Cowboys Trade Up for Linebacker, Defense Gets Boost

0:00On April 15, Dane Brugler from the athletic dropped a seven-round mock draft just before the real thing, and he seized the Cowboys making a bold move. They trade both first round picks to the Cleveland Browns to jump to pick six for Ohio State linebacker Sonny Stiles, then Snag Clevelands. Second rounder at Pick 39 for Arizona defensive back, Traydan Stukes. The rest of Dallas' hall includes an ed rusher from Texas in round three, a defensive lineman for Missouri in round four, and later picks like corners, guards, tight ends, and a defensive tackle from Louisville. Stiles stands out as the best grab because he fills the linebacker gap right away, can call plays as the green dot guy, and that trade nets them a. Second round pick they desperately needed. On the flip side, taking Missouri's Chris McClellan in round four feels off. Dallas already has solid interior lineman like Kenny Clark and Quinn in Williams, and they could have grabbed a boundary corner instead since the first three rounds skipped that spot. Still,

1:02this Mott packs a punch for the Cowboys defense, setting them up strong no matter how the board falls next week.