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Draft Selections
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (DAL)
T'Vondre Sweat
DL Texas
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (DAL)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (DAL)
Maason Smith
DT-EDGE LSU
Cedric Gray Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (DAL)
Cedric Gray
LB North Carolina
Christian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (DAL)
Christian Jones
OT Texas
Myles Jones Head Shot
PICK: 212 RND: 6 (DAL)
Myles Jones
CB Duke
Jordan Toles Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (DAL)
Jordan Toles
S Morgan State
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall C+
ValueD+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Flashes of a plan, unevenly executed. Cowboys: C+.

You can fall in love with a player. You are not supposed to marry him in the wrong round. The Cowboys did exactly that with T'Vondre Sweat in pick No. 24.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped wide receiver, which is a strange place to end up. It is not that Smith is a bad player; it is that the Cowboys had louder needs to answer first. Job largely done: cornerback settled and 4 of 8 of the wish list covered.

The weekend tilted hard toward the defense.

Not a disaster, not a triumph, just a middling class.

Pick Analysis
Pick24 Rnd1 T'Vondre Sweat
In Round 1, Pick 24 they get a wrecking ball inside, though the board says they badly overpaid.
Pick56 Rnd2 Payton Wilson
A conviction pick on Payton Wilson at No. 56 that the board grades a round light. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick87 Rnd3 Maason Smith
A want over a need in pick 87: Maason Smith adds a DT-EDGE while wide receiver, quarterback and other spots keeps waiting.
Pick124 Rnd4 Cedric Gray
They liked Cedric Gray enough to skip the value, taking him in the 124th pick. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick174 Rnd5 Christian Jones
A real head-scratcher, Christian Jones in pick No. 174 is miles ahead of his ranking. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick212 Rnd6 Myles Jones
A straight-up fair deal on Myles Jones at the Round 6 slot, value and slot in agreement. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick245 Rnd7 Jordan Toles
Jordan Toles at the 245th pick is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.