Cowboys Eliminated: Where Will Dallas Pick in Draft?
The Dallas Cowboys season has come to a close following a disappointing 23-17 loss to the San Francisco 49ers in the Wild Card Round Sunday.
The Cowboys now direct their focus to the offseason and the draft.
Depending on the outcome of tonight's game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Kansas City Chiefs, the first pick for the Cowboys will be either 23rd or 24th.
With the Chiefs win, the Steelers will be eliminated and draft 20th, meaning the Cowboys will draft 24th.
All the eliminated teams from this weekend will be moving into their spots, but the important thing for Cowboys Nation is where Dallas will settle in ...
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The Cowboys could go in a number of different directions with their first round draft pick. The team could draft a replacement for wide receiver Michael Gallup, who could possibly leave in free agency, or decide to take the defensive route, such as safety. Or, what about offensive line help?
The Cowboys, who finished 12-5 before Sunday's playoff failure against the San Francisco 49ers, don't have many glaring needs, which makes it difficult to forecast what the team will do with its first pick, but there will be more clarity as the offseason moves on. Maybe more than that, though, in the last two seasons at the very top of the draft, the Cowboys ignored "need'' and instead took "the best available athlete.'' That netted them receiver CeeDee Lamb two years ago and linebacker Micah Parsons a year ago. That seems to be a winning idea.
