COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B-

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Dallas Cowboys

Thrash should have been long gone. The Cowboys pounced, and earned a B-.

by Next GM · 2024 NFL Draft · 13 picks · 6 steals · 3 reaches
Value B
Need B+
Trades B
Future C-

Call it larceny. Jamari Thrash sat on the board until the 216th pick, and the Cowboys did not need to be asked twice. They moved the roster forward and banked a B- for it.

They are betting Eboigbe proves the room right and everyone else wrong. Leaving tight end unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. A modest surplus at the table, banked quietly.

It is a win-now wager, and the future is the stake.

Good work on the whole, with tight end the one box left unchecked.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.27 · Pick 27 · Graham Barton · OT · rank 25
In the 27th overall pick they get a plug-and-play piece up front. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R1.32 · Pick 32 · Amarius Mims · OT · rank 23
In pick 32 they get a cornerstone up front, and a steal at that. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.2 · Pick 34 · Edgerrin Cooper · LB · rank 48
A reach for Edgerrin Cooper in the Round 2 slot; a little patience would have been rewarded. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R2.26 · Pick 58 · Trey Benson · RB · rank 73
They liked Trey Benson enough to skip the value, taking him in pick No. 58. It fills a real need, too.
R2.32 · Pick 64 · Bo Nix · QB · rank 33
Bo Nix at the 64th pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R3.24 · Pick 87 · Devontez Walker · WR · rank 86
Devontez Walker at slot 87 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R4.26 · Pick 126 · Cedric Gray · LB · rank 119
A clean, defensible pick in Round 4, Pick 26 with a little surplus value in Cedric Gray. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R5.33 · Pick 169 · Justin Eboigbe · DL-EDGE · rank 193
This one needs a full-page explanation: Justin Eboigbe in No. 169, miles early. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
R5.37 · Pick 173 · Jaylin Simpson · CB · rank 158
A quiet steal in the 173rd overall pick: Jaylin Simpson for less than the market said. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R5.38 · Pick 174 · Braiden McGregor · DE-EDGE · rank 170
They did well to land Braiden McGregor in the 174th pick, just ahead of his grade. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
R6.41 · Pick 216 · Jamari Thrash · WR · rank 144
Taking Jamari Thrash in the Round 6 slot is close to grand larceny; a wide receiver that good had no business lasting this long. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R7.13 · Pick 233 · KT Leveston · OT · rank 219
Value with a capital V on KT Leveston in Round 7, Pick 13, a genuine coup. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R7.24 · Pick 244 · Kimani Vidal · RB · rank 210
They will replay Kimani Vidal at pick 244 for years; that is how good the value is. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
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