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Dallas Cowboys

The Cowboys bled value on every deal, hence the D-.

by Hartjab · 2024 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 1 steals · 8 reaches
Value C
Need B+
Trades F
Future B

There is reaching, and then there is Omar Speights at No. 244. The Cowboys jumped the board by 97 and dared it to prove them wrong.

They lost the exchange badly enough to drag the whole class down. That quarterback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

The Lassiter steal is the beam this whole class leans on.

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

Pick-by-Pick

R1.17 · Pick 17 · Jackson Powers-Johnson · C · rank 32
In Round 1, Pick 17 they get a plug-and-play piece up front, even if it was a touch early. The biggest hole, addressed.
R1.23 · Pick 23 · Amarius Mims · OT · rank 25
In the 23rd pick they get an anchor for the offensive line. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R1.24 · Pick 24 · Tyler Guyton · OT · rank 29
In No. 24 they get protection for the quarterback at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Edgerrin Cooper · LB · rank 49
They paid up for Edgerrin Cooper at pick 36 when waiting would have done the job. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R2.8 · Pick 40 · Malachi Corley · WR · rank 60
They reached into another round for Malachi Corley, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R2.24 · Pick 56 · Kamari Lassiter · CB · rank 41
Nice patience on Kamari Lassiter, who had no business lasting to the 56th overall pick. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R3.24 · Pick 87 · Braelon Allen · RB · rank 106
A big swing on Braelon Allen at the 87th pick, well ahead of any board in the building. A need, and now a little less of one.
R3.33 · Pick 96 · McKinnley Jackson · DL · rank 123
McKinnley Jackson in Round 3, Pick 33 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R6.41 · Pick 216 · Jordan Whittington · WR · rank 248
This one needs a full-page explanation: Jordan Whittington in the Round 6 slot, miles early. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R7.13 · Pick 233 · Josh Proctor · S · rank 244
Josh Proctor in the 233rd overall pick is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R7.24 · Pick 244 · Omar Speights · LB · rank 341
Omar Speights at pick No. 244 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
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