It hasn’t even been a week since the 2026 NFL Draft ended, but surely there are some of you who have your sights set on 2027. Arch Manning is going to create some conversations.
Time will tell what the Dallas Cowboys are looking for in that draft, but one thing is for certain and that is that they will be doing so with the reigning Defensive Rookie of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, and Super Bowl MVP all in one player on their team in Caleb Downs? Hey, we are all dreaming.
Seriously though, it is never too early to understand what lies ahead. Today we are just making sure we know what our cards say.
The great Todd Archer clarified exactly what these cards are on Monday in establishing what draft picks the Cowboys will have at their disposal in 2027. They have already spent a few of them.
It should be noted, as Archer did, that the Cowboys will not receive any compensatory picks next year. Those wound up valuable this draft as the Cowboys flipped their two comp picks (both were in the fifth round) to the Miami Dolphins in the trade up during the first round that led to the drafting of Downs.
The Cowboys will owe the better of their two first-round picks to the New York Jets as a result of the Quinnen Williams trade
Obviously they have their own, but the other one is from the Green Bay Packers by way of the Micah Parsons trade
The Cowboys currently own their own second-round pick
The Cowboys currently own their own third-round pick
The Cowboys dealt this pick to the Packers this offseason in the Rashan Gary trade
The Cowboys dealt this pick to the Pittsburgh Steelers last offseason in the George Pickens trade
It was actually a pick swap with Pittsburgh and Dallas received their sixth-rounder
The Cowboys currently own their own sixth-round pick
The Cowboys dealt this pick to the Philadelphia Eagles in the first round this year in trading back in the first round before picking Malachi Lawrence, Dallas also picked up two fourth-rounders this year that became Devin Moore and LT Overton
As things stand the Cowboys have five selections to work with in 2027.