Cowboys draft 2021: Patrick Surtain II meets with Jerry Jones, labels CeeDee Lamb his ‘toughest cover’
As usual, the days leading into the NFL Draft are wrought with smoke and mirrors, but little of it is being manufactured by the Dallas Cowboys. Owners of the No. 10 spot, they’re not expected to make a blockbuster trade to move up in the draft — sources continue to tell CBS Sports — even if owner Jerry Jones is infatuated with tight end Kyle Pitts and sees “sugar plums” when imagining him with two-time Pro Bowl quarterback Dak Prescott. Instead, the expectation is they’ll sit tight and hope players like Jaycee Horn or his cornerback compatriot Patrick Surtain, II are still available when they go on the clock.
Having already met with Pitts and an excited Horn, the latter noting , it was now Surtain’s turn to impress the team’s front office — on a virtual call that included head coach Mike McCarthy and VP of Player Personnel Will McClay, along with the Joneses and defensive backs coach Al Harris.
“My technique and my IQ on the field [are my strong points as an outside corner],” Surtain told the group. “I just think I’m fundamentally sound.”
And when the former Alabama star was asked who was the toughest player to cover in his football career, many likely thought he’d name Pitts, but it was instead a current Cowboys star who got the nod.
“I’d say [CeeDee Lamb],” he noted. “I went against him. He was a good all-around receiver. Fast and has great hands, great ball skills — all that.”
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