COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE D

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Dallas Cowboys

The phones sank the Cowboys this weekend: D.

by Grmjr · 2024 NFL Draft · 15 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 Mason Fairchild in Round 7, Pick 26.

They handed away value on the phones that the picks cannot earn back. That is an offensive lineman worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly.

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

Pick-by-Pick

R1.22 · Pick 22 · Jordan Morgan · OT · rank 25
In pick 22 they get a building block for the line at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R1.24 · Pick 24 · Keon Coleman · WR · rank 23
In the Round 1 slot they get a matchup problem out wide. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.24 · Pick 56 · T'Vondre Sweat · DL · rank 60
T'Vondre Sweat in the 56th overall pick is fair value, right on his grade. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R3.11 · Pick 75 · Junior Colson · LB · rank 76
No drama and no debate, Junior Colson went about where he belonged in No. 75. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R3.24 · Pick 87 · Bucky Irving · RB · rank 93
They paid sticker price for Bucky Irving in pick No. 87, and that is fine. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R3.25 · Pick 88 · Christian Mahogany · OG · rank 80
They let Christian Mahogany come to them and pounced at slot 88. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R4.10 · Pick 110 · Jordan Travis · QB · rank 136
A real head-scratcher, Jordan Travis in the 110th overall pick is miles ahead of his ranking. The roster fit checks out.
R4.22 · Pick 122 · Javon Foster · OT · rank 128
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Javon Foster. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R5.38 · Pick 174 · Josh Proctor · S · rank 187
The board had cheaper options than Josh Proctor at the Round 5 slot, and it noticed. A minor itch, scratched.
R6.28 · Pick 203 · Jase McClellan · RB · rank 217
A reach on Jase McClellan in slot 203; the board had better options right there. A need, and now a little less of one.
R6.37 · Pick 212 · Marcus Harris · DL-EDGE · rank 237
They left a pile of value on the table to take Marcus Harris this early at pick 212. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R6.42 · Pick 217 · Nathaniel Watson · LB · rank 240
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Nathaniel Watson. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R6.44 · Pick 219 · Matthew Jones · OG · rank 242
This one needs a full-page explanation: Matthew Jones in pick No. 219, miles early. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R7.25 · Pick 245 · Dwight McGlothern · CB · rank 257
A conviction pick on Dwight McGlothern at Round 7, Pick 25 that the board grades a round light. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R7.26 · Pick 246 · Mason Fairchild · TE · rank 300
A big swing on Mason Fairchild at No. 246, well ahead of any board in the building. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
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