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Dallas Cowboys

The Cowboys turned the phones into found money: B.

by Tb13 · 2024 NFL Draft · 16 picks · 4 steals · 9 reaches
Value C
Need B
Trades A+
Future C

The Cowboys bet big and early on David Ugwoegbu, 70 picks ahead of the board. Bold does not always mean right.

The Washington steal is the beam this whole class leans on. They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own. Leaving quarterback unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

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

Pick-by-Pick

R2.8 · Pick 40 · T'Vondre Sweat · DL · rank 57
T'Vondre Sweat at No. 40 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R2.15 · Pick 47 · Calen Bullock · S · rank 52
Calen Bullock in the 47th overall pick is fair value, right on his grade. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
R2.24 · Pick 56 · Kiran Amegadjie · OT · rank 55
Kiran Amegadjie in slot 56 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R3.2 · Pick 66 · Jonathon Brooks · RB · rank 74
Jonathon Brooks at pick 66 is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. The roster fit checks out.
R3.19 · Pick 83 · Tommy Eichenberg · LB · rank 109
A big swing on Tommy Eichenberg at the Round 3 slot, well ahead of any board in the building. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R3.24 · Pick 87 · Malachi Corley · WR · rank 85
They paid sticker price for Malachi Corley in pick No. 87, and that is fine. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R4.3 · Pick 103 · Mike Sainristil · CB · rank 135
A wild overpay on Mike Sainristil in slot 103, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R4.19 · Pick 119 · Shemar Turner · DL-EDGE · rank 137
Shemar Turner at the 119th overall pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R5.3 · Pick 139 · Joshua Gray · OT · rank 198
Value said wait; Joshua Gray in Round 5, Pick 3 says they were not listening. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R5.15 · Pick 151 · Kamal Hadden · CB · rank 129
Kamal Hadden in the 151st pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R5.28 · Pick 164 · Ben Bywater · LB · rank 183
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Ben Bywater. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R5.38 · Pick 174 · Bryson Nesbit · TE · rank 199
This one needs a full-page explanation: Bryson Nesbit in No. 174, miles early. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R6.21 · Pick 196 · Jonah Monheim · OT · rank 168
Somehow Jonah Monheim was still sitting there in pick No. 196, and they pounced on premier offensive lineman value. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R6.37 · Pick 212 · Malik Washington · WR · rank 158
A wide receiver of that caliber at the Round 6 slot is the definition of value, full stop. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R7.25 · Pick 245 · BJ Mayes · CB · rank 216
BJ Mayes at the Round 7 slot is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R7.34 · Pick 254 · David Ugwoegbu · OLB-EDGE · rank 324
They talked themselves into David Ugwoegbu at the 254th pick, and the board did not agree. A pick in search of a role on this roster.
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