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April 16 -1

  • justinjsmithstudio DRAFTING FOR THE
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Draft Selections
Byron Murphy II Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (DAL)
Byron Murphy II
DL Texas
Keon Coleman Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (DAL)
Keon Coleman
WR Florida State
Dominick Puni Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (DAL)
Dominick Puni
OT Kansas
Dillon Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (DAL)
Dillon Johnson
RB Washington
JD Bertrand Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 6 (DAL)
JD Bertrand
LB Notre Dame
Keaton Bills Head Shot
PICK: 233 RND: 7 (DAL)
Keaton Bills
OG Utah
Johnny Dixon Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (DAL)
Johnny Dixon
CB Penn State
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Grand theft in the 244th pick: the Cowboys steal Dixon and grade out a B.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Johnny Dixon, slot 244, roughly 53 picks past where he belonged.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped quarterback, which is a strange place to end up. Every board in the league had Bills lower, and that gap is the story.

Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Pick Analysis
Pick24 Rnd1 Byron Murphy II
In the 24th pick they get a run-stuffing presence up front at fair value.
Pick56 Rnd2 Keon Coleman
Keon Coleman at pick No. 56 is money in the bank, a wide receiver taken below his worth. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick87 Rnd3 Dominick Puni
Dominick Puni at pick 87 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick174 Rnd5 Dillon Johnson
Dillon Johnson at Round 5, Pick 38 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick216 Rnd6 JD Bertrand
No drama and no debate, JD Bertrand went about where he belonged in No. 216. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick233 Rnd7 Keaton Bills
They went early on Keaton Bills in the 233rd overall pick, and the value did not follow. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick244 Rnd7 Johnny Dixon
Johnny Dixon at the Round 7 slot is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.