Unless one considers finding a franchise quarterback the Dallas Cowboys’ top priority in the NFL Draft, then defensive end is the team’s most glaring need in the 2016 draft. With pick No. 4, Dallas should have its pick of any defensive lineman in this year’s deep crop but the team has not had great success when drafting defensive ends during the tenure of owner and general manager Jerry Jones.
Jones’ first draft was in 1989 and since that year the Dallas Cowboys have drafted 19 defensive ends. Of that group, only three (Greg Ellis, Tony Tolbert and Jason Hatcher) have been named to the Pro Bowl.