COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE D

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Dallas Cowboys

A costly weekend of dealing drags the Cowboys to a D.

by grmjr · 2024 NFL Draft · 16 picks · 3 steals · 6 reaches
Value C+
Need B
Trades F
Future A+

Every swap seemed to tilt away from the Cowboys, and the value they bled adds up to real damage. A weekend that fought the value and lost, hence the D.

They will need Harris to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it. Spending an early pick on edge rusher with quarterback and tight end open is the decision the grade keeps circling back to.

The quarterback hole is the one line item this class does not answer. On value alone, Smith makes the weekend a net positive.

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

Pick-by-Pick

R1.22 · Pick 22 · JC Latham · OT · rank 18
In pick No. 22 they get a building block for the line. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R1.27 · Pick 27 · Chop Robinson · DE-EDGE · rank 35
A premium they did not need to pay, Chop Robinson a notch or two before his time. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R2.18 · Pick 50 · Edgerrin Cooper · LB · rank 58
They paid a round early for Edgerrin Cooper in the 50th pick, more than the board wanted. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R2.22 · Pick 54 · T'Vondre Sweat · DL · rank 60
They took T'Vondre Sweat at par in No. 54, which is nothing to complain about. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R2.25 · Pick 57 · Cooper Beebe · OG · rank 78
Cooper Beebe at Round 2, Pick 25 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R3.24 · Pick 87 · Sedrick Van Pran · C · rank 90
No edge and no loss on Sedrick Van Pran in pick 87; it is a wash and a sensible one. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R4.4 · Pick 104 · Ray Davis · RB · rank 109
Ray Davis in slot 104 is fair value, right on his grade. A need, and now a little less of one.
R4.24 · Pick 124 · Darius Robinson · DL-EDGE · rank 121
The eyebrow-raiser of the weekend. They went edge rusher with Darius Robinson while clear needs at quarterback and tight end sat open.
R4.33 · Pick 133 · Ainias Smith · WR · rank 116
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Ainias Smith in the 133rd overall pick. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R4.35 · Pick 135 · Jarrian Jones · CB · rank 123
Jarrian Jones slipping to No. 135 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R5.38 · Pick 174 · Christian Jones · OT · rank 197
A real head-scratcher, Christian Jones in slot 174 is miles ahead of his ranking. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R6.13 · Pick 188 · Michael Barrett · LB · rank 184
Nothing to complain about; Michael Barrett went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R6.37 · Pick 212 · Marcus Harris · DL-EDGE · rank 237
This one needs a full-page explanation: Marcus Harris in Round 6, Pick 37, miles early. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
R6.45 · Pick 220 · Matthew Jones · OG · rank 242
Matthew Jones in the 220th pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R7.5 · Pick 225 · Jase McClellan · RB · rank 217
A quiet steal in pick 225: Jase McClellan for less than the market said. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R7.25 · Pick 245 · Nathaniel Watson · LB · rank 240
A reasonable price with a little left over, Nathaniel Watson in pick No. 245. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
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