COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE D

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Dallas Cowboys

The Cowboys bled value on every deal, hence the D.

by nitebar · 2024 NFL Draft · 15 picks · 3 steals · 9 reaches
Value B-
Need B+
Trades F
Future A

They will call it conviction in the building and a reach everywhere else: Zion Logue, 56 picks early at the 230th overall pick. It grades a D, and the process earned it.

Overpaying at the table undid a lot of the good work elsewhere. The tight end spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

However the rest shakes out, Alt at that price is a win they earned.

In the end, a class the front office will want to grow past quickly.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.11 · Pick 11 · Rome Odunze · WR · rank 10
In slot 11 they get a home-run threat at receiver at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
R1.23 · Pick 23 · Jackson Powers-Johnson · C · rank 31
In Round 1, Pick 23 they get a building block for the line, reach and all. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R1.24 · Pick 24 · Joe Alt · OT · rank 4
In the Round 1 slot they get an anchor for the offensive line, outstanding value to boot. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R2.27 · Pick 59 · Khyree Jackson · CB · rank 95
Khyree Jackson in pick No. 59 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R3.23 · Pick 86 · Braelon Allen · RB · rank 107
Value said wait; Braelon Allen in pick 86 says they were not listening. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R3.24 · Pick 87 · Michael Pratt · QB · rank 140
They talked themselves into Michael Pratt at No. 87, and the board did not agree. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R4.8 · Pick 108 · Johnny Wilson · WR · rank 125
They liked Johnny Wilson enough to skip the value, taking him in No. 108. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R4.32 · Pick 132 · James Williams · LB · rank 124
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and James Williams at the 132nd overall pick is the proof. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R5.21 · Pick 157 · Jordan Jefferson · DT · rank 184
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Jordan Jefferson well ahead of where he belonged. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R5.23 · Pick 159 · Jalyx Hunt · DE-EDGE · rank 152
Jalyx Hunt at pick 159 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R5.38 · Pick 174 · Ty'Ron Hopper · LB · rank 181
No drama and no debate, Ty'Ron Hopper went about where he belonged in pick No. 174. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R6.41 · Pick 216 · Jase McClellan · RB · rank 196
Circle this one: Jase McClellan at Round 6, Pick 41 is a fall that decides a draft. It fills a real need, too.
R7.10 · Pick 230 · Zion Logue · DL · rank 286
A wild overpay on Zion Logue in the Round 7 slot, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R7.13 · Pick 233 · Ryan Watts · CB · rank 260
A real head-scratcher, Ryan Watts in the 233rd pick is miles ahead of his ranking. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R7.24 · Pick 244 · Matthew Jones · OG · rank 265
Matthew Jones at the 244th pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
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