COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE D

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Dallas Cowboys

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

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

You can fall in love with a player. You are not supposed to marry him in the wrong round. The Cowboys did exactly that with Dallas Gant in No. 245. Too much went sideways, and the D is the honest tally.

The trades bled value they could not afford to lose. The Cowboys indulged a want in Braswell while a need in quarterback and interior defensive lineman stayed open. They punted on quarterback, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

It is a steep hill from here, and the grade knows it.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.23 · Pick 23 · Jordan Morgan · OT · rank 26
In pick No. 23 they get a building block for the line at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R1.24 · Pick 24 · Chop Robinson · DE-EDGE · rank 35
In pick 24 they get a problem off the edge, reach and all.
R2.24 · Pick 56 · Chris Braswell · LB-EDGE · rank 56
A surprising call. With quarterback and interior defensive lineman still to address, they spent Round 2, Pick 24 on Chris Braswell, an edge rusher they were not short of.
R3.11 · Pick 75 · Junior Colson · LB · rank 75
They took Junior Colson at par in No. 75, which is nothing to complain about. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R3.22 · Pick 85 · Zak Zinter · OG · rank 95
They jumped the gun on Zak Zinter, taking him earlier than his grade liked. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R3.24 · Pick 87 · Marist Liufau · LB · rank 86
No edge and no loss on Marist Liufau in the Round 3 slot; it is a wash and a sensible one. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R4.20 · Pick 120 · Ben Sinnott · TE · rank 143
Ben Sinnott at Round 4, Pick 20 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R4.23 · Pick 123 · Kris Abrams-Draine · CB · rank 120
Kris Abrams-Draine at the 123rd pick nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R4.24 · Pick 124 · Javon Foster · OT · rank 128
Javon Foster at the 124th overall pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R4.25 · Pick 125 · Ainias Smith · WR · rank 116
They read the board right and Ainias Smith was the payoff at slot 125. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R5.8 · Pick 144 · Jaylen Wright · RB · rank 158
They liked Jaylen Wright enough to skip the value, taking him in No. 144. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R5.37 · Pick 173 · Delmar Glaze · C · rank 173
They paid sticker price for Delmar Glaze in the Round 5 slot, and that is fine. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R6.12 · Pick 187 · Christian Jones · OT · rank 197
The board had cheaper options than Christian Jones at pick 187, and it noticed. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R6.38 · Pick 213 · Marcus Harris · DE-EDGE · rank 237
Marcus Harris at pick No. 213 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
R7.22 · Pick 242 · Dwight McGlothern · CB · rank 257
Dwight McGlothern at slot 242 is a conviction pick that outran the value. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R7.25 · Pick 245 · Dallas Gant · LB · rank 393
Dallas Gant at pick 245 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
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