Cowboys add ‘electric’ edge, ‘consistent’ corner in recent 2026 mock draft
Whether you liked the moves made by the Dallas Cowboys at the NFL trade deadline or not, it’s hard to argue that they’re not a more talented team now that they added Quinnen Williams and Logan Wilson.
It’s also fair to say they still have some massive holes that need to be filled during the offseason. The good news for them is that they still have two picks in Round 1 of the 2026 NFL draft to address some of their concerns.
That’s what they do in a recent mock draft from The Athletic’s Nick Baumgardner, who has the Cowboys selecting a defensive end and cornerback.
Pick No. 11: David Bailey, edge, Texas Tech
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Dallas beefed up their interior, but they still need help across from Donovan Ezeiruaku. They find that in Bailey, an explosive pass rusher from Texas Tech.
“Thanks to their deadline trade with the Jets, the Cowboys now have a truly elite defensive interior, with Kenny Clark and Quinnen Williams,” Baumgardner wrote.
“They still need more off the edge, however. Corner could be another possibility in Round 1, but Bailey (13 sacks, 55 pressures in nine games) has been electric this season.”
Bailey has 11.5 sacks in nine games this season, and 26 in his collegiate career.
Pick No. 28, from Green Bay: Mansoor Delane, CB, LSU
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As much as the front seven gets criticized, the secondary has been a bigger problem for Dallas. That’s why they go for Mansoor Delane from LSU with their second pick in this mock.
“The Cowboys obviously don’t have Micah Parsons anymore, so we’ll see how this new-look defensive front works out. As mentioned, though, Dallas is in great position to make serious improvements via the draft,” Baumgardner wrote.
“Delane has been one of the few consistently bright spots for LSU this year.”
Delane joins DaRon Bland and Shavon Revel, forming what could be a solid trio. Still, they’ll need to do something about their safety position which is a mess.
Eagles HC Nick Sirianni shares first thoughts on Howie Roseman's three trades
The Philadelphia Eagles were busy over the last week making trades ahead of the Nov. 4 NFL trade deadline.
First, the Eagles traded the New York Jets for inside cornerback Michael Carter II. Then they acquired outside cornerback Jaire Alexander from the Baltimore Ravens. Lastly, the Eagles traded the Miami Dolphins for outside linebacker Jaelan Philips.
Those were three areas of need for Philly that general manager Howier Roseman checked off.
Two days after the deadline, Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni gave his reaction to the team's three moves, which was nothing short of excitement.
"Looking forward to being able to coach those guys," Sirianni said. "Everyone of them has familiarity with a different guy on our coaching staff, which is always really good. That doesn’t always happen that way, but in this case, it did. Talented guys that have played a bunch of good football in the NFL, each bringing a different thing and bringing depth to our positions."
Sirianni made sure to mention that while he was already happy with the Eagles' current roster, adding to it is cool.
"I was really, really excited about our roster as it was, and it’s been awesome to be able to add to it, Sirianni said. "Thankful for [Executive Vice President/General Manager] Howie [Roseman] to add to it, and we’re really excited to get these guys going and get them involved. We’ll see where they are at the end of the week and what that means for this game this weekend."
Eagles' new guys have an extra day to learn the playbook
The good thing about the Eagles not playing their next game until Monday night is that it gives the new guys another day to get acclimated with how Philly runs their day-to-day.
"We kind of have an orientation for that just to catch them up on everything, every department. We’ve been doing that for a while," Sirianni said. "Every department has different things. [With] coaching, [we] have different things that we do. Just an orientation, essentially, to get them caught up. Our coaches do a good job of that. I spend time with them, my assistant [Assistant to the Head Coach] Cole [Peterson] spends some time with them, with the standards of how we practice.
"It’s not like this is our first time doing that, right? You do that even when you bring a new practice squad guy in. We’ve had a lot of practice at that, but I think the most important thing that we want to stress is a little bit [about] how we practice, what the culture is, our team rules, [and] stuff like that."
