B+
Dallas Cowboys
The Cowboys turned the phones into found money: B+.
by Tonywalthall ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 12 picks
· 3 steals
· 3 reaches
Some picks age like wine; Rondell Bothroyd at No. 244 will need to, sitting 133 spots clear of his grade. More right than wrong, and a B+ to match.
Landing Rogers that late papers over a lot of smaller sins. The dealing alone would carry a lesser class.
They covered a lot of ground and still skipped quarterback, which is a strange place to end up.
A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 28th pick they get a blindside protector. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
In slot 32 they get an anchor for the offensive line at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
Good price on Edgerrin Cooper in pick No. 56, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Trey Benson in the Round 3 slot is fair value, right on his grade. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
They went early on Mekhi Wingo in the 95th overall pick, and the value did not follow. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
No drama and no debate, Jamari Thrash went about where he belonged in No. 128. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
They will replay Elijah Jones at pick 134 for years; that is how good the value is. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Kitan Oladapo at slot 159 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the safety. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
They let Marist Liufau come to them and pounced at pick No. 174. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
They robbed the room for Justin Rogers here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Jordan Davis at No. 233 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Rondell Bothroyd at the 244th pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
