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Dallas Cowboys

Larceny in pick No. 217 lands the Cowboys a B+, Phillips and all.

by That1guy 1799 · 2024 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 6 steals · 0 reaches
Value B
Need B+
Trades A+
Future B-

When a board-topper like Andru Phillips slides to the Round 6 slot, you do not overthink it, and the Cowboys did not. Good, not great, and the B+ says as much.

The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend. They will regret leaving quarterback for another day if the season turns on it. Hjalte Froholdt gives the group a proven body among the projects.

They left with wide receiver solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.27 · Pick 27 · JC Latham · OT · rank 18
In slot 27 they get a long-term starter on the line, outstanding value to boot. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R2.24 · Pick 56 · Jackson Powers-Johnson · C · rank 51
Nothing to complain about; Jackson Powers-Johnson went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R3.24 · Pick 87 · Marist Liufau · LB · rank 86
Marist Liufau at pick No. 87 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R3.28 · Pick 91 · Audric Estime · RB · rank 98
They paid sticker price for Audric Estime in the 91st overall pick, and that is fine. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R4.24 · Pick 124 · Jalen McMillan · WR · rank 80
They robbed the room for Jalen McMillan here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R4.33 · Pick 133 · Kris Abrams-Draine · CB · rank 120
Value with a capital V on Kris Abrams-Draine in Round 4, Pick 33, a genuine coup. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R5.38 · Pick 174 · Jaylan Ford · LB · rank 177
Jaylan Ford in the Round 5 slot is fair value, right on his grade. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R6.37 · Pick 212 · Javon Baker · WR · rank 180
A wide receiver of that caliber at pick 212 is the definition of value, full stop. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R6.42 · Pick 217 · Andru Phillips · CB · rank 170
Somehow Andru Phillips was still sitting there in the Round 6 slot, and they pounced on premier cornerback value. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R7.5 · Pick 225 · Gabe Hall · DL · rank 207
They will replay Gabe Hall at the 225th pick for years; that is how good the value is. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R7.25 · Pick 245 · Eric Gentry · LB · rank 251
A market-rate linebacker, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Eric Gentry. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R7.26 · Pick 246 · Joshua Cephus · WR · rank 239
Fair-plus on Joshua Cephus, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
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