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Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall
D
ValueC+
NeedB-
TradesF
FutureA+
The Cowboys lost the trade table, and the D tells the story. 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 Tony Rojas in pick 225. The process wobbled, and the D is where it lands.
They handed away value on the phones that the picks cannot earn back. The Banks pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at tight end. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through tight end.
The Haulcy pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch.
Add it up and it is a weekend the front office will hope everyone forgets, tight end very much included.
Pick Analysis
Pick2
Rnd1
Keldric Faulk
In pick 2 they get a premier pass rusher. More want than need.
Pick12
Rnd1
Mansoor Delane
In pick No. 12 they get a press-man option on the boundary at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick16
Rnd1
Caleb Banks
A curious use of the 16th overall pick. Tight end needed the pick; an edge rusher in Caleb Banks did not.
Pick20
Rnd1
Anthony Hill Jr.
In the 20th pick they get a three-down second-level presence, though they paid up to get him. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick33
Rnd2
Sonny Styles
By-the-book stuff, Sonny Styles at the Round 2 slot squarely in line with his ranking. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick40
Rnd2
Emmanuel Pregnon
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Emmanuel Pregnon. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick44
Rnd2
Dani Dennis-Sutton
Of all the spots to shop, they chose edge rusher. Dani Dennis-Sutton in pick 44 leaves tight end for later.
Pick75
Rnd3
A.J. Haulcy
A.J. Haulcy in the Round 3 slot should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick82
Rnd3
Julian Neal
Fair-plus on Julian Neal, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick103
Rnd4
Trinidad Chambliss
A reach for Trinidad Chambliss in Round 4, Pick 3; a little patience would have been rewarded. It fills a real need, too.
Pick112
Rnd4
Caden Curry
A want over a need in pick No. 112: Caden Curry adds an edge rusher while tight end keeps waiting.
Pick150
Rnd5
Chase Roberts
A straight-up fair deal on Chase Roberts at the 150th overall pick, value and slot in agreement. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick177
Rnd5
Bud Clark
Bud Clark at the 177th pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
Pick215
Rnd6
Roydell Williams
Value said wait; Roydell Williams in slot 215 says they were not listening. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick221
Rnd7
Jordan Hall
A wild overpay on Jordan Hall in the 221st overall pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick225
Rnd7
Tony Rojas
They talked themselves into Tony Rojas at slot 225, and the board did not agree. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
























