C
Dallas Cowboys
A costly weekend of dealing drags the Cowboys to a C.
by Boke ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 10 picks
· 5 steals
· 3 reaches
The rest of the league had time to spare on DeMonte Capehart; the Cowboys did not wait, grabbing him 161 spots ahead at the Round 7 slot. The final tally is a middling C.
The trade table is where this weekend went wrong. Mitchell falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. Leaving tight end unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.
They went 7 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.
In the end, a coin-flip class: fine today, with a wide range of outcomes ahead.
Pick-by-Pick
In No. 24 they get a plug-and-play piece up front, and a steal at that. The biggest hole, addressed.
They robbed the room for Adonai Mitchell here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Xavier Worthy at pick No. 70. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Fair-plus on Khyree Jackson, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Steal is underselling it; Audric Estime at Round 4, Pick 24 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
A market-rate linebacker, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Cedric Gray. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Curtis Jacobs at slot 173 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Joe Milton III at pick 213 is the proof. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
DeMonte Capehart in the 231st overall pick is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. The roster fit checks out.
They reached a country mile for Carson Steele at pick No. 242, and the board is aghast. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.