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Dallas Cowboys

A franchise passer in Daniels headlines a D weekend for the Cowboys.

by rocknron68 · 2024 NFL Draft · 13 picks · 5 steals · 0 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.

So much rides on Jayden Daniels that the rest of the class almost grades on a curve behind him. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped tight end, which is a strange place to end up.

The McCaffrey value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and tight end is still a hole.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.7 · Pick 7 · Jayden Daniels · QB · rank 7
A market-rate quarterback, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Jayden Daniels. A need, and now a little less of one.
R1.24 · Pick 24 · Cooper DeJean · CB · rank 15
In Round 1, Pick 24 they get a ballhawk on the outside, and a steal at that. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.24 · Pick 56 · Zach Frazier · C · rank 61
No edge and no loss on Zach Frazier in slot 56; it is a wash and a sensible one. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R3.24 · Pick 87 · Jonah Elliss · DE-EDGE · rank 89
Jonah Elliss in the Round 3 slot is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
R4.6 · Pick 106 · MarShawn Lloyd · RB · rank 105
They paid sticker price for MarShawn Lloyd in pick 106, and that is fine. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R4.9 · Pick 109 · Cole Bishop · S · rank 110
By-the-book stuff, Cole Bishop at No. 109 squarely in line with his ranking. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R5.9 · Pick 145 · Jacob Cowing · WR · rank 142
A tidy little value on Jacob Cowing in pick No. 145, a step better than break-even. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R5.37 · Pick 173 · Ty'Ron Hopper · LB · rank 177
Ty'Ron Hopper in the 173rd overall pick is fair value, right on his grade. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R6.10 · Pick 185 · Luke McCaffrey · WR · rank 165
Luke McCaffrey at pick 185 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R6.15 · Pick 190 · Caedan Wallace · OT · rank 180
The board had Caedan Wallace higher than Round 6, Pick 15, and the offensive lineman fell to them anyway. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R6.38 · Pick 213 · Michael Barrett · LB · rank 218
They took Michael Barrett at par in slot 213, which is nothing to complain about. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R7.11 · Pick 231 · Garret Greenfield · OT · rank 220
Garret Greenfield in the 231st pick is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R7.22 · Pick 242 · Tayvion Robinson · WR · rank 234
Tayvion Robinson slipping to No. 242 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
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