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Cowboys won’t force pick at No. 12, feel ‘confident’ taking best player available - Ft. Worth Star Telegram, Nick Harris
Figuring out the Cowboys’ draft strategy.
Picking at No. 12 for the first time since 2021 when the team selected Micah Parsons, the Cowboys will be looking to get an impact player with their first-round selection that can step in an provide an immediate presence in 2025.
“You’re always looking for game changers when you’re picking 12th,” Schottenheimer said. “We don’t want to ever pick 12th again, let’s be honest. You’re looking for guys that influence the game. How do you influence the game? You rush the quarterback and you get sacks, strip sacks, fumbles, whatever it is. You score touchdowns.”
As positional value continues to be a hot topic around draft time about if certain positions such as running back, tight end or safety should be avoided with such a premium first-round pick, the Cowboys have direct recent history in being a part of that conversation. In 2016, the team drafted running back Ezekiel Elliott with the fourth overall pick, and despite Elliott having a productive career for Dallas, the debate about that pick being a wise one still exists. With another need for an early round running back heading into the 2025 NFL Draft nine years later, the Cowboys are not writing off any position group if a player is there at No. 12.
“There can be exceptions at any position,” Jerry Jones said. “We had no plans to draft a tweener between a linebacker and a pass rusher [in 2021]. Micah Parsons got there...Frankly, we were a little light in our evaluation of CeeDee [Lamb in 2020] just because we thought if he were there, we’d go there.”
“That’s just what the draft is. You are sitting there and you get an opportunity that if you’re doing your job, you thought about all opportunities, you looked around the corners on your roster now and years to come. So all of those things pretty much make it a wide open position to draft [any] player.”
Recap of all new and amended NFL rule changes, how they affect the Cowboys - Tommy Yarrish, DallasCowboys.com
The annual NFL rule changes are summarized here.
No more CeeDee Lamb “nose wipe” celebration
This change was not something voted upon by NFL owners in Palm Beach, but CeeDee Lamb’s favorite celebration, the “nose wipe”, was banned in the league’s rule book after being categorized as a “violent gesture.”
The NFL’s executive vice president of football operations Troy Vincent added that the celebration had “gang connotations” this week. Additionally, the rule change added throat slashes and brandishing a gun as new terminology to the ban, which if performed will now result in a 15-yard penalty.
Changes to the dynamic kickoff rule
The league viewed the new dynamic kickoff as a success in 2024, where it was implemented on a one-year trial basis and revolutionized special teams play. Now, it’s here to stay and will have some new changes in 2025.
The change to the rule comes on the touchback, where the ball will now come out to the receiving team’s 35-yard line if the kickoff results in a touchback. Last season, it came out to the 30. The goal is to incentivize more teams to stay away from touchbacks and increase the amount of returns.
If that’s the case and teams are kicking out of the back of the endzone less, then it’s great news for KaVontae Turpin. Fresh off a First-Team All Pro kick returner campaign and with a new contract, any opportunity Turpin gets to return the ball is one that the Cowboys and new special teams coordinator Nick Sorensen will gladly take.
Deciphering Cowboys’ Jerry Jones: Will swipe at agent impact Micah Parsons negotiations? - David Moore, DMN
Jerry Jones and the Cowboys can’t just do contract’s the easy way.
Jones and Parsons recently spoke for five to six hours and came to a meeting of the minds about some key issues. The Cowboys owner said the terms of the extension, the money and the guarantees were all discussed.
Can that be drawn up without club officials and Mulugheta sitting down to draft the language and sort through the details? Of course not. Parsons would never agree to any deal without Mulugheta’s involvement, which Parsons made clear on social media.
But remember, it was Parsons who reached out to Jones to talk. Parsons has told reporters through the years he cherishes his conversations with Jones and values the fact he can talk to him at any time. Both men have encouraged this relationship.
Would Jones have said what he did publicly if Parsons hadn’t told the Cowboys owner — or at the very least, given every indication — that what they discussed was acceptable? What would be the upside?
Now, Jones could have misinterpreted what Parsons said coming out of their discussions as tacit approval. If that’s the case, Tuesday’s comments would represent an element of frustration on Jones’ part for Parsons and his side not responding or acting on what was discussed.
2025 NFL mock draft: Yates’ pick predictions for Rounds 1-2 - Field Yates, ESPN
Mock drafts!
12. Dallas Cowboys
Tetairoa McMillan, WR, Arizona
Some evaluators are dubious of using an early pick on a wide receiver with somewhat pedestrian speed — scouts I spoke to timed McMillan in the high 4.5s in the 40-yard dash at his pro day — but I’m a true believer in the T-Mac camp. At 6-foot-4 and 219 pounds, he is a nightmare assignment for a cornerback in man-to-man coverage. Plus, he has outstanding ball skills and a catch radius that makes quarterbacks want to target him in the red zone. Over the past two seasons, McMillan compiled 2,721 yards.
He’d give Dak Prescott the second top-end receiver that Dallas has long been seeking opposite CeeDee Lamb.
44. Dallas Cowboys
TreVeyon Henderson, RB, Ohio State
The Cowboys have frequently been linked to running backs early in the draft, and Henderson is an electric playmaker as both a runner and receiver. Dallas averaged 4.0 yards per carry last season and replaced Rico Dowdle with Javonte Williams and Miles Sanders. Henderson has the open-field speed to make an instant impact on the ground.
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