D+
Dallas Cowboys
The Cowboys answered their biggest question with Maye. Grade: D+.
by rocknron68 ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 15 picks
· 8 steals
· 1 reaches
The phones were a trap the Cowboys kept walking into, shipping out surplus on nearly every deal. The process wobbled, and the D+ is where it lands.
Whatever Drake Maye becomes, the front office has tied its fortunes to the answer. On value alone, McMillan makes the weekend a net positive.
They are betting Powers-Johnson proves the room right and everyone else wrong.
It is a steep hill from here, and the grade knows it.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick No. 5 they get the face of the franchise. A clean fit for the roster.
In the 24th pick they get protection for the quarterback, even if it was a touch early. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Nothing to complain about; Xavier Worthy went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Edgerrin Cooper at the Round 3 slot is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Nice patience on Kingsley Suamataia, who had no business lasting to the 69th overall pick. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Caelen Carson at slot 87 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
By-the-book stuff, Audric Estime at pick 105 squarely in line with his ranking. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Good price on Josh Newton in No. 128, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
They robbed the room for Jalen McMillan here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
They will replay Isaiah Davis at the Round 5 slot for years; that is how good the value is. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Fabien Lovett at pick No. 189 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
They barely believed it either: Curtis Jacobs still on the board at No. 216. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Evan Williams in the 225th overall pick. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Somehow Erick All was still sitting there in pick 233, and they pounced on premier tight end value. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
A tidy bit of business in slot 244, where Trevin Wallace graded well above the range. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.