B
Dallas Cowboys
More right than wrong for the Cowboys, and a B to prove it.
by hr ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 9 picks
· 3 steals
· 4 reaches
If confidence were a draft strategy, the Cowboys would have aced it. Zion Logue at the Round 7 slot is 42 spots clear of where he belonged.
Jackson falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. For all the activity, quarterback went untouched, which is hard to explain. They went 6 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.
All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.
Pick-by-Pick
No edge and no loss on Graham Barton in pick 24; it is a wash and a sensible one. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
A tidy little value on Junior Colson in the 56th overall pick, a step better than break-even. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
They went early on Braelon Allen in Round 3, Pick 26, and the value did not follow. The roster fit checks out.
A premium they did not need to pay, Tanor Bortolini a notch or two before his time. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Jha'Quan Jackson at slot 216 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Johnny Dixon at the Round 6 slot is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
A offensive lineman of that caliber at pick No. 233 is the definition of value, full stop. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Zion Logue this early at No. 244. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
They reached a country mile for Eyabi Okie-Anoma at pick 246, and the board is aghast. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.