D
Dallas Cowboys
The Cowboys bled value on every deal, hence the D.
by nitebar ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 14 picks
· 1 steals
· 6 reaches
It is the swing that defines the weekend: Matthew Jones in the Round 6 slot, a good 32 spots before the room expected him. Put together, it is a D.
The trades bled value they could not afford to lose. Leaving tight end unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. That Allen pick is the receipt they will wave around later.
The verdict is not kind, and fairly so; this class has a hill to climb.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick 8 they get a matchup problem out wide. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
In slot 24 they get a double-digit-sack hope at fair value. More want than need.
A market-rate running back, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Jonathon Brooks. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
A clean, defensible pick in Round 3, Pick 10 with a little surplus value in Payton Wilson. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
They paid a round early for Blake Fisher in the Round 3 slot, more than the board wanted. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
A conviction pick on Nehemiah Pritchett at pick No. 124 that the board grades a round light. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
They paid sticker price for Jordan Travis in No. 128, and that is fine. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Ty'Ron Hopper at pick 145 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Jordan Jefferson in slot 161 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. The roster fit checks out.
A running back of that caliber at the 174th overall pick is the definition of value, full stop. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Josh Proctor at pick No. 175 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. A minor need, but a need all the same.
A big swing on Matthew Jones at Round 6, Pick 26, well ahead of any board in the building. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Dylan McMahon in the Round 6 slot is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
No drama and no debate, Dwight McGlothern went about where he belonged in the 245th pick. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.