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Draft Selections
Graham Barton Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (DAL)
Graham Barton
OT Duke
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (DAL)
T'Vondre Sweat
DT Texas
MarShawn Lloyd Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (DAL)
MarShawn Lloyd
RB USC
Tahj Washington Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (DAL)
Tahj Washington
WR USC
Jaylan Ford Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 6 (DAL)
Jaylan Ford
LB Texas
Julian Pearl Head Shot
PICK: 233 RND: 7 (DAL)
Julian Pearl
OT Illinois
Ryan Watts Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (DAL)
Ryan Watts
CB Texas
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
More right than wrong for the Cowboys, and a B- to prove it.

You can draft well and still miss the point. The Cowboys did plenty of tidy work and somehow never got around to quarterback, which was the need that mattered most. The bottom line is a respectable B-.

The Watts pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. Sweat has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick24 Rnd1 Graham Barton
In the 24th pick they get an anchor for the offensive line. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick56 Rnd2 T'Vondre Sweat
T'Vondre Sweat at No. 56 is a conviction pick that outran the value. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick87 Rnd3 MarShawn Lloyd
By-the-book stuff, MarShawn Lloyd at pick No. 87 squarely in line with his ranking. The roster fit checks out.
Pick174 Rnd5 Tahj Washington
A market-rate wide receiver, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Tahj Washington. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick216 Rnd6 Jaylan Ford
Jaylan Ford at the 216th overall pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick233 Rnd7 Julian Pearl
Nothing to complain about; Julian Pearl went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick244 Rnd7 Ryan Watts
Ryan Watts at slot 244 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.