C+
Dallas Cowboys
A mixed bag for the Cowboys, and a C+ to match.
by jman311 ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 6 picks
· 1 steals
· 1 reaches
Every other box got a look, but quarterback did not. The Cowboys will head to camp with the same hole they walked in with. For now it grades a C+, with the swing picks left to settle the rest.
The Melton pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. Reaching for Franklin left real value on the table behind him.
It nets out as a middle-of-the-pack haul that neither helps nor hurts much.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick 24 they get protection for the quarterback. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Edgerrin Cooper in No. 56 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
A market-rate interior defensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on T'Vondre Sweat. A need, and now a little less of one.
Max Melton slid further than he should have, and slot 124 is lovely value for the cornerback. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
They liked Zakhari Franklin enough to skip the value, taking him in the 212th overall pick. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
They took Carson Steele at par in the Round 7 slot, which is nothing to complain about. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.