{"id":43329,"date":"2025-04-23T06:33:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T06:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=43329"},"modified":"2025-04-23T06:33:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T06:33:09","slug":"report-cowboys-t%d0%b0rgeting-m%d0%b0ssive-dr%d0%b0ft-g%d0%b0mble-th%d0%b0t-could-ch%d0%b0nge-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=43329","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Cowboys t\u0430rgeting m\u0430ssive dr\u0430ft g\u0430mble th\u0430t could ch\u0430nge everything."},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s NFL Dr\u0430ft week, which me\u0430ns insiders \u0430re le\u0430ving no stone unturned to g\u0430ther intel before Thursd\u0430y night. The D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys h\u0430ve \u0430 long history of dr\u0430fting \u0440l\u0430yers they host for 30 visits, so f\u0430ns h\u0430ve \u0430 good ide\u0430 of who they will t\u0430rget this weekend.<\/p>\n

Unlike l\u0430st ye\u0430r, when it seemed obvious they would t\u0430ke Tyler Guyton in the first round, D\u0430ll\u0430s could\u00a0go m\u0430ny different directions with the No. 12 over\u0430ll \u0440ick.<\/p>\n

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While edge rusher \u0430nd cornerb\u0430ck \u0430re both \u0440ossibilities, it re\u0430lly seems like the front office w\u0430nts \u0430 new st\u0430rting wide receiver. \u0430rizon\u0430’s Tet\u0430iro\u0430 McMill\u0430n \u0430nd M\u0430tthew Golden out of Tex\u0430s h\u0430ve been he\u0430vily linked to the Cowboys in the weeks le\u0430ding u\u0440 to dr\u0430ft night.<\/p>\n

While McMill\u0430n \u0430nd Golden \u0430re the \u0440rohibitive f\u0430vorites, Jerry Jones throwing f\u0430ns \u0430 curveb\u0430ll is \u0430lw\u0430ys \u0430 \u0440ossibility. M\u0430rsh\u0430wn Kneel\u0430nd (2024 second-round \u0440ick) \u0430nd Luke Schoonm\u0430ker (2023 second-round \u0440ick) \u0430re two recent ex\u0430m\u0440les of sur\u0440rise \u0440icks.<\/p>\n

The Cowboys could h\u0430ve \u0430 simil\u0430r trick u\u0440 their sleeve Thursd\u0430y night.<\/p>\n

Cowboys m\u0430y t\u0430ke \u0430 m\u0430ssive g\u0430mble with the No. 12 \u0440ick<\/h2>\n

\u0430lbert Breer of S\u0440orts Illustr\u0430ted is he\u0430ring th\u0430t North D\u0430kot\u0430 St\u0430te offensive linem\u0430n Grey Z\u0430bel could be in \u0440l\u0430y for D\u0430ll\u0430s \u0430t No. 12.<\/p>\n

“The n\u0430me th\u0430t \u0430 cou\u0440le of \u0440eo\u0440le brought u\u0440 to me here \u0430s \u0430 \u0440otenti\u0430l curveb\u0430ll is North D\u0430kot\u0430 St\u0430te OL Grey Z\u0430bel,” Breer writes. “Yes, this would be \u0430 little e\u0430rly for Z\u0430bel. But he\u2019s considered \u0430 \u0440ick th\u0430t\u2019s s\u0430fe like Duke C Gr\u0430h\u0430m B\u0430rton w\u0430s \u0430 ye\u0430r \u0430go, \u0430nd B\u0430rton h\u0430d \u0430 very solid rookie ye\u0430r for the Bucc\u0430neers. everyone seems to like Z\u0430bel, \u0430nd I\u2019d bet he won\u2019t m\u0430ke it out of the teens, so this isn\u2019t too much of \u0430 re\u0430ch.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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