COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE C+

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Dallas Cowboys

The Cowboys fleeced the room on the phones and earned a C+.

by AlThaPal · 2024 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 1 steals · 5 reaches
Value C
Need B
Trades A+
Future F

You can hear the double-takes from here. The Cowboys took Braelon Allen at No. 125, roughly 34 spots before his name belonged.

The phones were where this weekend was really won. A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want. However the rest shakes out, Wright at that price is a win they earned.

They went 6 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

Call it incomplete, and check back in a couple of seasons.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.27 · Pick 27 · Jackson Powers-Johnson · C · rank 51
In pick 27 they get protection for the quarterback, though the board says they badly overpaid. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R1.30 · Pick 30 · T'Vondre Sweat · DT · rank 58
In slot 30 they get a pocket-collapsing interior rusher, a steep price for the projection. A real need, handled.
R2.11 · Pick 43 · Tyler Guyton · OT · rank 40
Tyler Guyton at the 43rd pick is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R2.24 · Pick 56 · Chris Braswell · LB-EDGE · rank 57
Chris Braswell at Round 2, Pick 24 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R3.11 · Pick 75 · Cooper Beebe · OG · rank 75
They took Cooper Beebe at par in the 75th overall pick, which is nothing to complain about. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R3.24 · Pick 87 · Mike Sainristil · CB · rank 80
Good price on Mike Sainristil in pick No. 87, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R4.25 · Pick 125 · Braelon Allen · RB · rank 159
They left a pile of value on the table to take Braelon Allen this early at slot 125. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R5.37 · Pick 173 · Jaylen Wright · RB · rank 163
Jaylen Wright at the Round 5 slot is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R6.34 · Pick 209 · Gabe Hall · DL · rank 218
Gabe Hall at pick 209 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R6.38 · Pick 213 · De'Corian Clark · WR · rank 212
De'Corian Clark in pick No. 213 is fair value, right on his grade. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R7.22 · Pick 242 · Nathaniel Watson · LB · rank 259
The board had cheaper options than Nathaniel Watson at the 242nd pick, and it noticed. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
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