NFL Draft 2022: Ideal top two picks for the Dallas Cowboys

The Dallas Cowboys return a lot of talent from the 2021 season. However, the right picks in this year’s NFL Draft could be the difference between an early playoff exit and a Super Bowl. This week, NFL.com shared their “ideal” top two draft picks for every team in the league. Draft analyst Chad Reuter wrote that he believes the Cowboys are best off if they take one offensive lineman and a defensive end with their first and second-round picks.

Barring trades, Dallas has nine picks in the 2022 NFL Draft. They have one pick in each of the first four rounds, four picks in the fifth round and one sixth-round selection.

Although the Cowboys have hosted a couple of first-round wide receiver prospects for meetings, Reuter opts for Texas A&M offensive lineman Kenyon Green at No. 24 overall. Green could slot in at left guard or right tackle. Those are two spots that are up in the air after Dallas’s offseason moves.

“With Dallas allowing Connor Williams to leave via free agency, Green steps directly into the left guard spot — or, potentially, at right tackle, which was also left vacant by the release of La’el Collins, depending upon how the rest of the draft plays out,” Reuter wrote.

Thirty-two picks later at No. 56, the Dallas Cowboys could draft Oklahoma Sooners star edge rusher Nik Bonitto.

“Signing Dante Fowler helps the team’s pass rush a bit, but the Cowboys must covet Bonitto’s get-off and wanton disregard for ball-carriers,” Reuter wrote. “They probably want a receiver in the first two rounds, but the competition will be fierce at that position, so a trade up from this later slot might be required to select one of value.”

Cowboys host first-round wide receivers

The Dallas Cowboys hosted to Ohio State Buckeyes star receiver Chris Olave last week after welcoming Arkansas receiver Treylon Burks on Monday. It looks like the Cowboys are seriously considering taking a wideout in the first round this month.

Dallas lost second-leading receiver Amari Cooper to the Cleveland Browns and Cedrick Wilson to the Dolphins, but they return CeeDee Lamb and Michael Gallup. The Cowboys also put a franchise tag on the third-leading receiver, tight end Dalton Schultz.