B
Dallas Cowboys
The Cowboys let McGlothern fall and pounced. Final grade: B.
by JimmyJ ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 9 picks
· 8 steals
· 1 reaches
Somewhere a general manager is explaining how Dwight McGlothern got past him. The Cowboys do not have to explain a thing at the Round 7 slot.
The wide receiver hole is the one line item this class does not answer. They are betting Jackson proves the room right and everyone else wrong. Cornerback is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.
Good work on the whole, with wide receiver the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick No. 27 they get a building block for the line, outstanding value to boot. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Jonathon Brooks slipping to No. 56 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. in pick 87 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
They left a pile of value on the table to take McKinnley Jackson this early at the Round 4 slot. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Steal is underselling it; Trevor Keegan at the 174th pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Fabien Lovett at the 216th overall pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A need, and now a little less of one.
Dwight McGlothern at Round 7, Pick 6 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Kendall Milton at slot 233 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It fills a real need, too.
A top-tier linebacker at a bargain, Jordan Magee in the 244th pick, plain and simple. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.