Every draft has a certain distribution by position

[nathanlt]

Each draft is unbalanced when it comes to positional strength, and it is wise to make decisions off of those imbalances to maximize addition of talent. If there is a steep drop off of talent at any position, take a player at that position, as long as there is somewhat of a need. Some might call this playing to the board. I get the sense that RB is clustered at a similar level of talent in rounds 2 through 5, not that far off from Bijan Robinson.

I would be OK with picking Bijan Robinson in the first round, but since there's not that much of a drop off of talent, I'd hope for getting Israel Abanikanda in the 3rd round.

In my opinion, DT and LB drop off talent fairly significantly after the first one and a half rounds, so picking Mazi Smith or Drew Sanders first would be good, hopefully after a trade down.

I'd hope for a scenario where Dallas trades down into the front edge of the 2nd round and other shuffling and gets
36 Mazi Smith
38 Drew Sanders
90 Israel Abanikanda

It would be terrific to get that lineup, and Dallas should look for swing tackles in later rounds. The guard position is not rising to the level of any being picked in round 1.

In one mock draft at PFF, I had to unfortunately trade away next years first to get this haul of draft picks.
32 Mazi Smith DT
33 Drew Sanders LB
37 Steve Avila G
63 Garrett Williams CB
70 Nathaniel Dell WR
109 Israel Abanikanda RB
175 Viliami Fehoko, Edge

 

[Beaker42]

Not a good enough haul for trading away a 1st. No way do I take Mazi Smith over Sanders. Sanders is the LB we’ve beeen missing since Lee wasn’t able to be himself. Give me Clark in FA and then BPA every round.

 

[Pass2Run]

Not a good enough haul for trading away a 1st. No way do I take Mazi Smith over Sanders. Sanders is the LB we’ve beeen missing since Lee wasn’t able to be himself. Give me Clark in FA and then BPA every round.

There's also Jack Campbell, who I guarantee the Cowboys like.

 

[nathanlt]

Not a good enough haul for trading away a 1st. No way do I take Mazi Smith over Sanders. Sanders is the LB we’ve beeen missing since Lee wasn’t able to be himself. Give me Clark in FA and then BPA every round.

Of course, you have to be expecting the typical predictable response. Trading away pick #32 is well worth getting a top 2nd rounder, right?

32 Drew Sanders
33 Mazi Smith

Easy... done!

 

[nathanlt]

Getting the best LB, the #2 DT and the #2 Guard in the draft would be quite a feat for sitting in the #26 position. Adding a steal at RB later in the draft would upgrade nearly everything. It would take some doing, but it would improve the team significantly. Now, hoping for some team to get greedy thinking their getting an extra first next year, not realizing probably where that 1st round pick will end up.