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Alabama defensive tackle Christian Barmore is worthy of the Cowboys’ 10th overall pick

It’s not very controversial today to say that Aaron Donald is the best defensive player in the NFL. But there was a time when people weren’t so high on the dominant Rams defensive tackle. In the lead-up to the 2014 NFL Draft, Donald was a late riser after an impressive combine performance led scouts to watch his film at Pitt and fall in love with what they saw. Donald ended up being selected 13th overall by the then-St Louis Rams, and it’s fair to say that many of the teams who passed him up deeply regret that now.