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Dallas Cowboys

The Cowboys lost the trade table, and the D tells the story.

by GRMJR · 2024 NFL Draft · 17 picks · 6 steals · 6 reaches
Value C+
Need B
Trades F
Future A

There is reaching, and then there is Mason Fairchild at the 245th pick. The Cowboys jumped the board by 55 and dared it to prove them wrong.

They lost the exchange badly enough to drag the whole class down. However the rest shakes out, Bullard at that price is a win they earned. The hoard sets up next April more than it helps this September.

Bottom line, they will be counting on several picks to beat their grades.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.24 · Pick 24 · JC Latham · OT · rank 18
In the 24th overall pick they get a blindside protector. The biggest hole, addressed.
R1.27 · Pick 27 · T'Vondre Sweat · DT · rank 58
In pick No. 27 they get a disruptive interior force, a steep price for the projection. A clean fit for the roster.
R2.3 · Pick 35 · Brandon Dorlus · DE-EDGE · rank 72
Value said wait; Brandon Dorlus in the Round 2 slot says they were not listening. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Troy Franklin · WR · rank 25
Troy Franklin in slot 36 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R2.8 · Pick 40 · J.J. McCarthy · QB · rank 43
J.J. McCarthy at Round 2, Pick 8 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R2.24 · Pick 56 · Junior Colson · LB · rank 75
Junior Colson at pick 56 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R3.2 · Pick 66 · Cooper Beebe · OG · rank 77
Cooper Beebe at Round 3, Pick 2 is a conviction pick that outran the value. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Trey Benson · RB · rank 70
Trey Benson in the Round 3 slot is fair value, right on his grade. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R3.7 · Pick 71 · D.J. James · CB · rank 62
A slide stopped in pick 71, with D.J. James worth more than the price. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R3.24 · Pick 87 · Javon Bullard · S · rank 64
Javon Bullard at the 87th overall pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R3.37 · Pick 100 · Marist Liufau · LB · rank 86
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Marist Liufau in No. 100. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R4.2 · Pick 102 · Dominick Puni · OT · rank 103
By-the-book stuff, Dominick Puni at the 102nd pick squarely in line with his ranking. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R4.24 · Pick 124 · Kris Abrams-Draine · CB · rank 120
Kris Abrams-Draine at slot 124 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the cornerback. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R5.38 · Pick 174 · Jaylen Wright · RB · rank 158
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Jaylen Wright at pick No. 174. It fills a real need, too.
R6.37 · Pick 212 · Christian Jones · OT · rank 197
Christian Jones at the 212th overall pick is money in the bank, a offensive lineman taken below his worth. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R7.3 · Pick 223 · Dwight McGlothern · CB · rank 257
They talked themselves into Dwight McGlothern at pick 223, and the board did not agree. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R7.25 · Pick 245 · Mason Fairchild · TE · rank 300
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Mason Fairchild well ahead of where he belonged. The roster fit checks out.
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