive weapon at tight end or receiver, or even take a defensive tackle.
What’s interesting about that is, with the exception of defensive tackle, so many talented players at those positions slipped out of the first round, putting them at least within range of the Cowboys taking them. That then begs the question: Should the Dallas Cowboys make a trade up to get a player who is slipping?
The simple answer to that is yes. If there is a player that they like that fits a need, be it Juan Thornhill, Chauncey Gardner-Johnson, Nasir Adderley, Irv Smith Jr. or someone else on their board, that comes within something like 10 picks of No. 58, the Jones family should hit the phones hard to try and make a move up.
Not only would this be a move that would be capitalizing on great value in the mid-second round, but they would also likely wouldn’t have to give up a king’s ransom to move up. One of the sneaky subplots of the first round was that it wasn’t terribly expensive for teams to trade up. Translating that into the second round, the Cowboys might be able to give up one of their pair of fourth-round picks and a future pick to move up something like 10 spots.
Making that move at that price should be a no-brainer for the Cowboys if the opportunity presents itself. And with the way this draft has gone, it just might.