Cowboys Rookie Pair Already Rank Among Rookie Of The Year Favorites

Cowboys Rookie Pair Already Rank Among Rookie Of The Year Favorites

One could say that the Dallas Cowboys, at least in the first-round of the NFL Draft, knocked it out of the park.

Coming into the draft, Ohio State safety Caleb Downs was seen as "the" guy for the franchise to get, and at pick No. 11, after trading up with the Miami Dolphins, Dallas got its guy.

Then, after trading back from No. 20 to No. 23 in a deal with the Philadelphia Eagles, the Cowboys selected edge Malachi Lawrence to bolster Christian Parker's pass rush unit.

The reception to both picks, at least to me, someone who isn't a draft savant, tells me all I need to know -- the Cowboys nailed their first two picks.

And it appears the oddsmakers think so too.

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We have just finished the draft, and odds for the Defensive Rookie of the Year have been released, and both Downs and Lawrence are among the favorites.

Downs per The Athletic's Jon Machota, has odds of +800 (5th favorite), and Lawrence has odds of +1600 (8th favorite).

Now, we know that this means absolutely nothing, but it does give a sense of how the rest of the NFL world views the pair.

We know Downs was a home run of a selection, and yes, even top picks aren't guaranteed to be stars, but the consensus is that Downs is the cleanest player in the draft, meaning the chances of him being a bust are minimal.

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