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Nothing loud, just a tidy B- for the Cowboys.

by NateDogg947 · 2024 NFL Draft · 13 picks · 2 steals · 7 reaches
Value C+
Need B+
Trades B-
Future B-

They will call it conviction in the building and a reach everywhere else: Anim Dankwah, 34 picks early at the Round 7 slot.

A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want. The Holker value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere.

Trading back for volume was the quiet throughline of their weekend.

Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.32 · Pick 32 · Xavier Legette · WR · rank 38
In No. 32 they get a difference-maker at receiver. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.31 · Pick 63 · Christian Haynes · OG · rank 65
A straight-up fair deal on Christian Haynes at pick No. 63, value and slot in agreement. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R3.24 · Pick 87 · Khyree Jackson · CB · rank 95
The board had cheaper options than Khyree Jackson at slot 87, and it noticed. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R4.13 · Pick 113 · McKinnley Jackson · DL · rank 123
A premium they did not need to pay, McKinnley Jackson a notch or two before his time. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R4.24 · Pick 124 · Mohamed Kamara · DL-EDGE · rank 133
Mohamed Kamara in the Round 4 slot is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. A minor itch, scratched.
R4.32 · Pick 132 · James Williams · LB · rank 124
Nice patience on James Williams, who had no business lasting to pick 132. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R5.29 · Pick 165 · Dallin Holker · TE · rank 150
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Dallin Holker at slot 165 is the proof. The roster fit checks out.
R5.37 · Pick 173 · Jaylan Ford · LB · rank 205
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Jaylan Ford well ahead of where he belonged. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R5.38 · Pick 174 · Kendall Milton · RB · rank 201
This one needs a full-page explanation: Kendall Milton in No. 174, miles early. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R7.4 · Pick 224 · Eric Watts · DL-EDGE · rank 230
By-the-book stuff, Eric Watts at Round 7, Pick 4 squarely in line with his ranking. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.
R7.13 · Pick 233 · Trevin Wallace · LB · rank 233
A market-rate linebacker, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Trevin Wallace. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R7.18 · Pick 238 · Tyrice Knight · LB · rank 256
Tyrice Knight at the 238th overall pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R7.24 · Pick 244 · Anim Dankwah · OT · rank 278
Value said wait; Anim Dankwah in pick No. 244 says they were not listening. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
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