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Draft Selections
Troy Fautanu Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (DAL)
Troy Fautanu
OT Washington
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (DAL)
T'Vondre Sweat
DT Texas
Frank Gore Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (DAL)
Frank Gore Jr.
RB Southern Miss
Jaylan Ford Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (DAL)
Jaylan Ford
LB Texas
Ryan Flournoy Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 6 (DAL)
Ryan Flournoy
WR Southeast Missouri State
Nathaniel Watson Head Shot
PICK: 233 RND: 7 (DAL)
Nathaniel Watson
LB Mississippi State
Jordan Whittington Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (DAL)
Jordan Whittington
WR Texas
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Cowboys did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B-.

The Cowboys spent real capital to be 139 picks early on Frank Gore Jr., and the board is going to hold them to it. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B-.

If one pick saves this weekend, it is Watson. The cornerback hole is the one line item this class does not answer. They left with wide receiver solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

Good work on the whole, with cornerback the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick24 Rnd1 Troy Fautanu
In the Round 1 slot they get protection for the quarterback. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick56 Rnd2 T'Vondre Sweat
They let T'Vondre Sweat come to them and pounced at the 56th overall pick. It fills a real need, too.
Pick87 Rnd3 Frank Gore Jr.
A real head-scratcher, Frank Gore Jr. in slot 87 is miles ahead of his ranking. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick174 Rnd5 Jaylan Ford
Jaylan Ford at No. 174 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick216 Rnd6 Ryan Flournoy
The board had Ryan Flournoy higher than pick No. 216, and the wide receiver fell to them anyway. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick233 Rnd7 Nathaniel Watson
They barely believed it either: Nathaniel Watson still on the board at Round 7, Pick 13. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick244 Rnd7 Jordan Whittington
A market-rate wide receiver, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Jordan Whittington. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.