The Dallas Cowboys have a number of options available to them with the 12th overall pick, and there are a lot of people who have their mind made up on where they want to see the team go with it. A particularly loud sector of the fanbase wants to see the Cowboys turn in that draft card with Boise State running back Ashton Jeany’s name on it. There is an argument to make in that name of course, but there are also arguments against it. Welcome to what life will be like over the next few months.

There are obviously other ways in which the Cowboys could choose to spend that top draft pick, their highest first-round selection since 2021 when they traded down from 10 to 12 and came away with Micah Parsons. If one mock drafter is to be believed, Parsons may very well enjoy the result.

NFL mock draft sees Myles Garrett traded to Dallas Cowboys

The Cowboys have shown over the last few years that they are unafraid to trade down in the NFL Draft. They moved back in 2021 and still landed Parsons, and they also moved down a few spots last year before ultimately selecting Tyler Guyton.

It has been a long time since Dallas traded up in the first round, over a decade actually. It was all the way back in 2012 when the Cowboys last moved up and did so to draft Morris Claiborne.

Trading out of the first round entirely is another option, something the Cowboys did as recently as 2019 although they did so well before the draft. The Cowboys sent their 2019 first-round draft pick to the then-Oakland Raiders right at the trade deadline in 2018 in exchange for wide receiver Amari Cooper.

One mock draft thinks the Cowboys will follow suit with that here in 2025. An NFL.com mock has the Cowboys sending their first-rounder, and more, to the Cleveland Browns in exchange for Myles Garrett. Amazingly, Cleveland takes Ashton Jeanty with the pick.

Pick 12

Cleveland Browns

Ashton Jeanty

Boise State · RB · Junior

PROJECTED TRADE WITH DALLAS COWBOYS

The Cowboys’ all-in mantra is back, baby. Jerry Jones isn’t going to sit on his hands and watch the NFC East run away from him, so he trades two first-rounders (this year’s and next year’s) for Myles Garrett, while the Browns get a new centerpiece for their offense. It would take some creative salary cap maneuvering for Dallas to make it happen, but Micah Parsons has already said he’d take less if it meant he would get to play opposite Garrett.

Let it be known that this mock is somewhat predicated on the wildcatter reputation that Jerry Jones has – one that we have not necessarily seen him exemplify all too much recently.

One of the most, if not the most, fascinating elements of this mock is that the perceived price to acquire Myles Garrett is two first-round picks. It is hard to turn that down on some level given the idea of Garrett rushing the passer opposite of Micah Parsons.

For what it’s worth, Parsons said in the week of talk leading up to Super Bowl LIX that he would take less money to play with Garrett, but a lot of that would involve how much money Garrett himself is going to take up with whoever trades for him given that he is likely seeking a new deal, too.

Garrett and Parsons would easily make for the best pass-rushing duo in the NFL and having them would make the Cowboys’ lives easier in a lot of ways. But would the team really do that, even if that price would be enough to get it done? Would you?