All of the attention has been on the Cowboys going defense with both of its first-round picks, but is an offensive selection still on the table?
For most fans and analysts alike, the Dallas Cowboys' offseason plans have one flavor: defense.
With Dak Prescott and the offense elite for the most part in 2025, and Matt Eberflus' defense one of the worst in football, an overhaul is needed.
And through the early stages of free agency, Dallas has filled a couple of needs with key signings.
Rashan Gary, P.J. Locke, Jalen Thompson, and Cobie Durant have all come to The Star.
And despite the Cowboys going mostly defense in free agency, many expect that theme to follow in the upcoming draft.
Holding picks No. 12 and No. 20, the consensus is that the Cowboys will take a defensive player with both selections.
With needs a edge, linebacker, potentially corner, and safety, Dallas has multiple ways it can approach the draft.
But what if something unforeseen happens in the first round?
Mark Heaney of Inside The Star presents a worst-case scenario for Dallas and then questions whether taking an offensive player is off the table in the first round.
"Picture everybody from Caleb Downs, to Sonny Styles, to Mansoor Delane off the board by the time Dallas is on the clock at 12," Heaney writes. "Guys like Makai Lemon, or perhaps Carnell Tate, or one of the draft’s top tackles have been pushed down due to a defensive run.
"There will be a significant conversation in the war room to simply take one of those guys on the basis of crazy good value, potentially opening up a potential trade of George Pickens for defensive talent, and keeping the 20th pick as a fallback for a talented defender."
That is quite the conversation starter.
Getting another receiver in the first round doesn't feel plausible.
But another offensive lineman, such as a right tackle to replace Terence Steele in a year? Color me intrigued.
Personally, I don't see Dallas trading away Pickens, but if the franchise did take a receiver in the first round, would that change things? Possibly.
It still feels like a defensive draft for the Cowboys, given how many needs still have to be addressed.
But as Heaney points out, don't completely rule out an offensive player if the draft board doesn't fall Dallas' way.