COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE D

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Dallas Cowboys

The Cowboys cashed the board's mistake on Amegadjie: D.

by Greatness · 2024 NFL Draft · 16 picks · 8 steals · 5 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades F
Future B

The trade table was where it all came apart. The Cowboys shipped out far more than they hauled back, and no amount of spin dresses up the bill. The board pushed back all weekend, and the D is the result.

The Sweat reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade. Amegadjie at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster.

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

Pick-by-Pick

R1.24 · Pick 24 · Dallas Turner · LB-EDGE · rank 14
Value with a capital V on Dallas Turner in Round 1, Pick 24, a genuine coup. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Keon Coleman · WR · rank 24
A tidy bit of business in slot 36, where Keon Coleman graded well above the range. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R2.8 · Pick 40 · T'Vondre Sweat · DT · rank 58
They talked themselves into T'Vondre Sweat at No. 40, and the board did not agree. A need, and now a little less of one.
R2.24 · Pick 56 · J.J. McCarthy · QB · rank 43
Quietly one of the better values of the day, J.J. McCarthy at the 56th overall pick. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Jeremiah Trotter Jr. · LB · rank 59
The board had Jeremiah Trotter Jr. higher than the 67th pick, and the linebacker fell to them anyway. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Cooper Beebe · OG · rank 77
Cooper Beebe at pick No. 68 is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R3.37 · Pick 100 · Kiran Amegadjie · OT · rank 52
Kiran Amegadjie at Round 3, Pick 37 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R4.2 · Pick 102 · DJ James · CB · rank 113
A conviction pick on DJ James at the 102nd overall pick that the board grades a round light. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R4.24 · Pick 124 · Bucky Irving · RB · rank 93
Somehow Bucky Irving was still sitting there in the Round 4 slot, and they pounced on premier running back value. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R5.5 · Pick 141 · Ben Sinnott · TE · rank 143
Ben Sinnott at slot 141 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It fills a real need, too.
R5.6 · Pick 142 · Javon Foster · OT · rank 128
Javon Foster is a better player than pick No. 142 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R5.38 · Pick 174 · Michael Barrett · LB · rank 183
Michael Barrett at pick 174 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R6.6 · Pick 181 · Jaylan Ford · LB · rank 177
Jaylan Ford at No. 181 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R6.37 · Pick 212 · Jase McClellan · RB · rank 217
Jase McClellan in the 212th pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R7.3 · Pick 223 · Tanor Bortolini · C · rank 215
They let Tanor Bortolini come to them and pounced at the 223rd overall pick. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R7.25 · Pick 245 · Dwight McGlothern · CB · rank 257
Dwight McGlothern in No. 245 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
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