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  • Matador78 DRAFTING FOR THE
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Draft Selections
Abdul Carter Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (DAL)
Abdul Carter
DE Penn State
Jalon Walker Head Shot
PICK: 43 RND: 2 (DAL)
Jalon Walker
LB Georgia
Tyleik Williams Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (DAL)
Tyleik Williams
DT Ohio State
Nicholas Singleton Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (DAL)
Nicholas Singleton
RB Penn State
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 168 RND: 5 (DAL)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Sonny Styles Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (DAL)
Sonny Styles
S Ohio State
Oronde Gadsden II Head Shot
PICK: 171 RND: 5 (DAL)
Oronde Gadsden II
TE Syracuse
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 186 RND: 6 (DAL)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
Lander Barton Head Shot
PICK: 209 RND: 6 (DAL)
Lander Barton
LB Utah
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B
ValueA- NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
The Cowboys cashed the board's mistake on Barton: B.

The rest of the league will want that one back. Lander Barton tumbling to the Cowboys in No. 209 is a gift they did not have to think twice about. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B.

They will regret leaving cornerback for another day if the season turns on it. Every board in the league had Thornton Jr. lower, and that gap is the story.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick Analysis
Pick12 Rnd1 Abdul Carter
In the Round 1 slot they get a quarterback's worst nightmare at fair value. More want than need.
Pick43 Rnd2 Jalon Walker
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Jalon Walker at slot 43. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick74 Rnd3 Tyleik Williams
Tyleik Williams at No. 74 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. It fills a real need, too.
Pick148 Rnd5 Nicholas Singleton
The board fumbled Nicholas Singleton all the way to the 148th overall pick, and they scooped it up. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick168 Rnd5 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
Dont'e Thornton Jr. in the 168th pick is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick170 Rnd5 Sonny Styles
Sonny Styles at pick 170 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick171 Rnd5 Oronde Gadsden II
Circle this one: Oronde Gadsden II at pick No. 171 is a fall that decides a draft. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick186 Rnd6 Smael Mondon Jr.
Smael Mondon Jr. in Round 6, Pick 11 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick209 Rnd6 Lander Barton
Lander Barton at pick 209 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.