NFL Mock Drafts Trending Toward Consensus Pick For Cowboys

FRISCO - The Dallas Cowboys have lost ground at the receiver position in free agency, but there's a growing trend of experts who believe they will more than make it up in next month's NFL Draft.

While this NFL offseason have seen top-level receivers find new teams, the Cowboys ultimately passed in search of bargains straight from the basement bin.

The Washington Commanders traded for Deebo Samuel. Veterans DK Metcalf, Davante Adams, DeAndre Hopkins and Josh Palmer all found new homes. The Cowboys apparently had enough interest in former Super Bowl MVP Cooper Kupp to have Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb get on the phone with him in a recruiting attempt, but then bailed when the price was too steep - $15 million seems out of whack for a declining, oft-injured player - and he ultimately signed with the Seattle Seahawks.

There have even been rumored connections to former Buffalo Bills' Pro Bowl star Stefon Diggs. But this week he is in Foxboro visiting the New England Patriots.

Veteran receivers available include Amari Cooper, Keenan Allen and Tyler Lockett, but all are past their prime.

So, here we are. The Cowboys head into the NFL Draft with essentially the same receiving corps as they sported in 2024. Oh, minus veteran Brandin Cooks. After the Cowboys issued his No. 3 jersey to Dante Fowler Jr., the writing's seemingly on that wall.

Other than Lamb, they will count on the likes of Jonathan Mingo, Jalen Tolbert, Ryan Flournoy, Jalen Brooks and Kavontae Turpin. They did add Parris Campbell off the Philadelphia Eagles, but last season he had a whopping six catches for 30 yards.

The answer to an upgrade could be Arizona's Tetairoa McMillan.

Yahoo Sports is the latest to present a mock draft in which the Cowboys take McMillan with the No. 12 overall pick.

"Dallas is set at slot receiver with CeeDee Lamb, but they could use an upgrade on the outside," Yahoo writes. "Luckily, McMillan falls right into its lap to give Dallas what could be an explosive passing game with Dak Prescott returning from injury."

Last season with the Wildcats, McMillan caught 84 passes for 1,319 yards and eight scores in being named consensus All-American. At 6-5, 212 pounds, he could be the rangy, Red Zone target the Cowboys need to complement Lamb.