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Draft Selections
Dallas Turner Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (DAL)
Dallas Turner
LB-EDGE Alabama
Taliese Fuaga Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (DAL)
Taliese Fuaga
OT Oregon State
Byron Murphy II Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (DAL)
Byron Murphy II
DL Texas
Trevin Wallace Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (DAL)
Trevin Wallace
LB Kentucky
Rasheen Ali Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 6 (DAL)
Rasheen Ali
RB Marshall
Tahj Washington Head Shot
PICK: 233 RND: 7 (DAL)
Tahj Washington
WR USC
Matt Lee Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (DAL)
Matt Lee
C Miami (FL)
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Cowboys won the night they stopped Murphy II from sliding. Grade: B.

Call it larceny. Byron Murphy II sat on the board until slot 87, and the Cowboys did not need to be asked twice. Call it a sensible B, earned the boring way.

Reaching for Wallace left real value on the table behind him. Leaving cornerback unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

Wide receiver was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick24 Rnd1 Dallas Turner
A tidy bit of business in the 24th overall pick, where Dallas Turner graded well above the range. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick56 Rnd2 Taliese Fuaga
Steal is underselling it; Taliese Fuaga at the Round 2 slot is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick87 Rnd3 Byron Murphy II
Byron Murphy II in the 87th pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick174 Rnd5 Trevin Wallace
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Trevin Wallace. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick216 Rnd6 Rasheen Ali
Rasheen Ali at Round 6, Pick 41 is money in the bank, a running back taken below his worth. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick233 Rnd7 Tahj Washington
You do not let a wide receiver like Tahj Washington reach slot 233 and blink. They did not. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick244 Rnd7 Matt Lee
Matt Lee at pick No. 244 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.