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This is it. The 2024 NFL Draft is this week. With only a couple of days left before the mocks stop and the real thing commences, we take a look at the Dallas Cowboys situation to try and figure out what the team may try and do when they are finally on the clock.

Dallas Cowboys Mock Draft 2024

For this exercise, we used the Pro Football Network Mock Draft Simulator

24) Graham Barton, OL, Duke

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Graham Barton falling to the Cowboys in Round 1 would be a dream come true for a lot of those around the team. The former Duke Blue Devils’ LT has position flexibility, with a lot of people believing he will transition to C in the NFL. However, some believe he can stay out at tackle as well as play guard, setting up Barton to be one of the truly unique prospects of this class.

56) Jonathon Brooks, RB, Texas

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There may be too much writing on the wall here to ignore, and this mock draft isn’t about what I would do, but more of an exercise trying to demonstrate what the team might do. ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter alluded to the fact that many around the league feel that the Cowboys passing on Brooks here at pick 56 would be a surprise, so we’ll believe him.

He is a super-talented RB who can be the best in this class, but is coming off an ACL tear which always gives you pause. The Cowboys will ultimately feel comfortable with the evaluation as it was their team doctor who did the surgery and will pull the trigger here to keep him in-state.

87) Ricky Pearsall, WR, Florida

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The Cowboys have Ceedee Lamb for now and into the future, and with Brandin Cooks only having one year left on his deal, this may be the time to bring in a guy who can be a dynamic complement to Lamb for now and for years to come. Ricky Pearsall can be that guy. He is an exciting prospect who honestly has a chance to go much earlier than this.

If still on the board, despite other needs, this provides an offensive spark plug for the Cowboys to add and this would be an excellent selection in the third round.

174) Marist Liufau, LB, Notre Dame

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The Cowboys will be looking for linebacker help and while they do not get it early in this mock draft, they still get a Senior Bowl guy on Day 3 to feel good about. The former Notre Dame linebacker is an intriguing prospect with lots of good things put on tape.

Get him into Mike Zimmer’s system with Erick Kendricks and Damone Clark around him and he may be able to develop into a quality second-level player in the Cowboys’ defense.

216) Jowon Briggs, DT, Cincinnati

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The Cowboys love investing in defensive line help and Briggs comes in and adds another moldable piece to the mix. The Bearcats DT comes to Dallas following a solid outing at the Shrine Bowl in which he had some impressive work in front of the Cowboys contingent.

They got a good look at him, and with his body of work and traits, the Cowboys add an intriguing defensive piece to the mix.

233) Sundiata Anderson, EDGE, Grambling State

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High ceilings and moldable traits are what the late rounds are all about, and Grambling State’s Sundiata Anderson is exactly that. A freakish EDGE rusher who looks every bit the part of a big-time pass rusher.

The Cowboys draft him with the hopes they can get him in the building and mold a pass rusher out of untapped potential, a true Will McClay special.

244) Anim Dankwah, OT, Howard

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We talked about freakish traits and Dankwah is every bit of that. The Howard University OT is 6’7” 353 lbs, and has over 35” arms. He is a massive human being that teams will love to take a late-round flyer on. The Cowboys will look for tackle help early, and while the board doesn’t fall for them that way here, adding a late Day 3 prospect that has a ton of moldable traits is at least a solid consolation prize.

NYC Mayor Eric Adams was left flabbergasted on an Americans Airline flight after a woman accosted him and accused him of ‘supporting the genocide in Palestine’. 

In the clip, which has been shared on social media, the woman can be seen boarding the flight from Miami back to the Big Apple when she hits out at the Mayor. 

Adams had been in Miami for the 2024 Concordia Americas Summit and was returning to the city on Monday evening. 

‘Are you Eric Adams? F**k you’, she shouts at the Mayor who appears baffled by the remarks as the man sitting beside Adams stands and puts himself between the two. 

The irate woman continues: ‘You support the genocide in Palestine, there are homeless people all over New York.’

Throughout the whole interaction, Adams says nothing but his expression does turn sour following her initial remark

Adams had been in Miami for the 2024 Concordia Americas Summit and was returning to the city on Monday evening

She adds: ‘You are always partying, you don’t actually care about the citizens in New York. Why are you even in Miami?

‘There are people being arrested there, people are homeless in New York . People cannot afford afford.

‘You keep cutting the education budget so that you can fund the police. That’s all you care about, funding the police. Everything is underfunded because of you.’

Other flyers can be heard shouting at the woman for holding up those boarding the flight as she makes her way down the aisle. 

Throughout the whole interaction, Adams says nothing but his expression does turn sour following her initial remark. 

Spokesman for the Mayor Fabien Levy told NY Daily News: ‘Like the mayor always says, 8 million people, but 35 million opinions.

‘It’s unfortunate, however, that this individual’s opinion was riddled with vulgarities on a public flight and that’s why multiple passengers can be heard pushing back on her as she annoyingly held them up.’

Adams is known for his late-night party lifestyle and eating out at high-end restaurants in the city. 

Adams speaks during a news conference at the New York City Emergency Management Department on Friday April 5, 2024 in New York

Pro-Palestine protestors, gather at Bowling Green to stage a demonstration and chant slogans against Adams in New York on March 26, 2024

The city has been embroiled in days of pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University and other campuses, the encampment at Columbia is seen here

Homeless people are seen on 1st Avenue between 20 and 21st street, Manhattan, in January of 2023

In a August 2022 New York Times story, reporters followed Adams for a month and was seen attending restaurant Osteria La Baia 22 times. 

He is also known to frequently attend members-only club Zero Bond in NoHo as well as rubbing shoulders with celebrities. 

Meanwhile the city has been embroiled in days of pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University and other campuses. 

Protestors inside Columbia have pitched tents to form their ‘solidarity for Gaza encampment’ and are refusing to move. 

On Tuesday, the Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine group said they backed out of negotiations after the school threatened to call in the National Guard. 

DailyMail.com has approached American Airlines and the Mayor’s office for comment.