If that scenario were real, Dallas would enter the draft with three first-round picks: their own No. 12 selection, the Packers’ No. 20 pick from the Micah Parsons deal, and the Ravens’ No. 14 slot. The arrangement would give the Cowboys unprecedented draft leverage in April’s festivities.
The idea of three first-round picks isn’t new for Dallas, but it hasn’t happened since 1991. That year the Cowboys used three top-20 selections—Russell Maryland, Alvin Harper, and Kelvin Pritchett—to build a roster that would soon contend for a championship.
Pritchett was later traded for additional picks, but the premise remains that Dallas has historically used multiple first-round choices to reshape its roster. In the end, the 1991 group helped propel the team to a Super Bowl title the following season.
The NFL IQ proposal underscores how draft leverage can become a talking point in trade chatter, even when team executives publicly say they’re not pursuing inquiries. For now, Dallas has publicly stated no active talking points on Pickens, keeping the trade lane open only as an imaginative scenario.
