Twenty-eight years. 

That's how many consecutive years that the Lombardi Trophy has eluded the Dallas Cowboys.

A fair portion of their fanbase has come to know them as playoff pretenders or chokers rather than the dominant franchise people used to know, love, and hate.

This years team continued to crush the hopes and dreams of fans globally in an embarrassing fashion. The Cowboys were manhandled by the Packers on Sunday, and now their attention is forced to turn to the off-season.

Thus people's attention will be turned towards the NFL Draft. Historically, the Cowboys have quite a good track record when it comes to drafting. Last year, was one of their not-so-hot years. 

Recently Dane Brugler of The Athletic put out a two-round mock draft. One of the picks, to me, would continue a Cowboys trend when it comes to drafting. Let's dive in. 

Round 1, Pick 24

• Tyler Guyton, OT, Oklahoma

Dane has the Cowboys addressing the offensive line, which is definitely in play. The Cowboys drafted Tyler Smith in hopes of being an eventual replacement for Tyron at tackle. But Tyler Smith is having great success as a guard. 

The Cowboys constantly do tinkering among the offensive line, constantly trying to suit out the best 5. They will move players around to positions they haven't played in years. 

For once, leave a player at the position where he is clearly more comfortable. Guyton will allow for that.

Guyton isn't the can't miss prospect that will push for playing time right away, rather he is the one who can sit for a bit. Learn behind an All-Pro in Tyron Smith and step in when he gets hurt, and inevitably hangs up his cleats for good. 

Guyton was credited with 0 sacks allowed, 3 hits, and 10 hurries in his final season of play at Oklahoma. His pass blocking is graded significantly higher than his run blocking, which fits the mold of this Cowboys offense who ran it 467 times, compared to 813 passes this year.

Round 2, Pick 56

• Jonathon Brooks, RB, Texas

I would be in misery if this was the Cowboys' pick in the second round. Nothing against Brooks the player, it would just continue the Cowboys' troubling trend of drafting in the second round. 

Taking a running back in the first two rounds of the NFL Draft is generally a bad idea as analytics has told everyone. It is due to the fact you can get nearly identical production from a running back drafted on day three or even as UDFAs if you can execute your blocking scheme.

On top of it being bad value, Brooks is hurt as he tore his ACL in November. 

Pollard is an impending free-agent so I can understand why someone would think to make this pick, however it is time we learn there is very little value to drafting a running back highly. 

I would much rather take Brealon Allen in the fourth, or Frank Gore Jr. in the 5th then spend a top-100 pick on a position with so little value. To make the wound sting a little more, Brooks' teammate wide receiver, Xavier Worthy would go right after with pick 57. 

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