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Dallas Cowboys

Best value of the weekend goes to the Cowboys for Jackson: B+.

by That1guy1799 · 2024 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 6 steals · 2 reaches
Value B
Need B+
Trades A+
Future B-

You build a draft on nights like this. Jha'Quan Jackson had no business being available in the 247th overall pick, and the Cowboys did the only sane thing and turned in the card.

Every deal seemed to tilt their way, which is not luck. They will regret leaving quarterback for another day if the season turns on it.

The Liufau reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick-by-Pick

R2.4 · Pick 36 · JC Latham · OT · rank 18
JC Latham in the 36th overall pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R2.5 · Pick 37 · Jackson Powers-Johnson · C · rank 51
They liked Jackson Powers-Johnson enough to skip the value, taking him in No. 37. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R2.24 · Pick 56 · Graham Barton · OT · rank 50
Graham Barton at the 56th pick nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Johnny Wilson · WR · rank 74
They took Johnny Wilson at par in pick 67, which is nothing to complain about. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R3.5 · Pick 69 · Marist Liufau · LB · rank 86
A premium they did not need to pay, Marist Liufau a notch or two before his time. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R3.26 · Pick 89 · Brenden Rice · WR · rank 69
Somehow Brenden Rice was still sitting there in slot 89, and they pounced on premier wide receiver value. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R4.2 · Pick 102 · Khyree Jackson · CB · rank 105
By-the-book stuff, Khyree Jackson at Round 4, Pick 2 squarely in line with his ranking. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R4.24 · Pick 124 · Max Melton · CB · rank 111
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Max Melton at the Round 4 slot. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R5.38 · Pick 174 · Braelon Allen · RB · rank 155
Braelon Allen in the Round 5 slot is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A need, and now a little less of one.
R6.37 · Pick 212 · Isaiah Davis · RB · rank 184
They will replay Isaiah Davis at the 212th overall pick for years; that is how good the value is. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R7.25 · Pick 245 · Nathaniel Watson · LB · rank 240
A tidy little value on Nathaniel Watson in slot 245, a step better than break-even. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R7.27 · Pick 247 · Jha'Quan Jackson · WR · rank 213
They robbed the room for Jha'Quan Jackson here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
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