The Dallas Cowboys might have to trade up to draft this offensive playmaker

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Mauricio Rodriguez discusses the Dallas Cowboys projected first round selection and gives reasons why the team may need to move up in the 2025 NFL Draft to get him.

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00:00So the Cowboys just received another massive draft warning by an NFL insider. Let's get into it.

00:10Hey, what's up everyone? It's Mauricio Rodriguez here at ADZ Sports Dallas.

00:14About a couple of weeks ago, we talked about Ashton Junte being the Cowboys' stop draft

00:20prospect in the eyes of the NFL world. And we talked about Dane Bruegler from The Athletic

00:25basically saying that if the Cowboys didn't pick Ashton Junte at number 12 overall,

00:30then Junte could fall out of the top 20 in April. Now, we took that as a warning because it meant

00:37that the Cowboys might be the lone NFL team to consider Junte that high. And it's interesting

00:44because since then, we've learned a lot about the Cowboys and the NFL draft expectations.

00:49The NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis is huge because yes, we get measurables from

00:54players and we see them test on the field. But it's also very important because the NFL world

01:01gets together in the same place at the same time. And that means reporters and insiders get a chance

01:06to talk with multiple teams, coaches, executives, everything. And then as fans and as content

01:13creators, we get to really decipher what teams are thinking. Well, with the Cowboys specifically,

01:20it felt like we saw a very specific shift in expectations for their pick at number 12 overall.

01:27After the NFL scouting combine, The Athletic released a mock draft, ESPN released its mock

01:33draft, and both had the same name at number 12. Now, this is after months and months of seeing

01:39Ashton Junte linked with the Cowboys at that pick. Now, it became wide receiver Ted McMillan

01:47from Arizona. Now, McMillan in the eyes of many can rise to be the number one wide receiver of

01:53this year's draft class. Why? He's big, he can be that X receiver, he can fight for that 50-50

01:59football in the air. And I've seen some people compare him in the sense of, hey, best case

02:04scenario, he's like Greg London from the Atlanta Falcons who is off to a hot start in his career

02:10over there in Atlanta. Well, NFL insider Peter Schrager had a big warning for the Cowboys if

02:17they're really interested in McMillan. And this is because Schrager, who is very well connected

02:23around the NFL, said that he would be shocked if McMillan fell out of the top 10, which sets

02:30a very interesting scenario for the Cowboys. If they're set on someone like McMillan because of

02:36their need at a wide receiver, which they clearly consider a need after they traded for Jonathan

02:42Mingo, a fourth round pick last year, then that means they might be forced to trade up, which has

02:48been so uncommon in Cowboys recent draft history. And personally, I think it might even be out of

02:55the question. They really value their draft picks and they have a bunch of fifth rounders that they

03:00could use to trade up a few spots, but it would be dangerous because they also want to climb back

03:06into that fourth round. The Cowboys, if they want Ted McMillan, it doesn't seem like a guarantee

03:12that he'll be there at number 12 overall. And that should get the Cowboys thinking

03:16if the buzz about them liking McMillan is true.

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