COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE C

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Solidifying the Trenches and Fixing the Run Game C

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Dallas Cowboys

A weekend that raised as many questions as it answered. The Cowboys get a C.

by Al Tha Pal · 2024 NFL Draft · 9 picks · 2 steals · 6 reaches
Value C
Need B
Trades B
Future F

Boards are made to be trusted, and the Cowboys shredded theirs for Braelon Allen. He came off 34 spots early, and the room will hear about it. Some smart calls, some head-scratchers, and a C in the wash.

That Rosemy-Jacksaint pick is the receipt they will wave around later. They punted on cornerback, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. The Justin Madubuike pickup adds a known quantity to a class of unknowns.

They are betting the present roster is worth a lighter draft next spring.

Hit on Jackson Powers-Johnson and the swing picks, and this ages a lot better than it grades today.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.30 · Pick 30 · Jackson Powers-Johnson · C · rank 51
In the 30th pick they get a plug-and-play piece up front, though the board says they badly overpaid. The biggest hole, addressed.
R1.32 · Pick 32 · T'Vondre Sweat · DT · rank 58
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for T'Vondre Sweat. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R2.5 · Pick 37 · Patrick Paul · OT · rank 47
Patrick Paul in the Round 2 slot is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R2.24 · Pick 56 · Mekhi Wingo · DT · rank 64
Mekhi Wingo at the 56th overall pick is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. A need, and now a little less of one.
R3.24 · Pick 87 · Christian Haynes · OG · rank 74
A quiet steal in pick 87: Christian Haynes for less than the market said. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R4.25 · Pick 125 · Braelon Allen · RB · rank 159
Braelon Allen in pick No. 125 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R5.31 · Pick 167 · Jaylen Wright · RB · rank 163
A clean, defensible pick in Round 5, Pick 31 with a little surplus value in Jaylen Wright. The roster fit checks out.
R5.37 · Pick 173 · Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint · WR · rank 148
Circle this one: Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint at the Round 5 slot is a fall that decides a draft. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R7.22 · Pick 242 · Nathaniel Watson · LB · rank 259
Nathaniel Watson at No. 242 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
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