Make your position selection for the Cowboys first round pick
Next week the Dallas Cowboys, and the rest of the NFL, will gather to hold their annual draft. No other date on the offseason calendar holds as much importance as the three days associated with the draft. Teams fortunes can change for the better, or the wrong picks can doom a franchise.
The Cowboys enter the draft with plenty of holes, but which one is the most pressing? Which hole should the Cowboys try to fill in round one? Obviously it comes down to who is still on the board still at pick #12 overall, and we won’t know that answer until Thursday night of next week.
But we are here to decide which position group is most in need of a top-tier prospect? Three position groups seem to have risen to the top in terms of need, although some may hold views that don’t mesh with the consensus.
Wide receiver
The Cowboys have CeeDee Lamb and he’s a star. But their complementary WR2 is a huge question mark, especially with Brandin Cooks moving on. It would help a lot if the team could find someone to take some of the load off of Lamb.
Cornerback
Sometimes overlooked, the cornerback position could be a huge problem. The return from injury by Trevon Diggs is an unknown at the moment, but could be after the season begins. Jourdan Lewis is no longer here. That would leave DaRon Bland and a bunch of guys who can’t be trusted yet.
Running back
Normally a position not heavily valued in the first round, the Cowboys have made it a possibility by not having a real playmaker at the position. The Cowboys offense ground to a halt last year in many situations because they couldn’t run the ball.
Other
There are plenty of other spots where the Cowboys could use an infusion of talent. So we created a category for that in the survey.
Vote in the poll for the position you think is in the most need of the 12th overall pick, then hit the comments and tell us why.
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