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Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall
D+
ValueB-
NeedB
TradesF
FutureA+
The Cowboys robbed the room for Perkins Jr.. Final grade: D+. The Cowboys bet big and early on Blake Miller, 76 picks ahead of the board. Bold does not always mean right.
They banked enough surplus on Perkins Jr. to cover a lot of smaller sins. The trades bled value they could not afford to lose. That cornerback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.
Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and cornerback is still a hole.
Pick Analysis
Pick7
Rnd1
Abdul Carter
In No. 7 they get a problem off the edge. Need was not the driver here.
Pick14
Rnd1
Tre Harris
In the Round 1 slot they get a No. 1 receiver at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick38
Rnd2
Nick Emmanwori
They will replay Nick Emmanwori at slot 38 for years; that is how good the value is. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick45
Rnd2
Emeka Egbuka
Emeka Egbuka at the 45th overall pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick67
Rnd3
Kurtis Rourke
Kurtis Rourke in the 67th overall pick is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick69
Rnd3
Donovan Jackson
Donovan Jackson at the 69th pick is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick76
Rnd3
Blake Miller
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Blake Miller well ahead of where he belonged. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick93
Rnd3
Deone Walker
Deone Walker in Round 3, Pick 29 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick151
Rnd5
Kevin Winston Jr.
A top-tier safety at a bargain, Kevin Winston Jr. in pick 151, plain and simple. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
Pick168
Rnd5
Danny Stutsman
Danny Stutsman at No. 168 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick170
Rnd5
Nicholas Singleton
Steal is underselling it; Nicholas Singleton at the Round 5 slot is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick171
Rnd5
Raheim Sanders
Raheim Sanders at pick No. 171 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick190
Rnd6
Tonka Hemingway
Tonka Hemingway in pick 190 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick209
Rnd6
Harold Perkins Jr.
They robbed the room for Harold Perkins Jr. here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.


















