Cowboys don't believe they can get pick back

April, 27, 2012
4/27/12
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IRVING, Texas -- When the second day of the NFL draft starts tonight, the Cowboys won't have their second-round pick -- 45th overall -- because it was sent to St. Louis as part of the deal to get LSU cornerback Morris Claiborne with the sixth pick.

The Cowboys do have a third-round pick tonight, the 81st overall selection.

Team executive vice president Stephen Jones said it's doubtful the Cowboys can get back into the second round.

"I don't foresee it but I didn't foresee this either," Jones said, alluding to the Claiborne trade. "It's just expensive and I just don't see it. I don't want to mortgage our future. We're just going to have to be content. It's going to be painful but we knew that was going to happen watching 32 good players go off the board this round. But we're very pleased with Morris. We'll just think about him when they're coming off."

Jones said the trade with St. Louis to get Claiborne, considered the best corner in this year's draft, was still surreal 24 hours later.

"Yeah, a little bit," he said. "Obviously it was a unique opportunity and everything had to fall into place. He was the only player we would go up for and he had to slide to six."
Calvin Watkins joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009. He's covered the Cowboys since 2006 and also has covered colleges, boxing and high school sports.

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