D
Dallas Cowboys
The Cowboys lost the trade table, and the D tells the story.
by Grumpy ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 18 picks
· 3 steals
· 6 reaches
Nobody had Jordan Travis this high, and it is not close. The Cowboys reached 41 spots to get him at Round 3, Pick 32. It grades a D, and the process earned it.
They handed away value on the phones that the picks cannot earn back. Abrams-Draine at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster.
The hoard sets up next April more than it helps this September.
In short, the board sent warnings, and they will be hoping it was wrong.
Pick-by-Pick
In the Round 1 slot they get a plug-and-play piece up front. Exactly the need they had to hit.
By-the-book stuff, T'Vondre Sweat at the 56th pick squarely in line with his ranking. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Payton Wilson at No. 63 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Cooper Beebe in pick 75 is fair value, right on his grade. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
A straight-up fair deal on Sedrick Van Pran at the 87th overall pick, value and slot in agreement. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Tyler Davis at pick No. 94 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
This one needs a full-page explanation: Jordan Travis in the 95th overall pick, miles early. The roster fit checks out.
They talked themselves into Ainias Smith at slot 98, and the board did not agree. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Ben Sinnott at No. 110 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
MarShawn Lloyd at pick 122 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
A market-rate linebacker, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Tommy Eichenberg. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Kris Abrams-Draine at the 131st pick is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Nothing to complain about; Javon Foster went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Jarrian Jones at the Round 4 slot. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
A slide stopped in the 174th overall pick, with Kitan Oladapo worth more than the price. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
They paid up for Josh Proctor at slot 177 when waiting would have done the job. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
Jase McClellan in No. 212 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
They paid a round early for Dwight McGlothern in pick No. 245, more than the board wanted. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.