Cowboys 7-round mock draft: 5 trades net 2 vets, fixes all roster holes
Dallas seems to get worn down when on the clock, but if they have the fortitude, here's a great draft for them to acquire vets and stockpile talent.
The Dallas Cowboys still have plenty of work to do in order to get themselves in contention during the 2026 season. They may have righted the ship on defense in the coaching room, but they still need a bevy of players to execute a turnaround from the bottom of the league. That is going to be quite difficult seeing the limited number of first-round grades that are going around this year.
Most consider this to be a 12-14 deep class, meaning the entire back of the round are going to be filled with volatile rankings based on various teams boards. If a club is willing and able to keep offers straight, they could clean up by making numerous deals. So here's how we saw the club improving based on these moves.
Edge Rushers, Vet and Rookies We believe in Donovan Ezeiruaku and like the addition of Rashan Gary (along with James Houston as a top backup), but new DC Christian Parker worked for Vic Fangio and Vance Joseph, two defensive coordinators who like to throw waves of players. So here we've added another veteran presence in Jonathan Greenard , a 24-sack-over-two-year guy, plus two rookies with a lot of upside in Harold Perkins and Caden Curry . Defensive Interior Getting Peter Woods into the mix at 4i defensive end makes so much sense to me.
Woods is the prototypical 1. 5-gap player out of Clemson and would complete the defensive adjustment to run-stuffing with rush upside. The seventh-round pick Bryson Eason out of Tennessee is a flyer.