B+
Dallas Cowboys
The Cowboys turned the phones into found money: B+.
by Shacknj76 ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 7 picks
· 3 steals
· 1 reaches
The tape said wait; the Cowboys did not. Austin Reed went at No. 233, a good 41 picks before the board was ready. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B+.
Washington falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. Every deal seemed to tilt their way, which is not luck.
Leaving tight end unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.
In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the tight end spot they never got to.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick No. 31 they get a blindside protector. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Edgerrin Cooper in slot 56 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Ja'Lynn Polk at the Round 3 slot is the proof. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Fair-plus on Kamal Hadden, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Somehow Tahj Washington was still sitting there in pick 216, and they pounced on premier wide receiver value. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Austin Reed at the 233rd overall pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. The roster fit checks out.
Frank Gore Jr. at Round 7, Pick 24 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.