COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE D+

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Dallas Cowboys

Harden should have been long gone. The Cowboys pounced, and earned a D+.

by Ojmoney · 2024 NFL Draft · 14 picks · 5 steals · 3 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades F
Future A+

Somewhere a general manager is explaining how Myles Harden got past him. The Cowboys do not have to explain a thing at pick No. 244.

The trades bled value they could not afford to lose. They will regret leaving tight end for another day if the season turns on it. Walker has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced.

The roster is better shaped than it was, with wide receiver chief among the fixes.

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

Pick-by-Pick

R1.27 · Pick 27 · Amarius Mims · OT · rank 23
In the Round 1 slot they get an anchor for the offensive line at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.3 · Pick 35 · Jackson Powers-Johnson · C · rank 30
Jackson Powers-Johnson at Round 2, Pick 3 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R2.5 · Pick 37 · Bo Nix · QB · rank 33
Bo Nix at the 37th overall pick is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the quarterback. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R2.6 · Pick 38 · Payton Wilson · LB · rank 39
Payton Wilson in pick No. 38 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R2.24 · Pick 56 · T'Vondre Sweat · DT · rank 64
They paid up for T'Vondre Sweat at the 56th pick when waiting would have done the job. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R3.10 · Pick 74 · Devontez Walker · WR · rank 86
Devontez Walker in pick 74 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R3.15 · Pick 79 · Jaden Hicks · S · rank 62
Jaden Hicks in slot 79 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R3.24 · Pick 87 · DJ James · CB · rank 93
No edge and no loss on DJ James in No. 87; it is a wash and a sensible one. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R4.6 · Pick 106 · Will Shipley · RB · rank 117
They jumped the gun on Will Shipley, taking him earlier than his grade liked. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R4.17 · Pick 117 · Mohamed Kamara · DL-EDGE · rank 114
Fair-plus on Mohamed Kamara, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. It adds depth where they could use a little.
R5.38 · Pick 174 · Myles Cole · DE-EDGE · rank 157
Myles Cole slipping to the 174th overall pick is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
R6.41 · Pick 216 · Anthony Gould · WR · rank 148
Circle this one: Anthony Gould at the 216th pick is a fall that decides a draft. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R7.13 · Pick 233 · Jase McClellan · RB · rank 217
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Jase McClellan at pick No. 233 is the proof. The roster fit checks out.
R7.24 · Pick 244 · Myles Harden · CB · rank 168
Myles Harden at Round 7, Pick 24 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
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