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Amarius Mims Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (DAL)
Amarius Mims
OT Georgia
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (DAL)
T'Vondre Sweat
DL Texas
D.J. James Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (DAL)
D.J. James
CB Auburn
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
Chau Smith-Wade Head Shot
PICK: 212 RND: 6 (DAL)
Chau Smith-Wade
CB Washington State
Trevor Keegan Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (DAL)
Trevor Keegan
OG Michigan
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Cowboys let Smith-Wade fall into their laps, and walked away with a B.

The Cowboys spent the weekend waiting on one name, and it fell: Chau Smith-Wade, the No. 162 name on the board, in slot 212. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B.

The cost of the Jones reach is exactly the players who went right after him. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped wide receiver, which is a strange place to end up. Cornerback is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.

The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

A workmanlike haul that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick24 Rnd1 Amarius Mims
In pick No. 24 they get a blindside protector at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick56 Rnd2 T'Vondre Sweat
A market-rate interior defensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on T'Vondre Sweat. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick87 Rnd3 D.J. James
D.J. James in slot 87 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick124 Rnd4 Cedric Gray
The board had cheaper options than Cedric Gray at No. 124, and it noticed. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick174 Rnd5 Christian Jones
A big swing on Christian Jones at the 174th pick, well ahead of any board in the building. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick212 Rnd6 Chau Smith-Wade
They barely believed it either: Chau Smith-Wade still on the board at Round 6, Pick 37. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick245 Rnd7 Trevor Keegan
Trevor Keegan in the 245th overall pick is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.