COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE D+

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Dallas Cowboys

The Cowboys let Jackson fall and pounced. Final grade: D+.

by glennse1 · 2024 NFL Draft · 16 picks · 8 steals · 1 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades F
Future A+

The Cowboys lost the trade war and it was not close, handing partners the better end again and again.

The Cowboys indulged a want in Solomon while a need in quarterback and tight end stayed open. For all the activity, quarterback went untouched, which is hard to explain. The Gargiulo pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over.

That Jackson pick is the receipt they will wave around later.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and quarterback is still a hole.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.26 · Pick 26 · Byron Murphy II · DL · rank 20
A tidy little value on Byron Murphy II in the 26th pick, a step better than break-even. A need, and now a little less of one.
R1.31 · Pick 31 · Troy Fautanu · OT · rank 26
In No. 31 they get protection for the quarterback. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.24 · Pick 56 · Jermaine Burton · WR · rank 52
They did well to land Jermaine Burton in the Round 2 slot, just ahead of his grade. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · T.J. Tampa · CB · rank 49
Circle this one: T.J. Tampa at the 68th overall pick is a fall that decides a draft. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R4.16 · Pick 116 · Zak Zinter · OG · rank 104
Zak Zinter slipping to pick 116 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R4.17 · Pick 117 · Javon Solomon · OLB-EDGE · rank 116
Hard to square with the roster. With positions of obvious need still on the board, Javon Solomon adds an OLB-EDGE and leaves quarterback and tight end untouched.
R4.22 · Pick 122 · Cedric Gray · LB · rank 126
Cedric Gray in pick No. 122 is fair value, right on his grade. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R4.36 · Pick 136 · Sataoa Laumea · OT · rank 117
Somehow Sataoa Laumea was still sitting there in the 136th pick, and they pounced on premier offensive lineman value. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R5.12 · Pick 148 · Josh Newton · CB · rank 125
Steal is underselling it; Josh Newton at No. 148 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R5.37 · Pick 173 · Dillon Johnson · RB · rank 170
Dillon Johnson in pick 173 lands just on the right side of the ledger. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R6.12 · Pick 187 · Nick Gargiulo · C · rank 202
They paid up for Nick Gargiulo at the Round 6 slot when waiting would have done the job. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R6.36 · Pick 211 · Steele Chambers · LB · rank 191
They will replay Steele Chambers at the 211th overall pick for years; that is how good the value is. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R6.38 · Pick 213 · Jha'Quan Jackson · WR · rank 178
Jha'Quan Jackson at Round 6, Pick 38 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R7.11 · Pick 231 · Josh Proctor · S · rank 215
Josh Proctor is a better player than slot 231 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. A minor itch, scratched.
R7.17 · Pick 237 · Myles Cole · DE-EDGE · rank 223
Nice patience on Myles Cole, who had no business lasting to the 237th overall pick. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R7.22 · Pick 242 · Jowon Briggs · DT-EDGE · rank 242
No edge and no loss on Jowon Briggs in pick 242; it is a wash and a sensible one. The roster logic is harder to follow.
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