{"id":240660,"date":"2026-04-08T17:36:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T17:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/240660\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T17:36:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T17:36:31","slug":"theyre-just-not-doing-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/240660\/","title":{"rendered":"‘They’re just not doing it’"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are a lot of avenues the Dallas Cowboys can take in the first round of the 2026 NFL Draft. But insiders keep ruling one out, and it involves one of the top cornerback prospects. <\/p>\n

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It\u2019s anyone\u2019s guess what the Dallas Cowboys do or don\u2019t do in the first round of the 2026 NFL Draft but multiple insiders continue to rule out a popular scenario that\u2019s been mocked for months now. <\/p>\n

And it happens to involve one of the most talented prospects in this year\u2019s class. <\/p>\n

Cowboys not picking Jermod McCoy at No. 12 overall, says insider<\/p>\n

Cowboys insider Bobby Belt recently discussed Tennessee cornerback Jermod McCoy during a segment on 105.3 The Fan<\/a>, and he vehemently shut down the idea that Dallas could pick him at No. 12 overall. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe big contingent that exists right now is saying \u2018just sit there and take Jermod McCoy,\u2019 and I love that y\u2019all love him, but (the Cowboys) are not taking him at 12,\u201d Belt said on the air. \u201cThey\u2019re just not doing it.\u201d <\/p>\n

McCoy\u2019s film shows true CB1 potential, displaying sticky coverage, ball skills, and top-notch explosiveness. However, a torn ACL that kept him from playing in the 2025 season means his film comes from 2024. <\/p>\n

Jerry Jones said earlier in the year the Cowboys couldn\u2019t afford to draft a redshirt rookie. While it\u2019s unclear if McCoy would be that after he ran the 40-yard dash in 4.38 seconds<\/a>, multiple insiders including Belt have suggested the Cowboys aren\u2019t interested in picking McCoy, at least not at No. 12. <\/p>\n

Nick Harris reported after the NFL Scouting Combine that he\u2019d cross off McCoy as a candidate for Dallas<\/a>. Former team scout Bryan Broaddus has also alluded to Dallas not being interested. <\/p>\n

McCoy not among Cowboys pre-draft visits<\/p>\n

To add to the speculation, as of today, the Cowboys aren\u2019t hosting McCoy on a pre-draft visit<\/a>. They are hosting other first-round CB prospects like Mansoor Delane (LSU), Chris Johnson (San Diego State), and Brandon Cisse (South Carolina). <\/p>\n

They\u2019re also hosting Day 2 targets at the cornerback position such as Keionte Scott (Miami) and Malik Muhammad (Texas).<\/p>\n

McCoy currently ranks 15th on A to Z Sports\u2019 consensus board available at our draft simulator<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The Dallas Cowboys need a lot of defense in the 2026 NFL Draft, but this tight end would make a lot of sense in Day 2 if the front office ends up trading down. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There are a lot of avenues the Dallas Cowboys can take in the first round of the 2026…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240661,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103,87884],"class_list":["post-240660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-jermod-mccoy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240660\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}