COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE D

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Dallas Cowboys

The Cowboys got the worse of every deal, and it shows in the D.

by Grumpy · 2024 NFL Draft · 16 picks · 5 steals · 5 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades F
Future A

There is reaching, and then there is Mason Fairchild at No. 245. The Cowboys jumped the board by 54 and dared it to prove them wrong. Too much went sideways, and the D is the honest tally.

They lost the exchange badly enough to drag the whole class down. They punted on quarterback, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

They banked enough surplus on Colson to cover a lot of smaller sins.

Add it up and it is a weekend the front office will hope everyone forgets, quarterback very much included.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.28 · Pick 28 · Chop Robinson · DE-EDGE · rank 35
In pick No. 28 they get a problem off the edge at fair value. More want than need.
R2.8 · Pick 40 · Adonai Mitchell · WR · rank 32
Adonai Mitchell slid further than he should have, and pick 40 is lovely value for the wide receiver. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R2.10 · Pick 42 · Tyler Guyton · OT · rank 40
They took Tyler Guyton at par in the 42nd overall pick, which is nothing to complain about. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R2.24 · Pick 56 · Jeremiah Trotter Jr. · LB · rank 59
A market-rate linebacker, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Jeremiah Trotter Jr.. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Cooper Beebe · OG · rank 77
Cooper Beebe at the Round 3 slot jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R3.24 · Pick 87 · Tyler Davis · DT · rank 96
They paid a round early for Tyler Davis in the 87th pick, more than the board wanted. It fills a real need, too.
R3.36 · Pick 99 · Junior Colson · LB · rank 75
Junior Colson at No. 99 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R3.37 · Pick 100 · Dominick Puni · OT · rank 103
Dominick Puni at pick 100 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R4.2 · Pick 102 · Mike Sainristil · CB · rank 81
The board fumbled Mike Sainristil all the way to slot 102, and they scooped it up. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R4.24 · Pick 124 · Ray Davis · RB · rank 109
A slide stopped in the 124th pick, with Ray Davis worth more than the price. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R5.26 · Pick 162 · Austin Booker · DE-EDGE · rank 159
Good price on Austin Booker in pick No. 162, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
R5.38 · Pick 174 · Kitan Oladapo · S · rank 166
Kitan Oladapo at the 174th overall pick is money in the bank, a safety taken below his worth. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
R6.37 · Pick 212 · Jase McClellan · RB · rank 217
No edge and no loss on Jase McClellan in Round 6, Pick 37; it is a wash and a sensible one. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R7.3 · Pick 223 · Nathaniel Watson · LB · rank 240
Nathaniel Watson at the Round 7 slot is a conviction pick that outran the value. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R7.10 · Pick 230 · Dwight McGlothern · CB · rank 257
A real head-scratcher, Dwight McGlothern in the 230th pick is miles ahead of his ranking. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R7.25 · Pick 245 · Mason Fairchild · TE · rank 299
Mason Fairchild at the Round 7 slot is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. The roster fit checks out.
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