Cowboys fans really like the idea of a trade down on Thursday.
The 2025 NFL Draft is finally here. 32 NFL teams will try to improve their roster over the next few days, but the big impacts usually come from the first-round picks. The Dallas Cowboys have 10 picks overall, and hold the 12th pick in the first round.
Over this offseason we’ve had plenty of debate about who they make take at 12. Ashton Jeanty was an early favorite until everybody realized he was going to be gone by pick 12. Wide receiver Luther Burden was also an early favorite, but he’s been replaced by Tetairoa McMillan and Matthew Golden as the overwhelming favorites.
But there is another strategy and that is to engage in trades. Either move up or move down in the first round. Moving up allows you to target a star player, but costs draft capital. Trading down can risk missing out on your guy, but it can also add important draft picks.
So what will the Cowboys do? We asked the fanbase and they overwhelmingly said the Cowboys will trade down in the first round.
The majority of fans are in the trade down camp, while a sizable minority think they will just make the pick at 12.
Only a very small group want a trade up. Moving up to something like fifth would cost a lot. We also surveyed fans nationally and for the fifth pick to the Jaguars, here is who they thought would be picked there.
While Mason Graham is the overwhelming choice, former Cowboys favorite in mock drafts, Ashton Jeanty, takes 20% of the vote while Tetairoa McMillan is at 16%. If that happened the Cowboys dream of a WR could get wiped out if Matthew Golden also went ahead of schedule.
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