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Draft Selections
Marvin Harrison Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (DAL)
Marvin Harrison Jr.
WR Ohio State
Taliese Fuaga Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (DAL)
Taliese Fuaga
OT Oregon State
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (DAL)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
Javontae Jean-Baptiste Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (DAL)
Javontae Jean-Baptiste
DE-EDGE Notre Dame
Frank Gore Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 6 (DAL)
Frank Gore Jr.
RB Southern Miss
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 233 RND: 7 (DAL)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
Matt Lee Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (DAL)
Matt Lee
C Miami (FL)
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B
ValueA NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
The Cowboys let Eichenberg fall into their laps, and walked away with a B.

The Cowboys did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and Tommy Eichenberg fell into No. 233. Call it a sensible B, earned the boring way.

Reaching for Jean-Baptiste left real value on the table behind him. That cornerback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. They went 4 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

Almost all the early capital went to that side of the ball.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick24 Rnd1 Marvin Harrison Jr.
In the Round 1 slot they get a true top target at a price that makes it sweeter. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick56 Rnd2 Taliese Fuaga
Taliese Fuaga at the 56th overall pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick87 Rnd3 Payton Wilson
The board fumbled Payton Wilson all the way to pick 87, and they scooped it up. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick174 Rnd5 Javontae Jean-Baptiste
This one needs a full-page explanation: Javontae Jean-Baptiste in No. 174, miles early. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick216 Rnd6 Frank Gore Jr.
A conviction pick on Frank Gore Jr. at pick No. 216 that the board grades a round light. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick233 Rnd7 Tommy Eichenberg
A linebacker of that caliber at slot 233 is the definition of value, full stop. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick244 Rnd7 Matt Lee
Matt Lee in the 244th pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.