COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B+

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Dallas Cowboys

A masterclass at the trade table lands the Cowboys a B+.

by Tonywalthall · 2024 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 6 steals · 3 reaches
Value B
Need B+
Trades A+
Future B-

It is the swing that defines the weekend: Jordan Davis in No. 216, a good 146 spots before the room expected him. Good, not great, and the B+ says as much.

The Gould pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. The phones were where this weekend was really won.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped quarterback, which is a strange place to end up.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.28 · Pick 28 · Troy Fautanu · OT · rank 22
Nothing to complain about; Troy Fautanu went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R1.32 · Pick 32 · Graham Barton · OT · rank 26
In the 32nd overall pick they get a plug-and-play piece up front. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.24 · Pick 56 · Payton Wilson · LB · rank 57
Payton Wilson in slot 56 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R3.24 · Pick 87 · Xavier Legette · WR · rank 38
A wide receiver of that caliber at the 87th pick is the definition of value, full stop. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R3.32 · Pick 95 · Blake Corum · RB · rank 84
Blake Corum in Round 3, Pick 32 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R4.28 · Pick 128 · Jordan Jefferson · DT · rank 185
Jordan Jefferson at No. 128 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. A need, and now a little less of one.
R4.34 · Pick 134 · Josh Newton · CB · rank 121
Value with a capital V on Josh Newton in No. 134, a genuine coup. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R5.23 · Pick 159 · Matt Goncalves · OT · rank 114
You do not let an offensive lineman like Matt Goncalves reach pick No. 159 and blink. They did not. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R5.38 · Pick 174 · Isaiah Davis · RB · rank 156
They robbed the room for Isaiah Davis here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R6.41 · Pick 216 · Jordan Davis · DE-EDGE · rank 362
Jordan Davis in slot 216 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R7.13 · Pick 233 · Jowon Briggs · DT · rank 268
Jowon Briggs in the Round 7 slot is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. The roster fit checks out.
R7.24 · Pick 244 · Anthony Gould · WR · rank 142
Anthony Gould at Round 7, Pick 24 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
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