They’ve pivoted off Queen. Al-Shaair & Brooks are being discussed though

— Nick Harris (@NickHarrisFWST) March 20, 2026

The Cowboys are interested in Dolphins All Pro LB, Jordyn Brooks & Texans Pro-Bowl LB, Azeez Al-Shaair
-H/T @NickHarrisFWST for the report

Some quick thoughts on both, starting with the All Pro

•Jordyn Brooks signed a 3 yr $26M contract with the Dolphins back in 2024.… pic.twitter.com/plTOG0F3Bm

— Landon Holifield ✭ (@TheLandoShow) March 20, 2026

Troy Aikman just dropped some insane context on Emmitt Smith:

For as many years as Derrick Henry has been a bell-cow back in this league, he’s just barely eclipsed the 50% mark on Emmitt’s total career carries.

Derrick Henry (year 10)
-2582 carries

Emmitt Smith (13 years)… pic.twitter.com/7kAdWpXMkD

— Landon Holifield ✭ (@TheLandoShow) September 23, 2025

I could live with this draft

btw - Their addy has changed

https://www.profootballnetwork.com/mockdraft

.@BUFootball WR@Josh_Cameron34, who had an outstanding @seniorbowl, plans to have dinner with @dallascowboys this evening. @mtrigg_ will also attend. Trigg emerged as the best TE in @Big12Conference this past season.

— Matt Mosley (@mattmosley) March 22, 2026

.@dallascowboys TEs coach Lunda Wells spent quite a bit of one-on-one time with @BUFootball TE Michael Trigg at BU pro day. Trigg had 50 catches for 694 and 6 TDs this past season.

— Matt Mosley (@mattmosley) March 22, 2026

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.@BUFootball WR@Josh_Cameron34, who had an outstanding @seniorbowl, plans to have dinner with @dallascowboys this evening. @mtrigg_ will also attend. Trigg emerged as the best TE in @Big12Conference this past season.

— Matt Mosley (@mattmosley) March 22, 2026

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Trigg has no idea how talented he is yet. Needs to be bit more patient towards the ends of his routes

It was a small part of a lengthy end-of-the-year news conference for the Cowboys, but it was notable. Cowboys co-owner Stephen Jones, when talking about the upcoming NFL draft, said the team would focus mostly on scouting prospects from the Power Four conferences: the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Big Ten, the Big 12 and the Southeastern Conference.

In the transfer portal and NIL era, many players who might've been diamonds in the smaller-school-rough have already been discovered.

In 2022, for example, nearly 20% of the players invited to the NFL Scouting Combine came from non-Power Four conferences. Last year, fewer than 10% of combine invites were from those same schools. This year, that number dropped down to 5%. Eleven of the 133 players at the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala., were from non-power conferences.

"There's no question that certainly the top talent is aggregating due to NIL and the transfer portal," Jones said from the NFL Combine.

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It was a small part of a lengthy end-of-the-year news conference for the Cowboys, but it was notable. Cowboys co-owner Stephen Jones, when talking about the upcoming NFL draft, said the team would focus mostly on scouting prospects from the Power Four conferences: the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Big Ten, the Big 12 and the Southeastern Conference.

In the transfer portal and NIL era, many players who might've been diamonds in the smaller-school-rough have already been discovered.

In 2022, for example, nearly 20% of the players invited to the NFL Scouting Combine came from non-Power Four conferences. Last year, fewer than 10% of combine invites were from those same schools. This year, that number dropped down to 5%. Eleven of the 133 players at the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala., were from non-power conferences.

"There's no question that certainly the top talent is aggregating due to NIL and the transfer portal," Jones said from the NFL Combine.

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Not sure why that was really notable. Will McClay has made no secret over the years they place a high value on Power 4 prospects, just for the fact they play on a bigger stage and would adapt better than smaller school prospect to being in Dallas.

That said, NIL certainly makes the talent situation even more extreme.

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It was a small part of a lengthy end-of-the-year news conference for the Cowboys, but it was notable. Cowboys co-owner Stephen Jones, when talking about the upcoming NFL draft, said the team would focus mostly on scouting prospects from the Power Four conferences: the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Big Ten, the Big 12 and the Southeastern Conference.

In the transfer portal and NIL era, many players who might've been diamonds in the smaller-school-rough have already been discovered.

In 2022, for example, nearly 20% of the players invited to the NFL Scouting Combine came from non-Power Four conferences. Last year, fewer than 10% of combine invites were from those same schools. This year, that number dropped down to 5%. Eleven of the 133 players at the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala., were from non-power conferences.

"There's no question that certainly the top talent is aggregating due to NIL and the transfer portal," Jones said from the NFL Combine.

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Not sure why that was really notable. Will McClay has made no secret over the years they place a high value on Power 4 prospects, just for the fact they play on a bigger stage and would adapt better than smaller school prospect to being in Dallas.

That said, NIL certainly makes the talent situation even more extreme.

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I think his point was that the schools outside the P4 are losing their best talent to the P4 with the NIL.

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It was a small part of a lengthy end-of-the-year news conference for the Cowboys, but it was notable. Cowboys co-owner Stephen Jones, when talking about the upcoming NFL draft, said the team would focus mostly on scouting prospects from the Power Four conferences: the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Big Ten, the Big 12 and the Southeastern Conference.

In the transfer portal and NIL era, many players who might've been diamonds in the smaller-school-rough have already been discovered.

In 2022, for example, nearly 20% of the players invited to the NFL Scouting Combine came from non-Power Four conferences. Last year, fewer than 10% of combine invites were from those same schools. This year, that number dropped down to 5%. Eleven of the 133 players at the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala., were from non-power conferences.

"There's no question that certainly the top talent is aggregating due to NIL and the transfer portal," Jones said from the NFL Combine.

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Not sure why that was really notable. Will McClay has made no secret over the years they place a high value on Power 4 prospects, just for the fact they play on a bigger stage and would adapt better than smaller school prospect to being in Dallas.

That said, NIL certainly makes the talent situation even more extreme.

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I think his point was that the schools outside the P4 are losing their best talent to the P4 with the NIL.

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Agree...I am just surprised that the author thought that was notable. To me it would have been more logical to say "the Cowboys continue their trend of prioritizing Power 4 players, with college NIL concentrating talent reinforcing the approach."

I had to trade down after getting wiped out at 12, but even with that I would be very happy with this haul.

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Went Peter Woods in several of my early mocks. Wasnt quite as important after Clarke and Williams signed, but taking him would make signing Clarke not so important.

And yes, thats Cowboys TE coach Lunda Wells working out Baylor TE Michael Trigg. Wells was side by side with Trigg for almost the entirety of Baylor’s Pro Day. https://t.co/COq4V0NfmG

— Joseph Hoyt (@JoeJHoyt) March 23, 2026

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And yes, thats Cowboys TE coach Lunda Wells working out Baylor TE Michael Trigg. Wells was side by side with Trigg for almost the entirety of Baylor’s Pro Day. https://t.co/COq4V0NfmG

— Joseph Hoyt (@JoeJHoyt) March 23, 2026

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He would become our best receiving TE immediately. Blocking, I have no idea. But he also might fit in as an HBack or similar

Of note, Cowboys TEs coach Lunda Wells had dinner in Waco last night with Baylor TE Michael Trigg, per source. Also in attendance were WR Josh Cameron and QB Sawyer Robertson.

— Nick Harris (@NickHarrisFWST) March 23, 2026

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Of note, Cowboys TEs coach Lunda Wells had dinner in Waco last night with Baylor TE Michael Trigg, per source. Also in attendance were WR Josh Cameron and QB Sawyer Robertson.

— Nick Harris (@NickHarrisFWST) March 23, 2026

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Would love to grab all three

Dallas gets cornerback Corey Ballentine, under a new contract.

Ballentine, 29, is a former Giants sixth-round pick who has bounced around the league but who last year for Dallas played in five games, with 47 snaps on special teams and 23 snaps on defense.

wouldn't that be amazing

Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer and Athletes First agent David Mulugheta also shared an extended conversation today at Texas Pro Day.

Mulugheta represents Longhorns LB Anthony Hill. Jr. He also represents Cowboys WR George Pickens, who is currently franchise tagged. pic.twitter.com/wtSW4XU4Ed

— Joseph Hoyt (@JoeJHoyt) March 24, 2026

Cowboys Add Veteran Cornerback & 2-Time National Champion

A paragraph off Heavy. That site is usually FOS (Full of you know what), but they had this draft suggestion

The Cowboys' first pick is the No. 12 pick, and Yates sees them going with cornerback Jermod McCoy out of Tennessee for that choice. But, he also sees them making another deal with the Packers to move to No. 20 in the draft and pick up edge R Mason Thomas of Oklahoma.

In case someone offers $10m for Aubrey, we decline to match. He made kicks from 50, 55, 60, 65 and 70 at the NFL combine, then went out and ran a 4.5. Scouts asked him to do some DB drills after all that

Can your kicker do this?! 🤔#210TriangleOfToughness | #BuiltByUTSA pic.twitter.com/7XWXrZGPuW

— UTSA Football 🏈 (@UTSAFTBL) March 19, 2026

Implications for next year's #1....maybe for us or the Jets

𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴: Packers star EDGE Micah Parsons is expected to miss the first 3-4 games of the upcoming season, per @mattschneidman pic.twitter.com/RZ90HxuLMZ

— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) March 26, 2026

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Implications for next year's #1....maybe for us or the Jets

𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴: Packers star EDGE Micah Parsons is expected to miss the first 3-4 games of the upcoming season, per @mattschneidman pic.twitter.com/RZ90HxuLMZ

— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) March 26, 2026

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Remind me. Do the Jets or Cowboys get the Lowest of the two #1s pick?

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Implications for next year's #1....maybe for us or the Jets

𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴: Packers star EDGE Micah Parsons is expected to miss the first 3-4 games of the upcoming season, per @mattschneidman pic.twitter.com/RZ90HxuLMZ

— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) March 26, 2026

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Remind me. Do the Jets or Cowboys get the Lowest of the two #1s pick?

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We get the lower of the two picks

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Implications for next year's #1....maybe for us or the Jets

𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴: Packers star EDGE Micah Parsons is expected to miss the first 3-4 games of the upcoming season, per @mattschneidman pic.twitter.com/RZ90HxuLMZ

— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) March 26, 2026

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Remind me. Do the Jets or Cowboys get the Lowest of the two #1s pick?

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Excellent!

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Implications for next year's #1....maybe for us or the Jets

𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴: Packers star EDGE Micah Parsons is expected to miss the first 3-4 games of the upcoming season, per @mattschneidman pic.twitter.com/RZ90HxuLMZ

— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) March 26, 2026

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Remind me. Do the Jets or Cowboys get the Lowest of the two #1s pick?

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To be clear, lower on draft order, e.g. if they were picks 1 and 32, we would get 32.

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Implications for next year's #1....maybe for us or the Jets

𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴: Packers star EDGE Micah Parsons is expected to miss the first 3-4 games of the upcoming season, per @mattschneidman pic.twitter.com/RZ90HxuLMZ

— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) March 26, 2026

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Remind me. Do the Jets or Cowboys get the Lowest of the two #1s pick?

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To be clear, lower on draft order, e.g. if they were picks 1 and 32, we would get 32.

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YIKES!

I read the trade over and over and no one simplified that, like you just did

https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/george-pickens-contract-situation-harsh-truth/

George Pickens situation. We already have one high-priced WR. Not sure I would want a second at the same position vs letting the NFL know that he is available on his one year franchise deal (unless we get a reasonable deal done). If he wants 40 plus, he is putting us in the same situation that Dak (and Jerry) put us in with a 60 million deal.

I think it we let the league know now, we can get a 1 and 2 or something like that. Maybe include a solid but not spectacular WR back plus a 1.

Oh damn. Forgot about this guy. Without him IU might not have won it all. Would be a solid WR3. We wouldnt take him with our 1's, but come 3rd round, he's a definate looker

Former Indiana WR Omar Cooper Jr. is visiting the Cowboys today, per source.

It’s one of at least eight pre-draft visits for Cooper, who kept the Hoosiers’ perfect season alive with one of the greatest catches in football history:

pic.twitter.com/RwyCXSe1W8

— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) March 26, 2026

I've been looking so hard at the D, kinda ignoring the O

Myles Garrett would love to play for Dallas

What about a George Pickens for Garrett trade? Pickens is 29, Garett is 30. Garett makes $40m per, Pickens appears to be asking for that.

For us, Pickens addresses a excessive need. For the Browns, Jerry Jeudy is their #1, but the let their pass catching TE David Ngouko (sp?) leave in FA. They really dont have a #2.

Me likey

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That would be a solid draft

What if we did this with plans to trade Pickens? 'Makai Lemons to Dallas?