B+
Dallas Cowboys
The Cowboys fleeced the room on the phones and earned a B+.
by AG_1975 ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 15 picks
· 5 steals
· 3 reaches
Some picks age like wine; Kendall Milton at pick 246 will need to, sitting 110 spots clear of his grade.
Getting Worthy where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast. A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want.
All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but quarterback.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick 29 they get a blindside protector. The biggest hole, addressed.
In No. 32 they get a go-to option on the outside, outstanding value to boot. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Tyler Guyton in pick No. 64 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
They will replay Xavier Worthy at the Round 3 slot for years; that is how good the value is. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Cooper Beebe in the 74th pick is fair value, right on his grade. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Somehow Caelen Carson was still sitting there in Round 3, Pick 24, and they pounced on premier cornerback value. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
A clean, defensible pick in No. 91 with a little surplus value in McKinnley Jackson. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
A slide stopped in the 124th overall pick, with Tyrice Knight worth more than the price. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
They talked themselves into Jaylan Ford at pick 145, and the board did not agree. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Nothing to complain about; Frank Gore Jr. went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Tanor Bortolini in the Round 6 slot is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
They did well to land Jared Wiley in Round 6, Pick 37, just ahead of his grade. It fills a real need, too.
Myles Jones in pick No. 217 lands just on the right side of the ledger. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Fair-plus on Nathaniel Watson, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Kendall Milton at the 246th pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
