The Dallas Cowboys saw another playoff spot slip away from them in a Week 17 heartbreaker. Tony Romo wasn\u2019t around for that final game, though he will be back in time for the start of the regular season.<\/p>\n
The team around him won\u2019t look much different, though the team has a chance to bring in a quality player with the 16th pick in the draft. Owner and general manager Jerry Jones will have the team\u2019s defensive line at the front of his mind on Thursday, and that could be where the pick is spent.<\/p>\n
Dallas Cowboys (8-8)<\/strong><\/p>\n Round 1 \u2013 16<\/strong> Here are five things to expect from the Cowboys on draft day:<\/p>\n They draft a defensive lineman in the first round<\/strong><\/p>\n Pitt\u2019s Aaron Donald could be the guy. He was the best defensive tackle in the nation this past season. The Cowboys know how impactful an interior defender can be after years of watching Jay Ratliff play the game.<\/p>\n The team\u2019s recent first round picks have been strong, though skewed towards the offense, and it\u2019s the defense that needs a boost this year, after an embarrassing 2013 campaign.<\/p>\n They trade up in the first round<\/strong> They pick no more than one offensive skill position player<\/strong><\/p>\n It\u2019s tempting to say they won\u2019t pick one at all, but a running back in the late rounds isn\u2019t entirely out of the question. The team seems set at most of those positions. Lance Dunbar proved a worthy backup to DeMarco Murray, Terrance Williams really emerged at wide receiver alongside Dez Bryant and Miles Austin, and Jason Witten keeps humming along with a caddy already in tow in Gavin Escobar.<\/p>\n Jason Garrett\u2019s offense hasn\u2019t changed much from year to year, though they\u2019re expected to lean a little heavier on DeMarco Murray, and that\u2019s going to mean a great emphasis on bulking up at the offensive guard position, rather than bringing in skill guys.<\/p>\n They draft multiple players in the defensive secondary<\/strong><\/p>\n After the team was embarrassed on that side of the ball a year ago, changes need to be made, and Jones knows he\u2019s going to have to bring in some bodies to at least begin to appease the fans, if not his new defensive coordinator.<\/p>\n They trade back into the first round<\/strong><\/p>\n After taking some heat for trading down a year ago, even if that trade did work out in a big way, Jones could be looking to make the value play again, this time getting back into the first round by packaging his second round pick, and finding a trading partner in the 28-32 range on Thursday.<\/p>\n The 2014\/15 NFL futures betting<\/a> season is here in full force! If you like to bet on the NFL, you are in the best possible place for online betting. CappersPicks.com has NFL odds<\/a> up on a ton of futures, and you will also find NFL lines up for early games as well.<\/strong><\/p>\n Dallas Cowboys The Dallas Cowboys saw another playoff spot slip away from them in a Week 17 heartbreaker. Tony Romo wasn\u2019t around for that final game, though he will be back in time for the start of the regular season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":976,"featured_media":64317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[53145,61858,1489,62043,2628,2130,7351,61859,830],"class_list":["post-76607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl","tag-53145","tag-2014-nfl-draft","tag-cowboys","tag-cowboys-2014-nfl-draft-predictions","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-nfl-draft","tag-nfl-draft-betting","tag-nfl-handicapping"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76607"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76660,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76607\/revisions\/76660"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
Draft picks (by round)<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n Round 2 \u2013 47<\/strong>
\n Round 3 \u2013 78<\/strong>
\n Round 4 \u2013 119<\/strong>
\n Round 5 \u2013 158<\/strong>
\n Round 7 \u2013 229, 231, 238, 248, 251, 254<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\nCowboys 2014 NFL Draft Predictions<\/h3>\n
\n
CLICK TO GRAB OUR Expert sports picks for 2014 Betting!<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\n[soliloquy id=”82219″]
\nDonald likely doesn\u2019t get past the Bears at No. 14, so Jones could look to move up ahead of that spot. Alternatively, he could have his eye on someone else, and the asking price for moving up this year could actually be reasonable, given that most teams are looking to trade down.<\/p>\nEventually the online sportsbooks will post NFL Win Total Lines & Futures. When they do we suggest you check out BOVADA<\/a>.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"