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Draft Selections
Chris Braswell Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (DAL)
Chris Braswell
LB-EDGE Alabama
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (DAL)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (DAL)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
Jermaine Burton Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (DAL)
Jermaine Burton
WR Alabama
Matt Goncalves Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (DAL)
Matt Goncalves
OT Pittsburgh
Cole Bishop Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (DAL)
Cole Bishop
S Utah
Carson Steele Head Shot
PICK: 212 RND: 6 (DAL)
Carson Steele
RB UCLA
Tanner Mordecai Head Shot
PICK: 251 RND: 7 (DAL)
Tanner Mordecai
QB Wisconsin
Draft Picks Received
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (NE)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
Jermaine Burton Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (NE)
Jermaine Burton
WR Alabama
Draft Picks Traded
Byron Murphy II Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (NE)
Byron Murphy II
DL Texas
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Cowboys did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B-.

The move everyone will second-guess came early. The Cowboys reached some 53 spots for Tanner Mordecai, and value like that does not grow back. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B-.

The Burton pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged. For all the activity, cornerback went untouched, which is hard to explain.

Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 Chris Braswell
In Round 1, Pick 30 they get a quarterback's worst nightmare. More want than need.
Pick68 Rnd3 Edgerrin Cooper
A clean, defensible pick in pick 68 with a little surplus value in Edgerrin Cooper. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick93 Rnd3 TreVeyon Henderson
A reasonable price with a little left over, TreVeyon Henderson in pick No. 93. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick103 Rnd4 Jermaine Burton
Steal is underselling it; Jermaine Burton at No. 103 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick130 Rnd4 Matt Goncalves
A offensive lineman of that caliber at the 130th overall pick is the definition of value, full stop. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick174 Rnd5 Cole Bishop
The board fumbled Cole Bishop all the way to the 174th pick, and they scooped it up. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick212 Rnd6 Carson Steele
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Carson Steele. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick251 Rnd7 Tanner Mordecai
Value said wait; Tanner Mordecai in the 251st overall pick says they were not listening. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.