Perhaps the only thing that wasn’t surprising about this year’s draft class was that the Cowboys went so heavy on defense. But missing out on both Jaycee Horn and Patrick Surtain II was a surprise. The selections of Osa Odighizuwa and Chauncey Golston were relatively surprising too, though both were forgotten when the Nahshon Wright pick came in.
And yet this defensive rookie class continues to show up week after week for Dallas. Sunday night on the road in Minnesota, with Cooper Rush making his first career start, the Cowboys had to know they’d need their defense to step up.