COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE F

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Dallas Cowboys

Quarterback settled, Maye in the fold, and a F for the Cowboys.

by rocknron68 · 2024 NFL Draft · 13 picks · 5 steals · 0 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades F
Future D

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. About as rough as the board gets, and a F to prove it.

Drake Maye is the bet, and the class will be judged on how it pays off. They banked enough surplus on Paul to cover a lot of smaller sins.

They are betting the present roster is worth a lighter draft next spring.

There is no soft landing here; this class has to massively overperform just to matter.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.4 · Pick 4 · Brock Bowers · TE · rank 6
In pick No. 4 they get a red-zone target to build around. A real need, handled.
R1.9 · Pick 9 · Drake Maye · QB · rank 5
In Round 1, Pick 9 they get their quarterback of the future at fair value. A clean fit for the roster.
R2.3 · Pick 35 · Ladd McConkey · WR · rank 33
Ladd McConkey at pick 35 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R3.7 · Pick 71 · Patrick Paul · OT · rank 47
A top-tier offensive lineman at a bargain, Patrick Paul in the Round 3 slot, plain and simple. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R3.17 · Pick 81 · Junior Colson · LB · rank 75
Nothing to complain about; Junior Colson went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R3.31 · Pick 94 · Sedrick Van Pran · C · rank 90
A tidy little value on Sedrick Van Pran in the 94th overall pick, a step better than break-even. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R4.19 · Pick 119 · Max Melton · CB · rank 111
Max Melton slipping to No. 119 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R4.31 · Pick 131 · Malik Washington · WR · rank 119
Malik Washington is a better player than the 131st pick suggests; smart patience, rewarded. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R5.10 · Pick 146 · Cole Bishop · S · rank 129
Cole Bishop at pick No. 146 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R5.38 · Pick 174 · Grayson Murphy · DL-EDGE · rank 168
Fair-plus on Grayson Murphy, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
R6.37 · Pick 212 · Miyan Williams · RB · rank 204
A tidy bit of business in No. 212, where Miyan Williams graded well above the range. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R7.25 · Pick 245 · Zion Logue · DL · rank 250
They took Zion Logue at par in the 245th overall pick, which is nothing to complain about. It fills a real need, too.
R7.32 · Pick 252 · Jeremy James · OT · rank 253
Jeremy James in the 252nd pick is fair value, right on his grade. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
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