COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE D+

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Dallas Cowboys

The Cowboys cashed the board's mistake on Foster: D+.

by rocknron68 · 2024 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 5 steals · 1 reaches
Value B+
Need B
Trades F
Future A+

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. Put together, it is a D+.

Landing Foster that late papers over a lot of smaller sins. They will regret leaving quarterback for another day if the season turns on it.

The Knight pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over.

Add it up and it is a weekend the front office will hope everyone forgets, quarterback very much included.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.11 · Pick 11 · Brock Bowers · TE · rank 5
In pick No. 11 they get a matchup weapon at tight end. A clean fit for the roster.
R1.24 · Pick 24 · Terrion Arnold · CB · rank 18
In pick 24 they get a press-man option on the boundary at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R1.28 · Pick 28 · Amarius Mims · OT · rank 25
In Round 1, Pick 28 they get a long-term starter on the line. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R2.24 · Pick 56 · Darius Robinson · DL-EDGE · rank 39
Value with a capital V on Darius Robinson in the Round 2 slot, a genuine coup. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
R3.24 · Pick 87 · Trey Benson · RB · rank 87
Trey Benson at the 87th overall pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It fills a real need, too.
R4.3 · Pick 103 · Christian Mahogany · OG · rank 98
Nothing to complain about; Christian Mahogany went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R5.31 · Pick 167 · Javon Foster · OT · rank 119
A offensive lineman of that caliber at pick 167 is the definition of value, full stop. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R5.38 · Pick 174 · Grayson Murphy · DL-EDGE · rank 176
By-the-book stuff, Grayson Murphy at the 174th pick squarely in line with his ranking. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
R6.5 · Pick 180 · Sione Vaki · S · rank 158
The board fumbled Sione Vaki all the way to the 180th overall pick, and they scooped it up. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R6.41 · Pick 216 · Jha'Quan Jackson · WR · rank 177
Jha'Quan Jackson in slot 216 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R7.13 · Pick 233 · JD Bertrand · LB · rank 221
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing JD Bertrand in Round 7, Pick 13. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R7.24 · Pick 244 · Tyrice Knight · LB · rank 256
They liked Tyrice Knight enough to skip the value, taking him in No. 244. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
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