The Cowboys waited until the sixth round to draft a safety.
Fans weren't the only ones to take notice. Officials from several teams around the league have called in recent days to let the Cowboys know they are happy to send a safety their way for the right cost.
"We've already started getting a few calls, people needing things and knowing that we might need, thinking we might need, a safety,'' executive vice president Stephen Jones Wednesday afternoon from a soggy, corporate golf outing. "Would we be willing to trade this player for that player?
"I think this is going to pay for us.