COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B

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Dallas Cowboys

Best value of the weekend goes to the Cowboys for Hadden: B.

by emc2feld · 2024 NFL Draft · 10 picks · 6 steals · 1 reaches
Value B
Need B+
Trades A+
Future D

When a board-topper like Kamal Hadden slides to Round 7, Pick 13, you do not overthink it, and the Cowboys did not. Good, not great, and the B says as much.

They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own. A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want.

The Carter pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over. Job largely done: wide receiver settled and 6 of 8 of the wish list covered.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but quarterback.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.24 · Pick 24 · Jackson Powers-Johnson · C · rank 31
In the Round 1 slot they get protection for the quarterback. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.9 · Pick 41 · Tyler Guyton · OT · rank 29
Tyler Guyton at Round 2, Pick 9 is money in the bank, a offensive lineman taken below his worth. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R2.24 · Pick 56 · T.J. Tampa · CB · rank 51
T.J. Tampa in slot 56 lands just on the right side of the ledger. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R3.24 · Pick 87 · Jaylen Wright · RB · rank 71
Nice patience on Jaylen Wright, who had no business lasting to the 87th overall pick. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R3.25 · Pick 88 · DeWayne Carter · DT · rank 101
DeWayne Carter in No. 88 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R5.33 · Pick 169 · Jacob Cowing · WR · rank 147
Taking Jacob Cowing in pick 169 is close to grand larceny; a wide receiver that good had no business lasting this long. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R5.38 · Pick 174 · Walter Rouse · OT · rank 164
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Walter Rouse at the 174th pick is the proof. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R6.41 · Pick 216 · Jaylan Ford · LB · rank 206
The board had Jaylan Ford higher than pick No. 216, and the linebacker fell to them anyway. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R7.13 · Pick 233 · Kamal Hadden · CB · rank 168
Kamal Hadden at No. 233 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R7.24 · Pick 244 · Jordan Whittington · WR · rank 249
Jordan Whittington in pick No. 244 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
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