Somebody in No. 112 was going to get robbed, and it turned out to be the rest of the league. The Cowboys sat still while Germie Bernard, the No. 59 name on the board, slid all the way to them, then sprinted to the podium. Just about everything broke right, and the A- follows.
Every deal seemed to tilt their way, which is not luck. Leaving offensive lineman unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.
They will need Green to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it. Wide receiver was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.
In the end it comes back to Mansoor Delane, and a haul good enough to build on right away.
Pick-by-Pick
R1.18
· Pick 18
· Arvell Reese
· LB
· rank 7
In pick No. 18 they get a sideline-to-sideline linebacker, and a steal at that. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R1.20
· Pick 20
· Mansoor Delane
· CB
· rank 8
Value with a capital V on Mansoor Delane in the 20th overall pick, a genuine coup. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R2.17
· Pick 49
· Sonny Styles
· LB
· rank 20
Sonny Styles in Round 2, Pick 17 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R3.28
· Pick 92
· Emmanuel McNeil-Warren
· S
· rank 51
They will replay Emmanuel McNeil-Warren at slot 92 for years; that is how good the value is. It adds depth where they could use a little.
R3.33
· Pick 97
· Josiah Trotter
· LB
· rank 57
They barely believed it either: Josiah Trotter still on the board at No. 97. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R4.12
· Pick 112
· Germie Bernard
· WR
· rank 59
They robbed the room for Germie Bernard here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R5.12
· Pick 152
· Joe Royer
· TE
· rank 127
A tight end of that caliber at the 152nd pick is the definition of value, full stop. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R5.37
· Pick 177
· Taylen Green
· QB
· rank 188
A conviction pick on Taylen Green at pick 177 that the board grades a round light. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R5.40
· Pick 180
· Ephesians Prysock
· CB
· rank 190
Ephesians Prysock in pick 180 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
