The Dallas Cowboys are being advised to trade their second first-round pick (No. 20 overall) in the 2026 NFL Draft to gain more assets for their roster. This strategy comes as they prepare for the draft scheduled in Pittsburgh later this month.
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The Dallas Cowboys have two picks in the first round of the upcoming 2026 NFL Draft, which is set to take place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania later this month.
They could add two blue-chip prospects with those picks, or they could look to trade one of them for more assets. They are being urged to do the latter by ESPN's Bill Barnwell.
Barnwell thinks that the Cowboys should trade their second pick in the first round (No. 20 overall) to acquire additional capital to fill out the rest of the roster around well-compensated veterans.
"The Cowboys typically do a good job of selecting talent all things considered, but they don't appear to have found much between their 2023 and 2024 draft classes beyond center Cooper Beebe and linebacker DeMarvion Overshown," Barnwell wrote.
"Adding more young talent to this roster is the only way the Cowboys can build a Super Bowl contender around their big-money group of veterans. And moving down from No. 20 to add more capital would be the right way to get them there."
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