MOCK DRAFT: What If The Dallas Cowboys Trade Up To No. 4 During The 2026 NFL Draft?

What would it cost for the Cowboys to go up to pick number four?

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All right, Layna, on today's show, we're going to be discussing a potential trade up from

number 12 to number four for the Cowboys.

We've been hearing rumblings for a while.

The Dallas might be interested in moving up in round one.

First of all, would you be in favor of the Cowboys moving up from 12 to four?

Obviously, it depends on the price, but I do generally like the idea.

I mean, look, you and I have talked about it.

It feels like they used free agency as much as they could to kind of raise the floor,

and they need to use the draft to raise the ceiling.

One of the quickest ways to do that is to get into an area where you can get one of

the blue chip players in this class.

I think that four is one of the few spots where you can probably guarantee that you get

the opportunity to get one of those players.

I think, obviously, the particulars here matter, but I understand the strategy overall

in a class that's shallow and overall blue chip talent.

All right.

Let's go ahead and do the trade.

We're going to use the pro football focus mock draft simulator, and again, these trades

are a little wonky.

We're going to do our best to try to make it fair, at least according to the Jimmy Johnson

trade value chart, but as of right now, the draft fell this way.

Fernando Mendoza won Ruben Bain to the Jets at two, our Val Reese to the Cardinals at four,

and that means that David Bailey is still available.

That's kind of the name that we've been circling for a while as a potential trade up.

What would it cost on the trade value chart leaning for the Cowboys to go up from twelve

to four?

So I think if you did straight up your 12 and 20, you would be a little bit over four.

So Tennessee has got the fourth overall pick, which is worth 1,800 points.

Dallas has the 12th and 20th pick, which are worth 1,200 and 850 respectively.

You put those together, that puts Dallas at 2,050, which is a little bit over 250 points

more than what Tennessee would have at that point.

So you would need to get something in return, you know, Tennessee has a third round pick near

the top, the 66 overall pick, 260, which would give you a little bit more of an advantage.

So you'd have to throw maybe what, like a fifth or six round pick back at them, just to balance

things out a little bit.

But considering the trade value of the class this year, I wouldn't be shocked if you didn't

even need to do that necessarily.

But let's just go ahead and throw it in there just to make Cleveland fans out of Tennessee

fans out here.

So here's what we're going to do.

We're going to do picks 12, 20 and 152 for in 66.

Now I'm betting the Titans would say, hey, we'll give you pick one on one, that's a valuable

pick.

It's the first pick of the fourth round.

I think the Cowboys would need something more.

And maybe the Cowboys to end up throwing pick 112 and ultimately comes to it.

But we're going to go with four and 66 for 12, 20 and 152.

We're going to offer that trade and the Titans accept.

So picking at number four, the Dallas Cowboys have Jeremiah Love available.

If you want to recreate the Zeke situation, sunny style, David Bailey would be the pick

here, correct?

Yeah.

I mean, I think you're going to give the valuable edge, Russia, who's probably the best

in his class, you know, as a pure edge, Russia, look at those grades.

And I think he would add, you know, he's the best way to add immediate juice to your past

rush.

If you're going through the draft route, not getting a veteran.

So it makes a lot of sense for the Cowboys, you keep them in Texas and everyone's really

thrilled.

And now we get to the work of trying to fill out the rest of these needs that you've

got with the remaining picks.

Yeah.

And honestly, like if you told me that was the trade, I'd be really excited because now

you're getting some real juice up front.

And I think you're getting a foundational player that you compare with Donovan as a

rocker, that you compare with Quinn and Williams and Kenny Clark and now you have a strength

up front.

Like I think you feel really good about your defensive line, even Rashan Gary gives you

that guy that can play the run on, you know, first and second down, who maybe you kick

inside.

You at least have the foundation of a good defense.

Now it's up to Wilma Clay and the scouting staff to find contributors on day two and

day three of the draft.

And we're going to finish out this mock here, at least on day two with picks 66 and 92.

What type of value can you get with those picks?

Talk about it next.

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Welcome back to the Latvian Cowboys podcast with us. Thank you for making us your first

listen every single day. We're doing a mock draw for the Cowboys traded up for David Bailey at

pick number four at a long wait after traded away at pick 20 but we are back on the clock here

at 66. How do you feel in this defense now that you have your start at Drusher?

Well I think right now linebacker becomes a priority right corners of a priority for us

and I'm staring you right in the face you got two guys that I really like already so we're in

a good spot to be honest. Yes let's start with linebacker Josiah Trotter is the top player available

Anthony Hill Jr is there I know a lot of people really like him he probably is going to go higher

than that and then at cornerback if you wanted to go grab somebody there Davison Igbenogasin from

Ohio State is available Dale and Everett Malik Muhammad if you're looking at any of the other

positions some of the top players available include Dominique Orange Grayson Hullin Sacchariah Branch

what's appealing to you. I think for me I probably would take Trotter here I mean I really like

that how he would fill in nicely for what you're looking at linebacker really would help in the

run game is as passable as a as a pass defender. Igbenogasin is another guy that is really interesting

to me. I do think that the way that this looks right now to me I feel like we can wait if we

wanted to get a cornerback at 33 because I don't know that Igbenogasin is like tears let better

than the guy that we probably get at 92 from here. Really quickly do you like Anthony Hill or

Trotter better. I think I probably like Trotter better to be honest yeah so I would take him.

All right so think about this draft right we still have picked 92 coming up. You get your

every down middle linebacker to pair with the Marvian Overshan you get your star edge rusher

honestly I'm feeling really good about the direction of the defense after this trade feeling

awesome. Yeah absolutely I mean again I think your goal was to try to you know increase the top

in talent on this defense with this class. I think you've managed to do that you know with

with one guy by we were able to trade up and get talent the second guy just kind of by default

because you don't have a lot of linebackers but I think you know of of the middle linebackers

that you were looking to get Trotter is near the top and is an excellent fit. Anthony Hill in

this mock goes one pick ahead of the Cowboys that picked 92 to the bills at 91. Top corners

available Malik Mahadman for Texas from Texas you had a three day visit with the Cowboys which

is unheard of if you're looking for the top safeties available Genesis Smith Sikki Wheatley

Bud Clark all available and we got our linebacker and edge rusher so those are really the two spots

we're looking at. Yeah you know I guess I kind of I like Bud Clark more than these guys I don't

know I mean for me like that's probably where I would think but I think honestly the Cowboys

are probably more likely to go Malik Mahad to be honest. Okay and that's yeah that's totally fine

I think I'm not the biggest Malik Mahadman fan but at 92 like I'm not going to complain about

it he's a he's a good football player and you're not asking him to be a starting outside corner

back right away anyways. No you just got another body that you feel like you can put out there at

some point and cornerbacks and it was one of those positions where you can't have enough obviously

you were probably more interested in adding top end talent but adding another body isn't bad especially

in this modern passing game so yeah I think this is a good haul. All right so the Cowboys leave

the second day of the draft with David Bailey Josiah Trotter Malik Mahadman still had picked 112

didn't give up any picks in 2027 how are you feeling about this draft? I'm feeling great man I

again I think you know just with those first two picks you've you've you've taken big swings at

positions that you needed to improve and you needed to get some top end guys you were able to

get it you didn't give up the number of top 100 picks that you had available to you which I think

was an important aspect you just kind of shuffle things around and and he managed to get two guys

that you feel like you come in and be starters and a third guy that you know even if he doesn't

come in and be come a starter which I you know I think will be tough he comes in as a heavy

contributor with with the look towards maybe being a starter down the road so yeah I think you

can raise the mission accomplished like yeah and what you did that's what a draft might look like

if the Cowboys move up the number four to get David Bailey or our Val Reese or whoever might be

available at that spot not the worst outcome in the world we're gonna do some other mox later in the

week with the Cowboys trading up to six with Cleveland up to nine with the chiefs so make sure

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