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2020 NFL mock draft: Raiders add elite talent at wide receiver

By Brad Weiss

CeeDee Lamb (#2) tries to get the crowd fired up during the Big 12 championship (Photo by Matthew Visinsky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images).
CeeDee Lamb (#2) tries to get the crowd fired up during the Big 12 championship (Photo by Matthew Visinsky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images). /
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FAYETTEVILLE, AR – NOVEMBER 9: Henry Ruggs III #11 of the Alabama Crimson Tide looks to block during a game against the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Davis Wade Stadium on November 16, 2019 in Starkville, Mississippi. The Crimson Tide defeated the Bulldogs 38-7. (Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images)
FAYETTEVILLE, AR – NOVEMBER 9: Henry Ruggs III #11 of the Alabama Crimson Tide looks to block during a game against the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Davis Wade Stadium on November 16, 2019 in Starkville, Mississippi. The Crimson Tide defeated the Bulldogs 38-7. (Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images) /

Wide Receiver. Dallas Cowboys. Henry Ruggs III. 17. player. 123.

The Dallas Cowboys offense has two very big question marks heading into the 2020 offseason, and that is what to do with quarterback Dak Prescott and wide receiver Amari Cooper. Rumors have swirled that the Cowboys may want to use the franchise tag on Prescott, who made only $2 million last year, but would make that ten times over that with the tag on him.

If the Cowboys were smart, they would get Prescott under contract, as they do not want to keep dealing with holdouts, much like they did with Ezekiel Elliott last season. That kind of stuff hurts the team, and with Cooper wanting to be paid like a top wide receiver, there may not be enough money to go around.

Dallas could decide to let Cooper walk, and if they do, they could easily replace him in the 2020 draft with a guy like Henry Ruggs III from Alabama. Ruggs has better hands than Cooper, and will not break the bank, and after paying out so much money last offseason, the Cowboys may want to tighten their belts after paying Prescott.

player. 59. . Defensive Tackle. Miami Dolphins. Javon Kinlaw. 18

The Miami Dolphins hold the No. 18 pick in the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft thanks to the trade they made with the Pittsburgh Steelers for Minkah Fitzpatrick. Once traded to the Steelers, Fitzpatrick became one of the better young cornerbacks in the NFL, but the Dolphins franchise is about looking forward now, not looking back.

After adding a franchise quarterback at No. 5 overall in Tua Tagovailoa, the Dolphins go to the other side of the ball and bring in one of the more versatile defensive talents in this draft class. Javon Kinlaw is a guy who can stuff the run on the inside, and then go on the edge and get after the quarterback, making him a perfect fit for this defense at No. 18.

Head coach Brian Flores is one of the better defensive minds in the NFL, and one can only imagine the kind of scheming he could do with a talent like Kinlaw. This Miami defense played hard with very little talent in 2019, and with Kinlaw up front in 2020, they could certainly start to wreck havoc in a wide open AFC East.

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