The Cowboys treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending the 20th overall pick on Akheem Mesidor a full 40 spots early.

The Mesidor pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at wide receiver, cornerback and other spots. The wide receiver spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

It nets out as a middle-of-the-pack haul that neither helps nor hurts much.