The Dallas Cowboys are in a unique situation heading into the NFL Draft — select the best player available that can help your team now with a top-five pick or make a pick for the future.
When it comes to NFL Network's Rich Eisen, he doesn't see how the Cowboys could see this player on the board and not pull the trigger at No. 4, per SportsDay.
"...If you think Elliot is a LeVeon Bell type of talent, you think he can bring to you what Bell is bringing to the Steelers, and you've got Romo for two, three, maybe four more years, and you've got Dez Bryant, how do you not pull the trigger on Elliot, and put a star on the side of his helmet, and go to work, see what you can do, and win a championship in the window that you might have?"
At 6'0", 225-pounds, Elliott might be the safest pick in the draft and he's likely the best overall back in the 2016 slate. If Dallas went Elliott in the first round, coming back in the second could be a more suitable option and more realistic value at quarterback.
Whether the Cowboys do something that hasn't been done since 2012 and take a back in the first five picks remains to be seen. What is known is they have plenty of options with so many returning stars.
