COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE C+

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Dallas Cowboys

A masterclass at the trade table lands the Cowboys a C+.

by Al Tha Pal · 2024 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 1 steals · 9 reaches
Value C-
Need B
Trades A+
Future F

The Cowboys clearly saw something nobody else did in De'Corian Clark, taking him 122 picks ahead of his grade. The board is not convinced.

They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own. Leaving quarterback unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

Getting Watts where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. Wide receiver is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.

Hit on Amarius Mims and the swing picks, and this ages a lot better than it grades today.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.27 · Pick 27 · Amarius Mims · OT · rank 23
In the Round 1 slot they get protection for the quarterback at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R1.29 · Pick 29 · T'Vondre Sweat · DT · rank 64
In pick 29 they get an anchor for the defensive front, a steep price for the projection. A clean fit for the roster.
R2.24 · Pick 56 · Kingsley Suamataia · OT · rank 70
Kingsley Suamataia at slot 56 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R2.25 · Pick 57 · Cooper Beebe · OG · rank 65
A conviction pick on Cooper Beebe at the 57th overall pick that the board grades a round light. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R3.24 · Pick 87 · Cedric Gray · LB · rank 119
Cedric Gray at the 87th pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R3.27 · Pick 90 · Braelon Allen · RB · rank 113
A wild overpay on Braelon Allen in No. 90, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R4.4 · Pick 104 · Isaac Guerendo · RB · rank 138
They left a pile of value on the table to take Isaac Guerendo this early at the 104th pick. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R5.38 · Pick 174 · Nathaniel Watson · LB · rank 207
They reached into another round for Nathaniel Watson, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R6.11 · Pick 186 · Justin Eboigbe · DL-EDGE · rank 193
They took Justin Eboigbe at par in No. 186, which is nothing to complain about. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
R6.41 · Pick 216 · Joshua Cephus · WR · rank 263
Joshua Cephus in pick 216 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R7.13 · Pick 233 · De'Corian Clark · WR · rank 355
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for De'Corian Clark. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R7.24 · Pick 244 · Ryan Watts · CB · rank 233
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Ryan Watts in pick No. 244. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
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