FRISCO - Benefits, like beauty, are in the eye of the beholder.
But from the perch from which the Dallas Cowboys view the New York Giants' blockbuster trade of star defensive lineman Dexter Lawrence?
On the surface, and in the most conventional sense, there is the "get him out of the division'' aspect to the deal.
Lawrence, unhappy with his New York contract talks, is moving on to the Cincinnati Bengals. That means Dallas won't have to deal with his game-wrecking talents inside the NFC East twice a year.
But there is a deeper part of this deal that includes a Dallas benefit.
The deal has Cincy sending the No. 10 overall pick in the draft to New York, which already owned the No. 5 pick in the selection process, which begins on Thursday.
So yes, the Giants have big-time ammo now ... as they have a total of two picks in the top 10 of the 2026 NFL Draft. (As do the Cowboys, of course, with picks Nos. 12 and 20.)
And what will be the result of those New York picks? That's where the Dallas benefits kick in.
New York had been linked to Ohio State linebacker Sonny Styles - who the Cowboys love - with the No. 5 pick.
But the Giants might also like Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love or Ohio State safety Caleb Downs; Dallas also thinks highly of Downs.
So the Giants figure to pluck one of them off the board at No. 5.
Before this trade, the Bengals would've almost certainly used that pick on a defensive player.
That could've meant the Giants taking one of Dallas ' defensive-desirous preferred targets off the board at 5 and the Bengals taking another one off the board at 10.
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It seems highly unlikely that the Giants will take defense at both Nos. 5 and 10 ...
And that should mean one more defensive player is left for Dallas to choose from at No. 12.
So maybe New York takes defense at 5 and then at 10, balances things out with an offensive player, a receiver like Carnell Tate of Ohio State or Jordyn Tyron of Arizona State.
The Cowboys could sidestep some of these worries, of course, by trading up.
I'm told they haven't called the Cardinals (picking at No. 3) but that the idea of a trade there is being evaluated in-house. We do know Arizona seems willing to listen.
The Titans at No. 4 are reportedly willing to do the same.