C
Dallas Cowboys
The Cowboys bled value on every deal, hence the C.
by Kotes ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 9 picks
· 2 steals
· 6 reaches
They will call it conviction in the building and a reach everywhere else: Xavier Thomas, 43 picks early at the 212th overall pick.
The Liufau value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere. The trade table is where this weekend went wrong.
They will regret leaving quarterback for another day if the season turns on it. Wide receiver was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.
In the end, a coin-flip class: fine today, with a wide range of outcomes ahead.
Pick-by-Pick
They paid up for Jackson Powers-Johnson at the 35th overall pick when waiting would have done the job. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
T'Vondre Sweat at No. 56 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Roman Wilson. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Will Shipley at pick 104 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. The roster fit checks out.
Marist Liufau in slot 124 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Cam Hart at the 152nd pick is the proof. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Christian Jones in the 174th pick is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Xavier Thomas well ahead of where he belonged. A minor itch, scratched.
A conviction pick on Dwight McGlothern at Round 7, Pick 25 that the board grades a round light. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.