"As the Dallas Cowboys prepare for the upcoming 2026 NFL Draft, the front office has an enormous opportunity by owning two picks in the top 20. The Cowboys currently have picks 12 and 20 (via the Green Bay Packers from the Micah Parsons trade). This provides a great chance to cash in on some top defensive talent; however, they must make these picks count because they don't possess any picks in either the second or third rounds."
"Having two top 20 picks is a big deal, but what if we told you the Cowboys had two top 20 picks last year? Clearly, they didn't, so you might proclaim, "Objection, your honor!" However, if the judge studied law at Pro Football Focus University, they would retort with, "Overruled!" That is because if you were to do a re-draft of the first three rounds from a year ago, based solely on PFF grades, the Cowboys would've landed two top 20 picks."
The Cowboys hold picks 12 and 20 in the 2026 NFL Draft and lack selections in the second and third rounds. Owning two top-20 picks offers a prime opportunity to add high-end defensive talent and accelerate a defensive rebuild. The front office and scouting department face immense pressure to maximize early draft capital because mid-round flexibility is absent. The last time the Cowboys had two top-20 picks was in 2005 with DeMarcus Ware and Marcus Spears. Pro Football Focus re-draft data indicates the Cowboys would have had two top-20 picks in a grade-based re-draft of the previous year, though PFF grading remains partly subjective.
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