COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE D-

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Dallas Cowboys

The Cowboys bled value on every deal, hence the D-.

by rbowlby · 2024 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 1 steals · 2 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades F
Future C+

Every swap seemed to tilt away from the Cowboys, and the value they bled adds up to real damage. Too much went sideways, and the D- is the honest tally.

Milton III has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. A whole weekend of picks and linebacker is somehow still a want. Flournoy falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch.

The Alex Singleton pickup adds a known quantity to a class of unknowns.

Add it up and it is a weekend the front office will hope everyone forgets, linebacker very much included.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.10 · Pick 10 · JC Latham · OT · rank 15
In slot 10 they get a plug-and-play piece up front. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R1.12 · Pick 12 · Laiatu Latu · DL-EDGE · rank 10
They took Laiatu Latu at par in No. 12, which is nothing to complain about. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
R1.24 · Pick 24 · Terrion Arnold · CB · rank 18
Terrion Arnold at Round 1, Pick 24 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R1.27 · Pick 27 · Tyler Guyton · OT · rank 28
In the 27th pick they get a long-term starter on the line at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.15 · Pick 47 · T'Vondre Sweat · DT · rank 45
A market-rate interior defensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on T'Vondre Sweat. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R3.24 · Pick 87 · Trey Benson · RB · rank 87
By-the-book stuff, Trey Benson at the Round 3 slot squarely in line with his ranking. A need, and now a little less of one.
R4.4 · Pick 104 · Maason Smith · DT · rank 111
They paid sticker price for Maason Smith in pick No. 104, and that is fine. It fills a real need, too.
R5.38 · Pick 174 · Joe Milton III · QB · rank 200
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Joe Milton III well ahead of where he belonged. The roster fit checks out.
R6.41 · Pick 216 · Trey Knox · TE · rank 223
Trey Knox at Round 6, Pick 41 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R7.6 · Pick 226 · Ryan Flournoy · WR · rank 203
They will replay Ryan Flournoy at the 226th pick for years; that is how good the value is. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R7.13 · Pick 233 · Jordan Whittington · WR · rank 248
A reach on Jordan Whittington in the Round 7 slot; the board had better options right there. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
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