JRLB619'S MOCK DRAFT
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Draft Selections
Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (DAL)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
Jonathon Brooks Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (DAL)
Jonathon Brooks
RB Texas
Dominick Puni Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (DAL)
Dominick Puni
OT Kansas
Malik Mustapha Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (DAL)
Malik Mustapha
S Wake Forest
Curtis Jacobs Head Shot
PICK: 213 RND: 6 (DAL)
Curtis Jacobs
LB Penn State
KT Leveston Head Shot
PICK: 231 RND: 7 (DAL)
KT Leveston
OT Kansas State
Jowon Briggs Head Shot
PICK: 242 RND: 7 (DAL)
Jowon Briggs
DT-EDGE Cincinnati
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Mustapha should have been long gone. The Cowboys pounced, and earned a B.

The best pick of the weekend was also the simplest. The Cowboys watched Malik Mustapha slide 21 picks past his grade and did not hesitate.

Leaving wide receiver unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. Cornerback was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.

Value over need was the throughline, for better and worse.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but wide receiver.

Pick Analysis
Pick24 Rnd1 Cooper DeJean
In slot 24 they get an island corner at a price that makes it sweeter. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick56 Rnd2 Jonathon Brooks
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Jonathon Brooks in pick 56. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick87 Rnd3 Dominick Puni
Dominick Puni in the 87th pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick173 Rnd5 Malik Mustapha
They will replay Malik Mustapha at the 173rd overall pick for years; that is how good the value is. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick213 Rnd6 Curtis Jacobs
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Curtis Jacobs at No. 213 is the proof. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick231 Rnd7 KT Leveston
A straight-up fair deal on KT Leveston at the Round 7 slot, value and slot in agreement. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick242 Rnd7 Jowon Briggs
They paid sticker price for Jowon Briggs in Round 7, Pick 22, and that is fine. Need-wise, a curious use of the pick.