COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE D

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Dallas Cowboys

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

by glennse1 · 2024 NFL Draft · 14 picks · 6 steals · 2 reaches
Value B
Need B+
Trades F
Future B-

The Cowboys clearly saw something nobody else did in Zion Logue, taking him 35 picks ahead of his grade. The board is not convinced.

The dealing is the wound this class cannot quite close. A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want.

Getting Jacobs where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class.

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

R1.8 · Pick 8 · Olumuyiwa Fashanu · OT · rank 8
In slot 8 they get protection for the quarterback. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R1.24 · Pick 24 · Byron Murphy II · DL · rank 20
In pick 24 they get a pocket-collapsing interior rusher at fair value. A real need, handled.
R2.11 · Pick 43 · Jonathon Brooks · RB · rank 44
They took Jonathon Brooks at par in pick No. 43, which is nothing to complain about. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R2.25 · Pick 57 · Jermaine Burton · WR · rank 52
They did well to land Jermaine Burton in the 57th overall pick, just ahead of his grade. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R4.9 · Pick 109 · Kris Abrams-Draine · CB · rank 78
They will replay Kris Abrams-Draine at Round 4, Pick 9 for years; that is how good the value is. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R4.26 · Pick 126 · Beaux Limmer · C · rank 124
Beaux Limmer in the 126th pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R4.30 · Pick 130 · Cedric Gray · LB · rank 126
A clean, defensible pick in No. 130 with a little surplus value in Cedric Gray. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R5.37 · Pick 173 · Luke McCaffrey · WR · rank 165
Luke McCaffrey slid further than he should have, and Round 5, Pick 37 is lovely value for the wide receiver. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R6.15 · Pick 190 · Sione Vaki · S · rank 169
Somehow Sione Vaki was still sitting there in pick No. 190, and they pounced on premier safety value. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R6.38 · Pick 213 · Javontae Jean-Baptiste · DE-EDGE · rank 229
They paid a round early for Javontae Jean-Baptiste in pick 213, more than the board wanted. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
R7.11 · Pick 231 · Curtis Jacobs · LB · rank 197
Curtis Jacobs in slot 231 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R7.22 · Pick 242 · Frank Gore Jr. · RB · rank 224
You do not let a running back like Frank Gore Jr. reach the 242nd pick and blink. They did not. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R7.24 · Pick 244 · Sheridan Jones · CB · rank 232
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Sheridan Jones at the Round 7 slot. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R7.35 · Pick 255 · Zion Logue · DL · rank 290
This one needs a full-page explanation: Zion Logue in the 255th overall pick, miles early. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
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