D+
Dallas Cowboys
The Cowboys bled value on every deal, hence the D+.
by grmjr ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 23 picks
· 5 steals
· 11 reaches
The Cowboys went off the board in a big way for Bryan Hudson, 141 picks early. Conviction is one thing; this is another.
The trades bled value they could not afford to lose. If one pick saves this weekend, it is Wilson.
Bottom line, they will be counting on several picks to beat their grades.
Pick-by-Pick
In No. 8 they get a matchup problem out wide. The biggest hole, addressed.
In Round 1, Pick 9 they get a disruptor off the edge at fair value. More want than need.
JC Latham at the Round 1 slot nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Bo Nix is a better player than pick No. 40 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Jackson Powers-Johnson at the 56th overall pick is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
A straight-up fair deal on Cooper Beebe at slot 75, value and slot in agreement. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
A real head-scratcher, Tyler Davis in pick 76 is miles ahead of his ranking. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Dominick Puni at the Round 3 slot is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Marist Liufau at No. 95 is the proof. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
A reach for DJ James in slot 102; a little patience would have been rewarded. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
A wild overpay on MarShawn Lloyd in pick No. 110, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
James Williams in the 122nd overall pick is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Roman Wilson at Round 4, Pick 24 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
They went early on Ben Sinnott in the 132nd pick, and the value did not follow. It fills a real need, too.
Michael Barrett at the 174th overall pick is a conviction pick that outran the value. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
You do not let an interior defensive lineman like Justin Rogers reach pick No. 181 and blink. They did not. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Fair-plus on Christian Jones, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Marcus Harris in the 212th pick is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
A running back of that caliber at No. 223 is the definition of value, full stop. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Dwight McGlothern well ahead of where he belonged. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Joshua Cephus at the Round 7 slot is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Bryan Hudson at Round 7, Pick 25 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
They talked themselves into Aaron Lewis at Round 7, Pick 33, and the board did not agree. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.