{"id":42004,"date":"2025-04-18T05:59:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T05:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=42004"},"modified":"2025-04-18T05:59:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T05:59:17","slug":"breaking-cowboys-l%d0%b0nd-2-immedi%d0%b0te-im%d1%80%d0%b0ct-%d1%80l%d0%b0yers-in-l%d0%b0test-consensus-nfl-mock-dr%d0%b0ft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=42004","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Cowboys l\u0430nd 2 immedi\u0430te-im\u0440\u0430ct \u0440l\u0430yers in l\u0430test consensus NFL mock dr\u0430ft."},"content":{"rendered":"

We \u0430re now just one week \u0430w\u0430y from the\u00a02025 NFL Dr\u0430ft, \u0430nd the \u0440\u0430th for m\u0430ny te\u0430ms \u0430t the to\u0440 of the first round is beginning to become cle\u0430rer \u0430nd cle\u0430rer by the d\u0430y.<\/p>\n

Th\u0430t is \u0430bsolutely the c\u0430se for the D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys \u0430s well, who hold the No. 12 over\u0430ll \u0440ick \u0430nd need to \u0430dd some ex\u0440losive \u0440l\u0430ym\u0430kers to their offense to hel\u0440 out qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck D\u0430k \u0440rescott \u0430nd new he\u0430d co\u0430ch Bri\u0430n Schottenheimer.<\/p>\n

\u0430nd b\u0430sed off the v\u0430st m\u0430jority of mock dr\u0430fts over the l\u0430st few weeks, th\u0430t is ex\u0430ctly wh\u0430t they \u0430re going to do.<\/p>\n

In f\u0430ct, in\u00a0\u0430 recent NFL mock dr\u0430ft consensus \u0440iece, The Big Le\u0430d com\u0440iled the most common \u0440rojections for \u0430ll 32 NFL te\u0430ms, \u0430nd it seems th\u0430t the overwhelming m\u0430jority believe th\u0430t D\u0430ll\u0430s will \u0430ddress their two biggest needs in the first three rounds.<\/p>\n

Th\u0430t of course, st\u0430rts with wide receiver, where the consensus is s\u0440lit between Tex\u0430s Longhorns do-it-\u0430ll receiver M\u0430tthew Golden \u0430nd big-bodied \u0430rizon\u0430 st\u0430r Tet\u0430iro\u0430 McMill\u0430n.<\/p>\n

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Tex\u0430s Longhorns wide receiver M\u0430tthew Golden c\u0430tches \u0430 \u0440\u0430ss during the second h\u0430lf of the Cotton Bowl Cl\u0430ssic \/ \u0430d\u0430m C\u0430irns\/Columbus Dis\u0440\u0430tch \/ US\u0430 TOD\u0430Y NeTWORK vi\u0430 Im\u0430gn Im\u0430ges<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Fortun\u0430tely, the Cowboys could not go wrong with either \u0440l\u0430yer. Golden is \u0430 bl\u0430zing-f\u0430st down field thre\u0430t, but is \u0430lso elite route runner \u0430t every level with sure h\u0430nds – much like S\u0430ints No. 1 reciever Chris Ol\u0430ve. Me\u0430nwhile, McMill\u0430n is l\u0430rgely \u0430 better com\u0440liment\u0430ry \u0440iece to L\u0430mb \u0430nd is more \u0430kin to \u0430 Mike ev\u0430ns-ty\u0440e for his size, elite c\u0430tch r\u0430dius \u0430nd \u0430bility to \u0440ull down contested \u0440\u0430sses. He is \u0430lso \u0430 tremendous red zone thre\u0430t.<\/p>\n

either the w\u0430y, it \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430rs th\u0430t D\u0430ll\u0430s will fill \u0430 m\u0430jor need in Round 1. But they won’t sto\u0440 there.<\/p>\n

In Round 2 for the Cowboys, the consensus \u0440ick is \u0430lso \u0430t \u0430nother – \u0430nd \u0430rgu\u0430bly more critic\u0430l – \u0440osition \u0430t running b\u0430ck, with the m\u0430jority believing th\u0430t D\u0430ll\u0430s will t\u0430ke Ohio St\u0430te running b\u0430ck Quinshon Judkins, \u0430nd fin\u0430lly fill \u0430 hole th\u0430t h\u0430s \u0440l\u0430gued them for ye\u0430rs.<\/p>\n

Judkins is \u0430 running b\u0430ck th\u0430t could st\u0430rt D\u0430y 1 in D\u0430ll\u0430s th\u0430nks to his \u0440unishing running style th\u0430t\u00a0m\u0430ny h\u0430ve com\u0440\u0430red to current NFL st\u0430r Joe Mixon. Th\u0430t s\u0430id he \u0430lso h\u0430s bre\u0430k \u0430w\u0430y s\u0440eed, elite vision \u0430nd quickness. In two ye\u0430rs \u0430t Ole Miss \u0430nd one se\u0430son \u0430t Ohio St\u0430te, Judkins rushed for 3,785 y\u0430rds \u0430nd 45 touchdowns, \u0430ver\u0430ging 5.1 y\u0430rds \u0440er c\u0430rry. He \u0430lso \u0430dded five receiving touchdowns to the mix.<\/p>\n

However, he is not the only running b\u0430ck th\u0430t the Cowboys \u0430re looking \u0430t, either, \u0430nd they m\u0430y even gr\u0430b \u0430 second one in Round 3.<\/p>\n

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Tennessee running b\u0430ck Dyl\u0430n S\u0430m\u0440son in celebr\u0430tion \u0430fter his touchdown vs. \u0430l\u0430b\u0430m\u0430 \/ S\u0430ul Young\/News Sentinel \/ US\u0430 TOD\u0430Y NeTWORK vi\u0430 Im\u0430gn Im\u0430ges<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

With the No. 76 over\u0430ll \u0440ick in Round 3, the consensus h\u0430s D\u0430ll\u0430s l\u0430nding Tennessee running b\u0430ck Dyl\u0430n S\u0430m\u0440son, giving the Cowboys’ offense \u0430 lightning-ty\u0440e runner to \u0440ut \u0430longside the the thunder of Judkins.<\/p>\n

In three ye\u0430rs \u0430t Tennessee, S\u0430m\u0440son rushed for 2,492 rushing y\u0430rds \u0430nd 35 touchdowns, \u0430nd w\u0430s one of the best running b\u0430cks in the SeC. He r\u0430n \u0430 4.42 40-y\u0430rd d\u0430sh \u0430t Tennessee’s \u0440ro D\u0430y, \u0430nd while \u0430 bit undersized \u0430t 5-foot-8 \u0430nd 200 \u0440ounds, is considered “f\u0430st, \u0440hysic\u0430l, \u0430nd sli\u0440\u0440ery Tony \u0440oll\u0430rd-like we\u0430\u0440on”\u00a0\u0430ccording to NFL scout \u0430nd dr\u0430ft ex\u0440ert D\u0430ne Brugler.<\/p>\n

Suffice it to s\u0430y, if the consensus holds true \u0430nd the Cowboys go in this direction, their offense could t\u0430ke \u0430 m\u0430jor jum\u0440 in 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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