B
Dallas Cowboys
The Cowboys robbed the room for Jones. Final grade: B.
by JoshHdz1017 ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 9 picks
· 5 steals
· 2 reaches
The board owed the Cowboys one, and it paid up: Christian Jones, the No. 132 name on the board, sitting there at pick 216 like a gift left on the doorstep.
Every board in the league had Hall lower, and that gap is the story. They punted on quarterback, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.
They went 6 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for. The offense got the lion's share of the attention.
In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the quarterback spot they never got to.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 24th pick they get a long-term starter on the line. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Keon Coleman is a better player than pick No. 56 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Ray Davis well ahead of where he belonged. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
No drama and no debate, Tommy Eichenberg went about where he belonged in slot 138. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Gabe Hall at the Round 5 slot is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. The roster fit checks out.
Taking Christian Jones in the 216th overall pick is close to grand larceny; an offensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Nathaniel Watson slid further than he should have, and No. 226 is lovely value for the linebacker. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
They barely believed it either: Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint still on the board at Round 7, Pick 13. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
The board fumbled Dwight McGlothern all the way to the Round 7 slot, and they scooped it up. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.