Overview
- ESPN’s The Pick Is In shows the Cowboys scrambling to file the No. 11 pick as the NFL command center warned them to hurry.
- Dallas traded with Miami to move from No. 12, with reported ESPN audio detailing a swap that included fifth-round picks 177 and 180.
- The Giants’ selection of Miami tackle Francis Mauigoa at No. 10 kept Caleb Downs available for the Cowboys.
- Downs has a reported four-year, $28.9 million rookie contract that includes a $17.5 million signing bonus.
- Coaches praised his intelligence and lower-body control during rookie minicamp, and Downs said on Netflix that sliding to 11 left him motivated in Dallas.