B
Dallas Cowboys
The Cowboys did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B.
by hr ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 10 picks
· 4 steals
· 2 reaches
The Cowboys did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and Myles Harden fell into Round 7, Pick 24. It nets out to a B, which feels about right.
Jackson has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. They will regret leaving quarterback for another day if the season turns on it.
A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.
Pick-by-Pick
In slot 25 they get a building block for the line. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Payton Wilson in pick No. 56 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
They left a pile of value on the table to take McKinnley Jackson this early at pick 87. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
A market-rate running back, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Bucky Irving. A need, and now a little less of one.
A wild overpay on Tanor Bortolini in Round 5, Pick 33, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
They will replay Anthony Gould at pick No. 174 for years; that is how good the value is. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Johnny Dixon at slot 216 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Nothing to complain about; Caedan Wallace went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Steal is underselling it; Ryan Flournoy at No. 233 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
They barely believed it either: Myles Harden still on the board at the 244th overall pick. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.