Cowboys Draft DE Adetomiwa Adebawore in Sports Illustrated Fan Nation NFL Mock

Who is happy with the Cowboys pick in our SI NFL Mock Draft? Dan Quinn is happy with the pick, that's who.

FRISCO - We know that Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator Dan Quinn has a big voice in the building here at The Star, and we've tracked some of his pre-NFL Draft travels.

Do they all come together in a way that brings a defensive player to Dallas at pick No. 26?

The Sports Illustrated Fan Nation beat writers have assembled to put together a 2023 NFL Mock Draft ... meaning a multitude of brain power from each NFL city ... and some of the results may surprise you, dear reader ...

Especially if you assume the Cowboys are locked in to selecting an offensive player at No. 6 in the first round.

For this exercise, one beat writer from each NFL team made the selection for the team they cover in real-time, in the actual draft order. While we all know that the NFL Draft will be littered with trades, we did not utilize trades for this experiment.

If you would like to read each pick, and we encourage you to do that, please click here for the Sports Illustrated's FanNation publishers work.

And the Dallas pick ... and the reasoning?

26. Dallas Cowboys

Pick: Adetomiwa Adebawore, DE, Northwestern

Analysis: Cowboys defensive coordinator Dan Quinn loves versatile athletes up front, and Adebawore, who ran a 4.49 40-yard dash at 282 pounds, certainly checks both boxes. In Dallas, Adebawore adds another body who can get after the quarterback and is viewed as an ascending player. — Daniel Flick, Cowboy Country

Here, by the way, are Mel Kiper Jr.'s thoughts on the player.

Who is happy with the pick? Dan Quinn is happy with the pick, that's who.

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