COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE C+

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Dallas Cowboys

A costly weekend of dealing drags the Cowboys to a C+.

by psicosis6878yahoocom · 2024 NFL Draft · 15 picks · 2 steals · 9 reaches
Value C
Need B
Trades F
Future A+

The Cowboys bet big and early on Layden Robinson, 39 picks ahead of the board. Bold does not always mean right. The final tally is a middling C+.

They handed away value on the phones that the picks cannot earn back. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback.

On value alone, Franklin makes the weekend a net positive. Job largely done: wide receiver settled and 4 of 8 of the wish list covered.

In the end, a coin-flip class: fine today, with a wide range of outcomes ahead.

Pick-by-Pick

R4.10 · Pick 110 · Sataoa Laumea · OT · rank 122
A premium they did not need to pay, Sataoa Laumea a notch or two before his time. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R4.21 · Pick 121 · Isaiah Adams · OT · rank 126
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Isaiah Adams. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R4.24 · Pick 124 · Sincere Haynesworth · C · rank 157
Sincere Haynesworth at slot 124 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R4.25 · Pick 125 · Javion Cohen · OG · rank 149
This one needs a full-page explanation: Javion Cohen in pick 125, miles early. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R4.28 · Pick 128 · Layden Robinson · OG · rank 167
A wild overpay on Layden Robinson in Round 4, Pick 28, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R4.32 · Pick 132 · Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint · WR · rank 147
A conviction pick on Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint at pick No. 132 that the board grades a round light. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R5.6 · Pick 142 · Curtis Jacobs · LB · rank 179
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Curtis Jacobs well ahead of where he belonged. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R5.37 · Pick 173 · Jaylan Ford · LB · rank 177
No edge and no loss on Jaylan Ford in the Round 5 slot; it is a wash and a sensible one. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R6.1 · Pick 176 · Michael Barrett · LB · rank 184
The board had cheaper options than Michael Barrett at No. 176, and it noticed. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R6.23 · Pick 198 · Sheridan Jones · CB · rank 221
Sheridan Jones at pick 198 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R6.38 · Pick 213 · Jalen Green · S · rank 212
They took Jalen Green at par in the 213th pick, which is nothing to complain about. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R7.16 · Pick 236 · Daequan Hardy · CB · rank 225
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Daequan Hardy at the 236th overall pick is the proof. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R7.22 · Pick 242 · Zakhari Franklin · WR · rank 229
Zakhari Franklin in slot 242 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R7.25 · Pick 245 · Jordan Whittington · WR · rank 271
Jordan Whittington in pick No. 245 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R7.28 · Pick 248 · Ja'Had Carter · S · rank 252
Ja'Had Carter in the 248th pick is fair value, right on his grade. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
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