D
Dallas Cowboys
The phones sank the Cowboys this weekend: D.
by Boke ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 12 picks
· 2 steals
· 5 reaches
The war room fell hard for Carson Steele, and it showed at pick 244: 69 picks ahead of a board that had other ideas.
They lost the exchange badly enough to drag the whole class down. Leaving tight end unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.
Mims falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch.
The verdict is not kind, and fairly so; this class has a hill to climb.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick 13 they get a matchup problem out wide. The biggest hole, addressed.
In the 24th pick they get a home-run threat at receiver at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Amarius Mims at the Round 2 slot is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
A market-rate wide receiver, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Xavier Worthy. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
A straight-up fair deal on Spencer Rattler at pick No. 67, value and slot in agreement. A need, and now a little less of one.
Khyree Jackson in No. 77 is fair value, right on his grade. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Trey Benson at the 87th overall pick jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. It fills a real need, too.
A wild overpay on Tommy Eichenberg in the Round 4 slot, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
They reached a country mile for Joe Milton III at slot 173, and the board is aghast. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
A linebacker of that caliber at pick 216 is the definition of value, full stop. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Zion Logue in the 233rd pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Carson Steele well ahead of where he belonged. The roster fit checks out.
