COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE D+

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The Cowboys answered their biggest question with Nix. Grade: D+.

by bobbo · 2024 NFL Draft · 6 picks · 1 steals · 0 reaches
Value B-
Need B+
Trades F
Future A+

The phones were a trap the Cowboys kept walking into, shipping out surplus on nearly every deal.

Everything downstream of Bo Nix depends on Bo Nix, and the building knows it. A whole weekend of picks and tight end is somehow still a want.

The verdict is not kind, and fairly so; this class has a hill to climb.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.24 · Pick 24 · Bo Nix · QB · rank 30
In pick No. 24 they get a passer to set the clock by. A real need, handled.
R2.6 · Pick 38 · Kamari Lassiter · CB · rank 40
By-the-book stuff, Kamari Lassiter at slot 38 squarely in line with his ranking. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R2.12 · Pick 44 · Jonathon Brooks · RB · rank 45
They took Jonathon Brooks at par in the Round 2 slot, which is nothing to complain about. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R3.5 · Pick 69 · Jeremiah Trotter Jr. · LB · rank 65
Nothing to complain about; Jeremiah Trotter Jr. went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R3.11 · Pick 75 · Patrick Paul · OT · rank 68
Patrick Paul at No. 75 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the offensive lineman. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R3.24 · Pick 87 · Ja'Lynn Polk · WR · rank 76
Ja'Lynn Polk at pick 87 is money in the bank, a wide receiver taken below his worth. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.