B-
Dallas Cowboys
No fireworks, just a tidy B- for the Cowboys.
by psicosis6878yahoocom ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 9 picks
· 1 steals
· 3 reaches
The Cowboys clearly saw something nobody else did in Jaylan Ford, taking him 70 picks ahead of his grade. The board is not convinced. No fireworks, but a solid B-.
If one pick saves this weekend, it is Dixon. That wide receiver hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. They left with cornerback solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.
Nothing here to lose sleep over, and plenty to feel decent about.
Pick-by-Pick
In No. 24 they get a blindside protector. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Christian Haynes at the 56th pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
A reach on Renardo Green in pick 94; the board had better options right there. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Jaylan Ford this early at pick No. 125. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Curtis Jacobs in the 194th overall pick is fair value, right on his grade. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
A cornerback of that caliber at the Round 6 slot is the definition of value, full stop. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
They reached into another round for Matthew Jones, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
By-the-book stuff, KT Leveston at slot 233 squarely in line with his ranking. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
They took Edefuan Ulofoshio at par in pick No. 242, which is nothing to complain about. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
