BTB Tuesday Take: There is value in the Cowboys pre-draft press conference

The Dallas Cowboys are set to hold their annual pre-draft press conference on Tuesday at 12:30pm ET, and while the idea of any press conference holding legitimacy is surely annoying to some, the fact of the matter is that this one is important.

Over the years the pre-draft press conference has served as an opportunity for the Cowboys to be, against better judgment, strangely honest and forward with their way of thinking relative to the upcoming NFL Draft. In past years they were fairly direct about players like Leighton Vander Esch and Mazi Smith, but they have grown wise and also like to throw people off of the scent, too.

Consider that last year the Cowboys made mention of liking Texas running back Jonathan Brooks. Shortly after Brooks became the first running back off of the board, but he went to the Carolina Panthers and not to the Cowboys.

Maybe that was purposeful gamesmanship from the Cowboys or perhaps they really wanted Brooks. But remember that they also talked a lot during last year’s presser about their affinity for Ezekiel Elliott and they brought him back at the break of dawn on the Monday after the draft. Again, they have a habit of saying something that will come to fruition.

We will obviously keep you updated here at BTB as to what the Cowboys say, but just know that today they may very well drop something that is more than just random fodder.