COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE D

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Dallas Cowboys

A costly weekend of dealing drags the Cowboys to a D.

by Nitebar · 2024 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 0 steals · 5 reaches
Value C+
Need B+
Trades F
Future B+

The Cowboys bet big and early on J.J. Weaver, 84 picks ahead of the board. Bold does not always mean right. The board pushed back all weekend, and the D is the result.

The trades bled value they could not afford to lose. For all the activity, tight end went untouched, which is hard to explain.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.13 · Pick 13 · JC Latham · OT · rank 15
In the Round 1 slot they get a plug-and-play piece up front at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R1.24 · Pick 24 · Adonai Mitchell · WR · rank 31
In the 24th overall pick they get a true top target. The biggest hole, addressed.
R1.25 · Pick 25 · Jackson Powers-Johnson · C · rank 32
In the 25th pick they get a building block for the line at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.12 · Pick 44 · Jonathon Brooks · RB · rank 48
Jonathon Brooks at slot 44 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R3.24 · Pick 87 · Khyree Jackson · CB · rank 95
Khyree Jackson in pick No. 87 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R4.12 · Pick 112 · Michael Pratt · QB · rank 140
A real head-scratcher, Michael Pratt in Round 4, Pick 12 is miles ahead of his ranking. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R5.38 · Pick 174 · Jordan Jefferson · DT · rank 183
They paid a round early for Jordan Jefferson in pick 174, more than the board wanted. A need, and now a little less of one.
R6.33 · Pick 208 · Jaylan Ford · LB · rank 205
Nothing to complain about; Jaylan Ford went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R6.41 · Pick 216 · Ryan Watts · CB · rank 261
This one needs a full-page explanation: Ryan Watts in pick No. 216, miles early. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R7.13 · Pick 233 · J.J. Weaver · LB-EDGE · rank 317
They reached into another round for J.J. Weaver, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R7.24 · Pick 244 · Bub Means · WR · rank 245
Bub Means in the Round 7 slot is fair value, right on his grade. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
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