D
Dallas Cowboys
The phones sank the Cowboys this weekend: D.
by Nitebar ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 16 picks
· 6 steals
· 9 reaches
You can hear the double-takes from here. The Cowboys took J.J. Weaver at the Round 7 slot, roughly 84 spots before his name belonged.
The dealing is the wound this class cannot quite close. However the rest shakes out, Rouse at that price is a win they earned. The tight end spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.
A rough weekend that leaves the roster with more questions than answers.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick No. 19 they get a long-term starter on the line at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
In Round 1, Pick 23 they get a go-to option on the outside, even if it was a touch early. Exactly the need they had to hit.
In No. 24 they get a pocket-collapsing interior rusher, though the board says they badly overpaid. A clean fit for the roster.
Value with a capital V on Jonathon Brooks in pick 56, a genuine coup. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
A real head-scratcher, Michael Pratt in the 87th pick is miles ahead of his ranking. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Johnny Wilson in the 108th overall pick is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
This one needs a full-page explanation: Hunter Nourzad in the 132nd pick, miles early. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
James Williams in pick No. 157 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Nehemiah Pritchett slipping to pick 159 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Circle this one: Jalyx Hunt at No. 173 is a fall that decides a draft. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Jase McClellan in the 174th overall pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Ryan Watts at Round 6, Pick 34 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Taking Walter Rouse in slot 213 is close to grand larceny; an offensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Bub Means this early at the Round 6 slot. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Fabien Lovett in the Round 7 slot should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
They reached into another round for J.J. Weaver, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.