Cowboys Draft: What can we Learn From Mike McCarthy's Past Draft Picks?

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	Player	Pick	Pos.	School
2006	A.J. Hawk	5	LB	Ohio State
2007	Justin Harrell	16	DT	Tennessee
2008	N/A
2009	B.J. Raji	9	DT	Boston College
2009	Clay Matthews	26	LB	USC
2010	Bryan Bulga	23	T	Iowa
2011	Derek Sherrod	32	T	Mississippi State
2012	Nick Perry	28	DE	USC
2013	Dante Jones	26	DE	UCLA
2014	Ha Ha Clinton-Dix	21	S	Alabama
2015	Damarious Randall	30	S	Arizona State
2016	Kenny Clark	27	DT	UCLA
2017	N/A
2018	Jaire Alexander	18	CB	Louisville

What did we learn, if anything?

I don’t know what you made of Mike McCarthy’s former first-round draft picks, but I noticed he likes drafting players for the defensive side of the ball. 10 out of 12 of his former first-round picks were defensive players and six of those were along the defensive line (yes, I included Clay Matthews). The next highest position drafted were defensive backs (3). I think it’s safe to say we can expect the Dallas Cowboys to go defense with the 17th overall pick. Could it finally be a DT?

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Brian Martin

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