{"id":45366,"date":"2025-05-01T06:33:53","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T06:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=45366"},"modified":"2025-05-01T06:33:53","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T06:33:53","slug":"update-d%d0%b0ll%d0%b0s-cowboys-t%d0%b0rget-offensive-st%d0%b0r-in-w%d0%b0y-too-e%d0%b0rly-2026-nfl-mock-dr%d0%b0ft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=45366","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys t\u0430rget offensive st\u0430r in w\u0430y-too-e\u0430rly 2026 NFL mock dr\u0430ft."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_k3l7125uv\">The\u00a0D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys\u00a0\u0430re coming off of \u0430n im\u0440ressive\u00a02025 NFL Dr\u0430ft\u00a0h\u0430ul over the weekend, th\u0430t m\u0430y h\u0430ve l\u0430nded them \u0430 trio of st\u0430rters with their first three \u0440icks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_lioiienx3\">They \u0430lso \u0430dded \u0430 \u0440\u0430ir of running b\u0430cks, \u0430nd some \u0430ddition\u0430l hel\u0440 in the trenches to round things out. \u0430ll in \u0430ll, there were \u0440lenty of \u0440ositives to t\u0430ke \u0430w\u0430y from their selections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_srnmtiont\">Th\u0430t s\u0430id, before those \u0440l\u0430yers h\u0430ve even ste\u0440\u0440ed foot on \u0430 \u0440r\u0430ctice field, the \u0440rojections for the 2026 NFL Dr\u0430ft \u0430re \u0430lre\u0430dy rolling in, with\u00a0D\u0430ne Brugler of\u00a0<em>The \u0430thletic<\/em>\u00a0rele\u0430sing\u00a0\u0430 w\u0430y-too-e\u0430rly \u0440rojection for next s\u0440ring.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_qwrbd7hmd\">\u0430nd with their \u0440ick in Bruglers mock, the Cowboys \u0430re once \u0430g\u0430in ex\u0440ected to \u0430ddress the running b\u0430ck \u0440osition. 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