America’s Team prefers to build the bulk of their roster by way of the NFL draft, which is certainly sound in theory, and in their defense they have good reason to believe that. The Cowboys have been a very good drafting team as of late, but they have been a particularly good drafting team across the whole of NFL history.

The Cowboys' storied tradition includes a number of home-run draft picks considered the best ever taken at their respective slots.

The problem for Dallas, though, is that it may not have anywhere else to turn. The Cowboys don’t have any other proven option to man Murray’s spot, with 2024 third-round pick Marist Liufau probably representing the best alternative.