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00:00Donovan Azaraku.
00:01Mike, what are you hearing around this situation?
00:03All right, so BC gets their guy off the board,
00:06and he goes to Dallas.
00:08We talked a lot about how Azaraku could be a first-round pick.
00:11Kevin has tracked it all throughout.
00:13His market was expected to be a first-round player to be selected.
00:18But what we'd say about Azaraku is that very productive in college.
00:22He does not have the eye-popping traits that guys like a James Pierce did
00:26that is drafted in the first round.
00:28So I think Dallas, who really loves edge rushers, defensive ends,
00:32those types of impact defensive players, is going to really like him,
00:35but he may not be comparable to some of the eye-popping plays
00:39that Micah Parsons makes.
00:40I would say this.
00:40He was widely around the NFL, expected to be a top-40 pick.
00:44So him going here makes sense.
00:46So why didn't he go in the first round?
00:47Not real big physically.
00:49Has some length, but he's not real strong physically,
00:51so that's a problem.
00:53Yes, he had 16.5 sacks, but when personal people graded him
00:58somewhere where it didn't take a lot of effort,
01:01not that he didn't put effort, but they weren't like big-time sacks.
01:04He's a good player.
01:06The Cowboys will get him in the rotation early.
01:08Remember, they lost to Marcus Lawrence and let him go.
01:10He signed with Seattle.
01:12Golston, who was their top backup edges, he's gone.
01:15He signed with the Giants.
01:16So they had a need here.
01:18I get that part of it.
01:19No question about it.
01:20They needed another edge rusher, a young developmental guy.
01:22This is a good spot for him.
01:23Not a lot of pressure.
01:25We'll get the Parsons deal done.
01:26Jerry always waits, as we know, Mike.
01:29They'll take care of that closer to training camp,
01:30but the bottom line is here, they get a really good value here,
01:33and by the way, he's a super high-character guy,
01:35which you know being a beastie guy.
01:36Yeah, absolutely.
01:37So, Kev, they don't really go for the splashy trades
01:40or maybe the biggest-named players in this draft,
01:43but Dallas, so far, another solid addition.
01:46Absolutely there, Mike.
01:47I think we go back to round number one,
01:49and just through the market,
01:50I was tempted on some Dallas defensive line bets
01:54because they, to me, truly are the kings of BPA.
01:57So, there is a party that wonders if Mikel Williams
02:01had been available at 12, went pick 11.
02:04Could that have been the selection?
02:06I think Dallas probably feels even better
02:09about the Tyler Booker pick now at 12,
02:12knowing they got what, again, a lot of people believe
02:15is a round one quality player at pick 44 in Donovan Ezraku.
02:19Yeah, 6'3", 248,
02:20and think about Dallas' defense over the past couple of years, right?
02:24They wore down, especially in run support.
02:26You have a dynamic player in terms of Micah Parsons,
02:28but he can't be a one-man wrecking crew.
02:30You need complementary pieces,
02:33and Ezraku's a player with huge upside, right?
02:36You talk about a guy that comes off the edge.
02:38I think he's good and much better in run support.
02:41We'll see how it pans out with Dallas,
02:42but again, you get a quality guy with a high-end motor,
02:45and he could still maybe add some size.
02:48Dallas needs all the help they can.
02:50I know they need wide receiver help.
02:52You could worry about the offense in the later rounds.
02:54Worry about the defense,
02:55because that's why they didn't make the playoffs last year.