Somebody took the Cowboys to the cleaners. The deals they made bled real value, and the whole class wears it. Put together, it is a D+.

Everything downstream of Bo Nix depends on Bo Nix, and the building knows it. The wide receiver hole is the one line item this class does not answer. The James Conner pickup adds a known quantity to a class of unknowns.

Stockpiling next year's capital is patient, if unglamorous, asset work.

The verdict is not kind, and fairly so; this class has a hill to climb.