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Dallas Cowboys Draft: 7 Different Safeties in 7 Different Rounds

By Adithya Prabakaran

INDIANAPOLIS, IN - FEBRUARY 28: Xavier McKinney #DB52 of the Alabama Crimson Tide speaks to the media on day four of the NFL Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium on February 28, 2020 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images)
INDIANAPOLIS, IN - FEBRUARY 28: Xavier McKinney #DB52 of the Alabama Crimson Tide speaks to the media on day four of the NFL Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium on February 28, 2020 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images) /
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PHILADELPHIA, PA – DECEMBER 22: Xavier Woods #25 of the Dallas Cowboys (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images) /

The Dallas Cowboys need some athletes that play the safety position and are expected to look to the draft to fill the holes. With seven rounds available at their disposal, who are the names of cornerbacks that we could hear in each round?

Draft season is in full swing. The scouting combine has passed, pro days are taking place, and mock draft and big boards are published daily. For the next two months, many football fans are finding the most effective ways to help fill the holes in their favorite football teams.

The Dallas Cowboys have many holes to fill as many players are slated to hit free agency this March. While the team has more cap space available this offseason than in previous years, free agency is not going to solve all the issues with this team. Hence the draft will seemingly make or break the Cowboys roster once again.

Yay, teambuilding!

Today we will be looking at the best available safety in each round of the 2020 NFL draft. After an offseason of immense hype for the pairing of the Dallas safety duo in Xavier Woods and Jeff Heath, the hype train stopped mid-season. With a new coaching staff in town that has valued the safety position more than the previous staff, things could change.

This article in some ways is a mock draft as the safeties that end up on this list were available for the Cowboys in said round according to The Draft Network’s Mock Draft Simulator. Scheme fit will be taken into consideration, but considering the state of the defensive backfield, I’d like to attack with a “best player available” mindset. For that reason, some picks might feel like reaches while others will feel correctly valued.

The way I choose who the selection is at each pick is by running ten trials and seeing who makes it to a pick 80 percent of the time. This would mean a player is more likely to be available at a certain spot according to the Mock Draft Simulator.

I also will not be trading picks to move up for someone. That would defeat the purpose of this article and with the amount of holes on the team, I also expect the Cowboys to trade back in the draft at some point.

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