C
Dallas Cowboys
A costly weekend of dealing drags the Cowboys to a C.
by Boke ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 3 steals
· 5 reaches
Boards are made to be trusted, and the Cowboys shredded theirs for Kedon Slovis. He came off 70 spots early, and the room will hear about it.
The trades bled value they could not afford to lose. For all the activity, tight end went untouched, which is hard to explain. The Colson pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged.
The verdict is a shrug for now, with the swing picks left to write the real ending.
Pick-by-Pick
In No. 24 they get protection for the quarterback. The biggest hole, addressed.
Junior Colson at pick No. 68 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Xavier Worthy at the Round 3 slot is the proof. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Khyree Jackson in the 87th pick is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Trey Benson at slot 90 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
A wild overpay on Jaylan Ford in the 161st overall pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
They went early on Cornelius Johnson in the Round 5 slot, and the value did not follow. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
They jumped the gun on Keaton Bills, taking him earlier than his grade liked. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Zion Logue at pick 226 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
They let Frank Gore Jr. come to them and pounced at Round 7, Pick 13. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
They reached into another round for Kedon Slovis, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.