Before reading, imagine the meme of Charlie from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, where photos and red lines are thumb-tacked all over a board behind him. Trying to determine which way the Dallas Cowboys might be leaning this early in the first round of the draft may seem like a fool's errand; however, there is one thread we can follow that offers clues about which direction to consider.
Dallas is a draft-and-develop team. That has been their core belief regarding roster construction for almost a decade. The front office will be tasked with helping out their first-time head coach, Brian Schottenheimer, in a way they neglected to do last year for Mike McCarthy: getting him some good players to work with.