COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE D-

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The Cowboys bet the future on Williams. The board says D-.

by Dalaw24 · 2024 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 2 steals · 3 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades F
Future C

Boards are made to be trusted, and the Cowboys shredded theirs for Donovan Jennings. He came off 41 spots early, and the room will hear about it. The board pushed back all weekend, and the D- is the result.

The trade table is where this weekend went wrong. Whatever Caleb Williams becomes, the front office has tied its fortunes to the answer.

For all the activity, running back went untouched, which is hard to explain. If one pick saves this weekend, it is Williams.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and running back is still a hole.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.3 · Pick 3 · Caleb Williams · QB · rank 2
In pick No. 3 they get a long-term answer under center. A clean fit for the roster.
R1.24 · Pick 24 · Byron Murphy II · DL · rank 21
In Round 1, Pick 24 they get a disruptive interior force at fair value. A real need, handled.
R2.24 · Pick 56 · Jeremiah Trotter Jr. · LB · rank 61
No edge and no loss on Jeremiah Trotter Jr. in the Round 2 slot; it is a wash and a sensible one. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R3.5 · Pick 69 · Jermaine Burton · WR · rank 49
Jermaine Burton in the 69th overall pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R3.24 · Pick 87 · Zak Zinter · OG · rank 95
They went early on Zak Zinter in pick 87, and the value did not follow. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R4.3 · Pick 103 · Khyree Jackson · CB · rank 105
They paid sticker price for Khyree Jackson in No. 103, and that is fine. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R4.24 · Pick 124 · Justin Eboigbe · DL-EDGE · rank 124
Justin Eboigbe at pick 124 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R5.30 · Pick 166 · James Williams · S · rank 134
James Williams at No. 166 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A minor itch, scratched.
R5.38 · Pick 174 · Andrew Raym · C · rank 194
Andrew Raym at the 174th overall pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R6.32 · Pick 207 · Donovan Jennings · OT · rank 248
Value said wait; Donovan Jennings in slot 207 says they were not listening. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R6.37 · Pick 212 · Jared Wiley · TE · rank 205
Fair-plus on Jared Wiley, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R7.25 · Pick 245 · Nathaniel Watson · LB · rank 240
Nathaniel Watson in Round 7, Pick 25 lands just on the right side of the ledger. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
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