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Draft Selections
Jeremiyah Love Head Shot
PICK: 15 RND: 1 (DAL)
Jeremiyah Love
RB Notre Dame
Romello Height Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (DAL)
Romello Height
DE-EDGE Texas Tech
Jacob Rodriguez Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (DAL)
Jacob Rodriguez
LB Texas Tech
Earl Little Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (DAL)
Earl Little Jr.
S Florida State
Jermaine Mathews Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 155 RND: 5 (DAL)
Jermaine Mathews Jr.
CB Ohio State
Bud Clark Head Shot
PICK: 178 RND: 5 (DAL)
Bud Clark
S TCU
CJ Daniels Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 5 (DAL)
CJ Daniels
WR Miami
Jamal Haynes Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 7 (DAL)
Jamal Haynes
RB Georgia Tech
Roderick Kearney Head Shot
PICK: 229 RND: 7 (DAL)
Roderick Kearney
OG Florida
Draft Picks Received
Jacob Rodriguez Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (LV)
Jacob Rodriguez
LB Texas Tech
Players traded away
Head Shot
Trevon Diggs
CB
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall D+
ValueC NeedB TradesF FutureB-
The Cowboys bled value on every deal, hence the D+.

The tape said wait; the Cowboys did not. Jacob Rodriguez went at slot 67, a good 97 picks before the board was ready. A weekend that fought the value and lost, hence the D+.

They lost the exchange badly enough to drag the whole class down. That quarterback 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 quarterback is still a hole.

Pick Analysis
Pick15 Rnd1 Jeremiyah Love
In the 15th overall pick they get a bell-cow for the offense, and a steal at that.
Pick28 Rnd1 Romello Height
In Round 1, Pick 28 they get a quarterback's worst nightmare, though the board says they badly overpaid. Need was not the driver here.
Pick67 Rnd3 Jacob Rodriguez
A real head-scratcher, Jacob Rodriguez in the 67th pick is miles ahead of his ranking. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick115 Rnd4 Earl Little Jr.
Earl Little Jr. in pick No. 115 lands just on the right side of the ledger. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick155 Rnd5 Jermaine Mathews Jr.
They reached into another round for Jermaine Mathews Jr., and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick178 Rnd5 Bud Clark
Bud Clark at slot 178 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
Pick179 Rnd5 CJ Daniels
CJ Daniels at the Round 5 slot is right where the board had him, plain and simple. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick216 Rnd7 Jamal Haynes
Jamal Haynes in the 216th overall pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It fills a real need, too.
Pick229 Rnd7 Roderick Kearney
Roderick Kearney in slot 229 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.