We are less than a month away from the NFL Draft and the Dallas Cowboys are well into building their draft boards. They've already begun their official prospect meetings, with a heavy emphasis on one side of the ball.

For now, the Cowboys have only set 28 meetings of a possible 30:

• RB: Mike Davis (Florida)
• WR: Treylon Burks (Arkansas), Drake London (USC), Chris Olave (Ohio State)
• TE: Cade Otton (Washington), Jeremy Ruckert (Ohio State), Jelanie Woods (Virginia), Jalen Wydermyer (Texas A&M)
• OT: Charles Cross (Mississippi State), Joshua Ezeudu (North Carolina), Bernard Raimann (Central Michigan)
• OG: Kenyon Green (Texas A&M), Zion Johnson (Boston College)
• C: Dawson Deaton (Texas Tech), Cam Jurgens (Nebraska)
• D-Line: David Anenih (Houston), Jordan Davis (Georgia), DeMarvin Leal (Texas A&M), Myjai Sanders (Cincinnati), Luiji Vilain (Wake Forest), Sam Williams (Ole Miss) Perrion Winfrey (Oklahoma)
• LB: Devin Harper (Oklahoma State), James Houston (Jackson State), Devin Lloyd (Utah), Quay Walker (Georgia)
• DB, Marquese Bell (Florida A&M), Daron Bland (Fresno State)

The majority of these players are on offense. This matters because in 2021, the obvious needs of the team were all on defense such as cornerback, edge rusher and defensive tackle.

As a result, seven of 2021's 10 draft picks were on defense.

For perspective, 2019 was the last draft allowing in-person pre-draft visits. 17 of the 27 prospects the Cowboys met with were on the defensive side of the ball. In that draft, five of their nine picks were defensive players (first rounder traded to the Raiders for Amari Cooper).

Even though Dallas believes in the concept of taking 'best player available', they don't stray from what they need most. Given their off-season activities, it's becoming more and more obvious which way this draft will lean.

The Dallas Cowboys don't always show their hand, but often they will let you sneak a peak. Look at free agency. To date, the Cowboys have only signed two outside free agents; one on offense and one on defense.

Other than franchise tagging Dalton Schultz and re-signing both Michael Gallup and Noah Brown, Dallas has essentially created a rebuild and reload on offense. Trading Cooper, releasing Blake Jarwin and La'el Collins and letting Connor Williams and Cedrick Wilson to walk in free agency has depleted the depth on offense.

The Cowboys will always be looking to add players on defense, allowing Dan Quinn to develop them into reliable players such as Micah Parsons or Osa Odighizuwa. Even though there are some holes on the defensive side of the ball, the Dallas Cowboys are making it clear to everyone this year's draft will be offensive heavy.

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