Inside How Cowboys Benefit From Giants' Blockbuster Dexter Lawrence Trade

Before this trade, the Bengals would've almost certainly used that pick on a defensive player.

That could've meant the Giants taking one of Dallas ' defensive-desirous preferred targets off the board at 5 and the Bengals taking another one off the board at 10.

But with this trade?

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It seems highly unlikely that the Giants will take defense at both Nos. 5 and 10 ...

And that should mean one more defensive player is left for Dallas to choose from at No. 12.

So maybe New York takes defense at 5 and then at 10, balances things out with an offensive player, a receiver like Carnell Tate of Ohio State or Jordyn Tyron of Arizona State.

The Cowboys could sidestep some of these worries, of course, by trading up.

I'm told they haven't called the Cardinals (picking at No. 3) but that the idea of a trade there is being evaluated in-house. We do know Arizona seems willing to listen.

The Titans at No. 4 are reportedly willing to do the same.

And the idea of swapping up to Cleveland at No. 6? That's more than a rumor.

But in theory, the Giants/Bengals trade soothes some of the worries and maybe even negates some of the "need'' for a gigantic trade-up in this draft.

Before, both 5 and 10 were likely going to be defensive guys. The odds of that just got theoretically cut in half ... meaning a likely benefit to the Cowboys at No. 12.

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