COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B

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Dallas Cowboys

The Cowboys won the weekend at the trade table. Grade: B.

by MikeyG90192 · 2024 NFL Draft · 14 picks · 4 steals · 6 reaches
Value C+
Need B+
Trades A+
Future B-

The Michael Jurgens pick is the one that will follow the Cowboys into the fall. They took him 117 spots ahead of his grade, and the board is not shy about saying so. Good, not great, and the B says as much.

On value alone, Burke makes the weekend a net positive. The phones were where this weekend was really won.

The Cowboys indulged a want in Bishop while a need in tight end stayed open. A whole weekend of picks and tight end is somehow still a want.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.28 · Pick 28 · Emeka Egbuka · WR · rank 32
In slot 28 they get a true top target. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R3.14 · Pick 78 · Tyler Guyton · OT · rank 50
Tyler Guyton at No. 78 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R3.17 · Pick 81 · TreVeyon Henderson · RB · rank 88
They took TreVeyon Henderson at par in Round 3, Pick 17, which is nothing to complain about. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R3.26 · Pick 89 · Denzel Burke · CB · rank 48
You do not let a cornerback like Denzel Burke reach the Round 3 slot and blink. They did not. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R3.31 · Pick 94 · Jaylan Ford · LB · rank 150
They talked themselves into Jaylan Ford at the 94th overall pick, and the board did not agree. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R3.33 · Pick 96 · Braelon Allen · RB · rank 105
They went early on Braelon Allen in pick No. 96, and the value did not follow. The roster fit checks out.
R4.16 · Pick 116 · Blake Fisher · OT · rank 106
A quiet steal in No. 116: Blake Fisher for less than the market said. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R4.24 · Pick 124 · Jaden Hicks · S · rank 126
Jaden Hicks in pick 124 is fair value, right on his grade. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R4.33 · Pick 133 · Cole Bishop · S · rank 148
A want over a need in the Round 4 slot: Cole Bishop adds a safety while tight end keeps waiting.
R5.38 · Pick 174 · Jordan Travis · QB · rank 142
Taking Jordan Travis in Round 5, Pick 38 is close to grand larceny; a quarterback that good had no business lasting this long. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R6.19 · Pick 194 · Tatum Bethune · LB · rank 208
A reach for Tatum Bethune in pick No. 194; a little patience would have been rewarded. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R6.37 · Pick 212 · Sheridan Jones · CB · rank 213
Sheridan Jones in slot 212 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R6.40 · Pick 215 · Zion Logue · DL · rank 241
Zion Logue at the 215th pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. A need, and now a little less of one.
R7.25 · Pick 245 · Michael Jurgens · C · rank 362
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Michael Jurgens. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
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