The Dallas Cowboys clearly trust their pre-draft evaluations. The theme of this offseason for Dallas has been acquiring former first-round draft picks who failed elsewhere. That's not new — it's a team that wasted selections by trading them for quarterback Trey Lance two years ago — but the Cowboys leaned hard into that strategy this offseason.

Former Dallas Cowboys defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence made headlines with his comments on why he ended up leaving America’s Team and signing with the Seattle Seahawks. Essentially, he said that he needed to leave Dallas if he wanted to win a Super Bowl,

O, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to leave… a dynasty!' Cried the gridiron gods, as the once-loyal Sir DeMarcus, erstwhile knight of the Dallas Round Table, turned his steed toward the misty shores of Seattle.