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  • robckeller DRAFTING FOR THE
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Draft Selections
Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (DAL)
Jackson Powers-Johnson
C Oregon
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (DAL)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
DJ James Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (DAL)
DJ James
CB Auburn
Ty'Ron Hopper Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (DAL)
Ty'Ron Hopper
LB Missouri
Dylan Laube Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 6 (DAL)
Dylan Laube
RB New Hampshire
Fabien Lovett Head Shot
PICK: 233 RND: 7 (DAL)
Fabien Lovett
DL Florida State
Jha'Quan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (DAL)
Jha'Quan Jackson
WR Tulane
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Cowboys cashed the board's mistake on Jackson: B.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Jha'Quan Jackson, the Round 7 slot, roughly 66 picks past where he belonged. The bottom line is a respectable B.

That quarterback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. They are betting Powers-Johnson proves the room right and everyone else wrong.

The roster is better shaped than it was, with wide receiver chief among the fixes.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the quarterback spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick24 Rnd1 Jackson Powers-Johnson
In pick No. 24 they get a long-term starter on the line, even if it was a touch early. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick56 Rnd2 Cooper Beebe
Value with a capital V on Cooper Beebe in No. 56, a genuine coup. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick87 Rnd3 DJ James
You do not let a cornerback like DJ James reach the 87th overall pick and blink. They did not. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick174 Rnd5 Ty'Ron Hopper
They took Ty'Ron Hopper at par in the Round 5 slot, which is nothing to complain about. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick216 Rnd6 Dylan Laube
Dylan Laube in Round 6, Pick 41 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick233 Rnd7 Fabien Lovett
They barely believed it either: Fabien Lovett still on the board at the 233rd pick. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick244 Rnd7 Jha'Quan Jackson
Jha'Quan Jackson in pick 244 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.