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Taliese Fuaga Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (DAL)
Taliese Fuaga
OT Oregon State
Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (DAL)
Jackson Powers-Johnson
C Oregon
Dominick Puni Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (DAL)
Dominick Puni
OT Kansas
Tyrice Knight Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (DAL)
Tyrice Knight
LB UTEP
Austin Booker Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (DAL)
Austin Booker
DL-EDGE Kansas
Christian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 212 RND: 6 (DAL)
Christian Jones
OT Texas
Maurice Smith Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (DAL)
Maurice Smith
C Florida State
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Cowboys checked most of the boxes and earned a B.

There is a lot to like until you notice wide receiver is still a hole. The Cowboys never got to the one that mattered most. It nets out to a B, which feels about right.

On value alone, Booker makes the weekend a net positive. They will need Puni to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it.

A workmanlike haul that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick24 Rnd1 Taliese Fuaga
In Round 1, Pick 24 they get a blindside protector at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick56 Rnd2 Jackson Powers-Johnson
Jackson Powers-Johnson in pick 56 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick87 Rnd3 Dominick Puni
They jumped the gun on Dominick Puni, taking him earlier than his grade liked. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick124 Rnd4 Tyrice Knight
Tyrice Knight is a better player than the Round 4 slot suggests; smart patience, rewarded. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick174 Rnd5 Austin Booker
A quiet steal in No. 174: Austin Booker for less than the market said. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick212 Rnd6 Christian Jones
Christian Jones slid further than he should have, and pick No. 212 is lovely value for the offensive lineman. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick245 Rnd7 Maurice Smith
No edge and no loss on Maurice Smith in the 245th pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.