COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE C

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The Cowboys bled value on every deal, hence the C.

by Nitebar · 2024 NFL Draft · 16 picks · 1 steals · 5 reaches
Value C+
Need B
Trades F
Future B

There is reaching, and then there is McKade Mettauer at pick No. 233. The Cowboys jumped the board by 37 and dared it to prove them wrong.

The trade table is where this weekend went wrong. It is not that Smith is a bad player; it is that the Cowboys had louder needs to answer first.

Leaving tight end unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. Getting Fisher where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class.

So much rides on Xavier Legette that the real verdict is a season or two away.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.26 · Pick 26 · Xavier Legette · WR · rank 29
In the 26th overall pick they get a difference-maker at receiver at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.25 · Pick 57 · Jonathon Brooks · RB · rank 62
Jonathon Brooks at pick 57 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R3.24 · Pick 87 · Maason Smith · DT-EDGE · rank 87
They zigged when the board said zag, taking Maason Smith at DT-EDGE with tight end and interior defensive lineman open.
R4.13 · Pick 113 · Blake Fisher · OT · rank 99
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Blake Fisher at the Round 4 slot. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R4.24 · Pick 124 · Beaux Limmer · C · rank 140
Beaux Limmer in slot 124 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R4.28 · Pick 128 · Cole Bishop · S · rank 127
They paid sticker price for Cole Bishop in the 128th pick, and that is fine. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R4.33 · Pick 133 · Jordan Travis · QB · rank 132
A market-rate quarterback, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Jordan Travis. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R4.35 · Pick 135 · Nehemiah Pritchett · CB · rank 141
They took Nehemiah Pritchett at par in the 135th pick, which is nothing to complain about. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R5.35 · Pick 171 · Jaylan Ford · LB · rank 173
No drama and no debate, Jaylan Ford went about where he belonged in slot 171. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R5.38 · Pick 174 · Rasheen Ali · RB · rank 188
A conviction pick on Rasheen Ali at pick 174 that the board grades a round light. The roster fit checks out.
R5.39 · Pick 175 · De'Corian Clark · WR · rank 195
This one needs a full-page explanation: De'Corian Clark in pick No. 175, miles early. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R6.37 · Pick 212 · David Ugwoegbu · OLB-EDGE · rank 224
A reach for David Ugwoegbu in Round 6, Pick 37; a little patience would have been rewarded. Where it fits the depth chart is the real question.
R7.13 · Pick 233 · McKade Mettauer · OG · rank 270
McKade Mettauer at the Round 7 slot is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R7.21 · Pick 241 · Eric Gentry · LB · rank 239
No edge and no loss on Eric Gentry in the 241st overall pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R7.25 · Pick 245 · Ja'Had Carter · S · rank 240
A clean, defensible pick in pick No. 245 with a little surplus value in Ja'Had Carter. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
R7.29 · Pick 249 · Walter Rouse · OT · rank 248
Walter Rouse in No. 249 is fair value, right on his grade. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
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