COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE D

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Dallas Cowboys

The Cowboys got the worse of every deal, and it shows in the D.

by Boke · 2024 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 0 steals · 3 reaches
Value C+
Need B+
Trades F
Future B-

There was a run on nobody at that position, and the Cowboys started one anyway for Kedon Slovis, 72 picks ahead of schedule.

Overpaying at the table undid a lot of the good work elsewhere. Leaving tight end unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

The roster is better shaped than it was, with wide receiver chief among the fixes.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.30 · Pick 30 · Troy Franklin · WR · rank 33
In No. 30 they get a weapon on the perimeter. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.24 · Pick 56 · Payton Wilson · LB · rank 57
No drama and no debate, Payton Wilson went about where he belonged in pick 56. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R2.32 · Pick 64 · Patrick Paul · OT · rank 69
They paid sticker price for Patrick Paul in the Round 2 slot, and that is fine. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R3.24 · Pick 87 · Trey Benson · RB · rank 87
Trey Benson in the 87th overall pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. The roster fit checks out.
R3.27 · Pick 90 · Jonah Elliss · DE-EDGE · rank 89
A straight-up fair deal on Jonah Elliss at the 90th pick, value and slot in agreement. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R3.30 · Pick 93 · Khyree Jackson · CB · rank 95
Khyree Jackson in Round 3, Pick 30 is fair value, right on his grade. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R4.14 · Pick 114 · Matt Goncalves · OT · rank 114
Matt Goncalves at the Round 4 slot is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R4.16 · Pick 116 · McKinnley Jackson · DL · rank 123
No edge and no loss on McKinnley Jackson in No. 116; it is a wash and a sensible one. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R5.17 · Pick 153 · Tanor Bortolini · C · rank 188
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Tanor Bortolini well ahead of where he belonged. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R5.38 · Pick 174 · Jaylan Ford · LB · rank 205
A real head-scratcher, Jaylan Ford in slot 174 is miles ahead of his ranking. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R6.41 · Pick 216 · Zion Tupuola-Fetui · DE-EDGE · rank 215
They took Zion Tupuola-Fetui at par in pick 216, which is nothing to complain about. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
R7.13 · Pick 233 · Kedon Slovis · QB · rank 305
They left a pile of value on the table to take Kedon Slovis this early at the 233rd overall pick. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
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