There is reaching, and then there is Gunnar Helm at the Round 4 slot. The Cowboys jumped the board by 68 and dared it to prove them wrong. More right than wrong, and a B to match.
If one pick saves this weekend, it is Allar. With wide receiver and linebacker unsolved, spending premium capital on edge rusher is the choice that costs them.
A whole weekend of picks and wide receiver is somehow still a want.
In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the wide receiver spot they never got to.
Pick-by-Pick
R1.20
· Pick 20
· Mikail Kamara
· DE-EDGE
· rank 26
In the Round 1 slot they get a problem off the edge. More want than need.
R2.1
· Pick 33
· Landon Jackson
· DL-EDGE
· rank 41
A surprising call. With wide receiver and linebacker still to address, they spent pick 33 on Landon Jackson, an edge rusher they were not short of.
R2.12
· Pick 44
· Derrick Harmon
· DT
· rank 46
No drama and no debate, Derrick Harmon went about where he belonged in the 44th pick. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R2.18
· Pick 50
· Dylan Sampson
· RB
· rank 53
Dylan Sampson at pick No. 50 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R2.20
· Pick 52
· TreVeyon Henderson
· RB
· rank 71
TreVeyon Henderson in No. 52 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R3.13
· Pick 77
· Alfred Collins
· DL
· rank 93
They went early on Alfred Collins in slot 77, and the value did not follow. A need, and now a little less of one.
R3.18
· Pick 82
· Logan Brown
· OT
· rank 67
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Logan Brown at pick 82 is the proof. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R4.12
· Pick 113
· Gunnar Helm
· TE
· rank 181
Gunnar Helm at No. 113 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. The roster fit checks out.
R4.15
· Pick 116
· Hollin Pierce
· OT
· rank 102
They let Hollin Pierce come to them and pounced at pick No. 116. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R5.13
· Pick 151
· Jaxson Dart
· QB
· rank 127
They barely believed it either: Jaxson Dart still on the board at slot 151. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R5.17
· Pick 155
· Jonah Coleman
· RB
· rank 141
The board had Jonah Coleman higher than the 155th pick, and the running back fell to them anyway. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R5.31
· Pick 169
· Drew Allar
· QB
· rank 106
Taking Drew Allar in Round 5, Pick 31 is close to grand larceny; a quarterback that good had no business lasting this long. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R5.32
· Pick 170
· Hunter Wohler
· S
· rank 199
A big swing on Hunter Wohler at the 170th overall pick, well ahead of any board in the building. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R5.34
· Pick 172
· Davison Igbinosun
· CB
· rank 201
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Davison Igbinosun. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R6.13
· Pick 188
· Oscar Delp
· TE
· rank 244
This one needs a full-page explanation: Oscar Delp in the 188th pick, miles early. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R6.34
· Pick 209
· Jamaree Caldwell
· DL
· rank 273
They reached a country mile for Jamaree Caldwell at pick 209, and the board is aghast. It fills a real need, too.