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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
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number 12 to number four for the Cowboys.
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We've been hearing rumblings for a while.
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The Dallas might be interested in moving up in round one.
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First of all, would you be in favor of the Cowboys moving up from 12 to four?
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Obviously, it depends on the price, but I do generally like the idea.
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I mean, look, you and I have talked about it.
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It feels like they used free agency as much as they could to kind of raise the floor,
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and they need to use the draft to raise the ceiling.
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One of the quickest ways to do that is to get into an area where you can get one of
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the blue chip players in this class.
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I think that four is one of the few spots where you can probably guarantee that you get
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the opportunity to get one of those players.
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I think, obviously, the particulars here matter, but I understand the strategy overall
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in a class that's shallow and overall blue chip talent.
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Let's go ahead and do the trade.
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We're going to use the pro football focus mock draft simulator, and again, these trades
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We're going to do our best to try to make it fair, at least according to the Jimmy Johnson
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trade value chart, but as of right now, the draft fell this way.
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Fernando Mendoza won Ruben Bain to the Jets at two, our Val Reese to the Cardinals at four,
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and that means that David Bailey is still available.
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That's kind of the name that we've been circling for a while as a potential trade up.
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What would it cost on the trade value chart leaning for the Cowboys to go up from twelve
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So I think if you did straight up your 12 and 20, you would be a little bit over four.
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So Tennessee has got the fourth overall pick, which is worth 1,800 points.
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Dallas has the 12th and 20th pick, which are worth 1,200 and 850 respectively.
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You put those together, that puts Dallas at 2,050, which is a little bit over 250 points
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more than what Tennessee would have at that point.
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So you would need to get something in return, you know, Tennessee has a third round pick near
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the top, the 66 overall pick, 260, which would give you a little bit more of an advantage.
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So you'd have to throw maybe what, like a fifth or six round pick back at them, just to balance
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things out a little bit.
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But considering the trade value of the class this year, I wouldn't be shocked if you didn't
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even need to do that necessarily.
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But let's just go ahead and throw it in there just to make Cleveland fans out of Tennessee
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So here's what we're going to do.
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We're going to do picks 12, 20 and 152 for in 66.
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Now I'm betting the Titans would say, hey, we'll give you pick one on one, that's a valuable
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It's the first pick of the fourth round.
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I think the Cowboys would need something more.
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And maybe the Cowboys to end up throwing pick 112 and ultimately comes to it.
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But we're going to go with four and 66 for 12, 20 and 152.
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We're going to offer that trade and the Titans accept.
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So picking at number four, the Dallas Cowboys have Jeremiah Love available.
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If you want to recreate the Zeke situation, sunny style, David Bailey would be the pick
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I mean, I think you're going to give the valuable edge, Russia, who's probably the best
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in his class, you know, as a pure edge, Russia, look at those grades.
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And I think he would add, you know, he's the best way to add immediate juice to your past
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If you're going through the draft route, not getting a veteran.
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So it makes a lot of sense for the Cowboys, you keep them in Texas and everyone's really
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And now we get to the work of trying to fill out the rest of these needs that you've
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got with the remaining picks.
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And honestly, like if you told me that was the trade, I'd be really excited because now
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you're getting some real juice up front.
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And I think you're getting a foundational player that you compare with Donovan as a
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rocker, that you compare with Quinn and Williams and Kenny Clark and now you have a strength
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Like I think you feel really good about your defensive line, even Rashan Gary gives you
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that guy that can play the run on, you know, first and second down, who maybe you kick
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You at least have the foundation of a good defense.
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Now it's up to Wilma Clay and the scouting staff to find contributors on day two and
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day three of the draft.
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And we're going to finish out this mock here, at least on day two with picks 66 and 92.
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Welcome back to the Latvian Cowboys podcast with us. Thank you for making us your first
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listen every single day. We're doing a mock draw for the Cowboys traded up for David Bailey at
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pick number four at a long wait after traded away at pick 20 but we are back on the clock here
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at 66. How do you feel in this defense now that you have your start at Drusher?
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Well I think right now linebacker becomes a priority right corners of a priority for us
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and I'm staring you right in the face you got two guys that I really like already so we're in
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a good spot to be honest. Yes let's start with linebacker Josiah Trotter is the top player available
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Anthony Hill Jr is there I know a lot of people really like him he probably is going to go higher
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than that and then at cornerback if you wanted to go grab somebody there Davison Igbenogasin from
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Ohio State is available Dale and Everett Malik Muhammad if you're looking at any of the other
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positions some of the top players available include Dominique Orange Grayson Hullin Sacchariah Branch
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what's appealing to you. I think for me I probably would take Trotter here I mean I really like
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that how he would fill in nicely for what you're looking at linebacker really would help in the
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run game is as passable as a as a pass defender. Igbenogasin is another guy that is really interesting
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to me. I do think that the way that this looks right now to me I feel like we can wait if we
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wanted to get a cornerback at 33 because I don't know that Igbenogasin is like tears let better
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than the guy that we probably get at 92 from here. Really quickly do you like Anthony Hill or
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Trotter better. I think I probably like Trotter better to be honest yeah so I would take him.
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All right so think about this draft right we still have picked 92 coming up. You get your
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every down middle linebacker to pair with the Marvian Overshan you get your star edge rusher
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honestly I'm feeling really good about the direction of the defense after this trade feeling
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awesome. Yeah absolutely I mean again I think your goal was to try to you know increase the top
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in talent on this defense with this class. I think you've managed to do that you know with
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with one guy by we were able to trade up and get talent the second guy just kind of by default
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because you don't have a lot of linebackers but I think you know of of the middle linebackers
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that you were looking to get Trotter is near the top and is an excellent fit. Anthony Hill in
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this mock goes one pick ahead of the Cowboys that picked 92 to the bills at 91. Top corners
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available Malik Mahadman for Texas from Texas you had a three day visit with the Cowboys which
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is unheard of if you're looking for the top safeties available Genesis Smith Sikki Wheatley
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Bud Clark all available and we got our linebacker and edge rusher so those are really the two spots
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we're looking at. Yeah you know I guess I kind of I like Bud Clark more than these guys I don't
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know I mean for me like that's probably where I would think but I think honestly the Cowboys
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are probably more likely to go Malik Mahad to be honest. Okay and that's yeah that's totally fine
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I think I'm not the biggest Malik Mahadman fan but at 92 like I'm not going to complain about
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it he's a he's a good football player and you're not asking him to be a starting outside corner
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back right away anyways. No you just got another body that you feel like you can put out there at
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some point and cornerbacks and it was one of those positions where you can't have enough obviously
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you were probably more interested in adding top end talent but adding another body isn't bad especially
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in this modern passing game so yeah I think this is a good haul. All right so the Cowboys leave
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the second day of the draft with David Bailey Josiah Trotter Malik Mahadman still had picked 112
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didn't give up any picks in 2027 how are you feeling about this draft? I'm feeling great man I
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again I think you know just with those first two picks you've you've you've taken big swings at
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positions that you needed to improve and you needed to get some top end guys you were able to
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get it you didn't give up the number of top 100 picks that you had available to you which I think
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was an important aspect you just kind of shuffle things around and and he managed to get two guys
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that you feel like you come in and be starters and a third guy that you know even if he doesn't
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come in and be come a starter which I you know I think will be tough he comes in as a heavy
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contributor with with the look towards maybe being a starter down the road so yeah I think you
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can raise the mission accomplished like yeah and what you did that's what a draft might look like
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if the Cowboys move up the number four to get David Bailey or our Val Reese or whoever might be
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available at that spot not the worst outcome in the world we're gonna do some other mox later in the
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week with the Cowboys trading up to six with Cleveland up to nine with the chiefs so make sure
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