2020 NFL mock draft: Cincinnati Bengals replace Andy Dalton with Joe Burrow
By Brad Weiss
player. 123. . Wide Receiver. Dallas Cowboys. Laviska Shenault Jr.. 21
The Dallas Cowboys are somehow still in the playoff picture, but that is only because the rest of the NFC East has been downright atrocious this season. On Thursday, the Cowboys lost a stinker to the Buffalo Bills in front of the home crowd, and you have to wonder how long the team is going to roll with Jason Garrett as their head coach.
Heading into next season, there could be a lot of changes with the coaching staff, and also player personnel, as one of their better wideouts may choose to leave in free agency. If Amari Cooper decides to test the free agency waters, where he will be the best wide receiver available, the Cowboys will have to look for a new WR1.
Enter Laviska Shenault Jr., who is one of the more dynamic playmakers in all of college football. Shenault would be a perfect wide receiver for Dak Prescott moving forward, giving the Cowboys another young skills position guy to team with the likes of running back Ezekiel Elliot and wide receiver Michael Gallup.
59. . Edge. Miami Dolphins. Yetur Gross-Matos. 22. player
The Miami Dolphins currently hold three first round picks in the 2020 NFL Draft, and we have already seen what this kind of draft capital can do for an organization. The Oakland Raiders won four games last season, then had three first round picks, and have already won six games through their first 12 in 2019.
While the Dolphins have to get their new franchise quarterback early in round one, my belief is that they should start stacking the best players available the rest of the way. Remember, they have five first-round draft picks over the next two drafts, and at No. 22, the pick they got from the Pittsburgh Steelers for Minkah Fitzpatrick, they should look to bring in one of the elite edge rushers in this draft class.
Yetur Gross-Matos has had himself an incredible season for the Penn State Nitanny Lions, and would be a great addition to a revamped Dolphins defensive line. Last year, the team brought in Christian Wilkins, who has been outstanding lately in the middle, so adding him to the edge would give head coach Brian Flores another good young weapon to get after the quarterback.