C+
Dallas Cowboys
Flashes of a plan, unevenly run, for the Cowboys: C+.
by Nateaaaa ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 8 picks
· 0 steals
· 7 reaches
They will call it conviction in the building and a reach everywhere else: Jha'Quan Jackson, 54 picks early at pick 173. It nets out a thoroughly average C+.
For all the activity, quarterback went untouched, which is hard to explain. Wide receiver was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job. The weekend tilted hard toward the defense.
In the end, one you will need a couple of seasons to truly judge.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 24th overall pick they get an enforcer at safety. More want than need.
Value said wait; Dominick Puni in slot 60 says they were not listening. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Cedric Gray at the Round 3 slot is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
They reached into another round for Cam Hart, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Jaylen Wright. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
A wild overpay on Jha'Quan Jackson in pick No. 173, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Hunter Nourzad well ahead of where he belonged. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
The board had cheaper options than Nathaniel Watson at Round 7, Pick 22, and it noticed. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.