COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B

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Dallas Cowboys

The Cowboys did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B.

by hr · 2024 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 2 steals · 3 reaches
Value B-
Need B+
Trades B
Future B-

If confidence were a draft strategy, the Cowboys would have aced it. Trevin Wallace at Round 4, Pick 24 is 27 spots clear of where he belonged.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback. Getting Dixon where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. 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.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.24 · Pick 24 · Graham Barton · OT · rank 25
They took Graham Barton at par in the Round 1 slot, which is nothing to complain about. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R2.31 · Pick 63 · T'Vondre Sweat · DT · rank 64
They paid sticker price for T'Vondre Sweat in the 63rd overall pick, and that is fine. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R3.24 · Pick 87 · MarShawn Lloyd · RB · rank 94
A straight-up fair deal on MarShawn Lloyd at slot 87, value and slot in agreement. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R4.23 · Pick 123 · Javon Foster · OT · rank 131
A conviction pick on Javon Foster at No. 123 that the board grades a round light. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R4.24 · Pick 124 · Trevin Wallace · LB · rank 151
They left a pile of value on the table to take Trevin Wallace this early at pick No. 124. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R4.27 · Pick 127 · Johnny Wilson · WR · rank 120
They did well to land Johnny Wilson in Round 4, Pick 27, just ahead of his grade. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R6.6 · Pick 181 · Nelson Ceaser · DL-EDGE · rank 181
No drama and no debate, Nelson Ceaser went about where he belonged in the 181st overall pick. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
R6.41 · Pick 216 · Johnny Dixon · CB · rank 200
Johnny Dixon at the Round 6 slot is money in the bank, a cornerback taken below his worth. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R7.5 · Pick 225 · Jaylan Ford · LB · rank 215
Jaylan Ford slipping to Round 7, Pick 5 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R7.13 · Pick 233 · Julian Pearl · OT · rank 227
Nothing to complain about; Julian Pearl went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R7.24 · Pick 244 · Joshua Cephus · WR · rank 263
They talked themselves into Joshua Cephus at No. 244, and the board did not agree. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
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