Inside The Star
You might be asking yourself, what do I mean? The Dallas Cowboys did not even make the playoffs, and correct they did not, but outside of that, the wildcard round went about as perfectly as possible for Dallas.
It always sucks not watching the Cowboys in the playoffs, but the good news is they fired Matt Eberflus, the Packers lost and so did the Eagles.
The Cowboys will have their own first round pick in April at no. 12, and with the Packers choke job against the Bears, they now will have the 20th overall pick from the Micah Parsons trade.
If the Packers had won that game and who knows, maybe the next, Dallas could have moved as low as 25 or 26, but as I noted, without the Cowboys playing, the NFL playoffs have went just about as well as they could have hoped.
The crazy thing is, the Packers finished the regular season 9-7-1, just ahead of the Panthers (8-9). Both teams were eliminated Saturday in the Wild Card round. Had Carolina defeated the Rams, the Cowboys would’ve picked No. 19 instead of 20.
The Cowboys have two top 20 picks. We all saw how bad the defense was, correct?
If Jerry Jones even thinks about drafting an offensive player with either one of these picks, I won’t know what to think.
We all say that he won’t do it but remember who we are talking about here, Jerry does what Jerry wants to do, and the last thing he thinks about is what is best for the team.
This is the sixth time in franchise history that the Cowboys will have two or more first-round picks.
We have a long way to go before the draft in April, but there is no reason that this team should draft anything other than defense in the first three rounds.
They need as much help on that side of the ball as possible.
Just looking as the surface, they should be set up pretty nicely to get two day-1 starters with pick 12 & 20.
Cowboys will pick No. 12 and No. 20 in the first round of the NFL Draft.
— Nick Harris (@NickHarrisFWST) January 11, 2026
Guys like Caleb Downs, Sonny Styles, Keldric Faulk, and Mansoor Delane should all be there for both picks.
Downs and Styles MIGHT slide to their pick at 12, and honestly, if either one of them did I wouldn’t care who they take. If they draft Downs, then I would take an edge with the 20th pick.
If they draft someone else at 12, I would take Delane the best corner in the draft if he makes it to 20.
Either way, it is a bit early to start talking about the draft because I hate doing it before the combine and everything else.
At the end of the day, without the Cowboys in the playoffs, they have went about as well as we...
