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Dallas Cowboys
Best value of the weekend goes to the Cowboys for Boyd: B.
by hcprez1 ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 7 picks
· 3 steals
· 2 reaches
The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Khristian Boyd, Round 6, Pick 41, roughly 37 picks past where he belonged.
Leaving cornerback unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. The Means pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over. Wide receiver was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.
Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.
Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick 24 they get a plug-and-play piece up front. The biggest hole, addressed.
Xavier Legette at slot 56 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Trey Benson in pick No. 87 is fair value, right on his grade. A need, and now a little less of one.
They paid up for Jordan Jefferson at No. 174 when waiting would have done the job. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Khristian Boyd in Round 6, Pick 41 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
They jumped the gun on Bub Means, taking him earlier than his grade liked. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Trevin Wallace at the Round 7 slot is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.