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After taking the first couple of hours off of the Saturday session of the draft, the Dallas Cowboys will get back to work in the fifth round.
Dallas will have two draft picks in this round to work with. At one point, they had four picks in the fifth round.
They shipped off one to Buffalo for a back-up cornerback who might develop into a quality starter.
The other went to New England to upgrade the Cowboys’ backup quarterback situation.
Both trades filled needs with solid players, so Dallas has already had a successful round before the draft even begins. But, can they build on that with two more solid picks?
In the past few days, I’ve shared my mock draft of the first three rounds.
Yesterday, since the Cowboys have no pick in the fourth round for the second-straight year, I shared my thoughts on the Sporting News’ mock of the fourth round.
Today’s featured mock is from DraftCountdown.com. Here’s their entire seven-round mock.
Below are the 37 picks of the fifth round as they see it with my comments, especially relating to the Cowboys’ two picks.
You’ll notice some names from yesterday’s fourth round from the Sporting News.
That’s the beauty of these things. The deeper you go into each of them, the more scrambled together the names get among the later rounds.
Garrett Dellinger, OL, LSU
Dellinger could prove to be a solid pick for the Vikings here.
Damien Martinez, RB, Miami
Martinez went in the fourth round in the Sporting News mock. I don’t see an already loaded Panthers’ backfield adding another running back,
Pat Bryant, WR, Illinois
You get yourself a new quarterback in the first round, you get yourself some new targets for him to throw to.
Lathan Ransom, S, Ohio State
It makes sense for the Jaguars to shore up their weakest unit.
Anthony Belton, OT, NC State
Geno Smith would appreciate having a few seconds to throw the ball before being clocked by the pass rush. Belton might buy him an extra second or two in the pocket.
Zah Frazier, CB, UTSA
I haven’t watched a single second of game-action involving UT-San Antonio. This could be a great pick or is could be a bad one.
I guess we’ll find out soon enough.
Tonka Hemingway, DL, South Carolina
Ask no for whom the draft bell tolls…
Hey, it’s the fifth round. Why so serious?
Joshua Simon, TE, South Carolina
A sudden run on the Gamecocks market. Note to Jerry Jones, the fifth round is when you start taking linebackers.
The fourth round at the very earliest.
Zy Alexander, CB, LSU
I’ll be surprised if Alexander is still on the board here. But if he is, this is a...
