NFL mock draft: Dallas Cowboys make trade with Arizona Cardinals
In the latest NFL.com mock draft, the Cardinals trade the third pick for picks Nos. 12 and 20.
The 2026 NFL draft is a little more than a week away and we have more mock drafts and projections to cover. In a new mock draft from NFL. com's Gennaro Filice, the Arizona Cardinals wheel and deal, and they end up with two first-round picks.
After the Las Vegas Raiders take quarterback Fernando Mendoza first overall, the New York Jets get LB/EDGE Arvell Reese, which prompts a trade. The Cardinals, instead of taking pass rusher Davis Bailey, make a deal with the Dallas Cowboys. The Cowboys covet Bailey, the nation's leader in sacks last season, and send the Cardinals both their first-round draft picks — No.
12 and No. 20, which they acquired from the Green Bay Packers for pass rusher Micah Parsons. Who do the Cardinals get with two first-round selections?
Round 1, No. 12 overall: Miami OT Francis Mauigoa The Cardinals want to draft a tackle. Mauigoa has been projected to the Cardinals with the third pick, so getting him 12th overall and getting to select another player in the first round is huge.