COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE D

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Dallas Cowboys

The phones sank the Cowboys this weekend: D.

by AG_1975 · 2024 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 4 steals · 4 reaches
Value B-
Need B+
Trades F
Future A

The Drake Nugent selection is the head-turner. The Cowboys reached 61 spots for him, and it will define how this weekend is remembered. The process wobbled, and the D is where it lands.

Overpaying at the table undid a lot of the good work elsewhere. A whole weekend of picks and tight end is somehow still a want.

It is a steep hill from here, and the grade knows it.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.14 · Pick 14 · Olumuyiwa Fashanu · OT · rank 10
In pick No. 14 they get a plug-and-play piece up front at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R1.24 · Pick 24 · Dallas Turner · LB-EDGE · rank 14
In the 24th pick they get a bendy edge with upside, and a steal at that.
R2.11 · Pick 43 · Adonai Mitchell · WR · rank 32
Value with a capital V on Adonai Mitchell in pick 43, a genuine coup. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R2.13 · Pick 45 · T'Vondre Sweat · DL · rank 60
T'Vondre Sweat in No. 45 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. A need, and now a little less of one.
R2.24 · Pick 56 · Patrick Paul · OT · rank 47
Patrick Paul slid further than he should have, and the 56th overall pick is lovely value for the offensive lineman. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R3.10 · Pick 74 · Junior Colson · LB · rank 76
Junior Colson in Round 3, Pick 10 is fair value, right on his grade. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R3.24 · Pick 87 · Drake Nugent · C · rank 148
Drake Nugent at pick 87 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R4.24 · Pick 124 · Joe Milton III · QB · rank 164
A big swing on Joe Milton III at No. 124, well ahead of any board in the building. The roster fit checks out.
R5.38 · Pick 174 · Chau Smith-Wade · CB · rank 162
Chau Smith-Wade slipping to the 174th pick is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R6.37 · Pick 212 · Jase McClellan · RB · rank 217
No drama and no debate, Jase McClellan went about where he belonged in Round 6, Pick 37. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R7.25 · Pick 245 · Dwight McGlothern · CB · rank 257
Dwight McGlothern at slot 245 is a conviction pick that outran the value. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
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