Daunte61'S MOCK DRAFT
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Draft Selections
Abdul Carter Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (DAL)
Abdul Carter
DE-EDGE Penn State
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (DAL)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Wyatt Milum Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (DAL)
Wyatt Milum
OT West Virginia
Tez Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (DAL)
Tez Johnson
WR Oregon
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 168 RND: 5 (DAL)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Alfred Collins Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (DAL)
Alfred Collins
DT Texas
Trey Amos Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (DAL)
Trey Amos
CB Ole Miss
Savion Williams Head Shot
PICK: 186 RND: 6 (DAL)
Savion Williams
WR TCU
Cam Skattebo Head Shot
PICK: 209 RND: 6 (DAL)
Cam Skattebo
RB Arizona State
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 248 RND: 7 (DAL)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B
ValueA NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
The Cowboys won the night they stopped Jeanty from sliding. Grade: B.

The board owed the Cowboys one, and it paid up: Ashton Jeanty, the No. 2 name on the board, sitting there at the Round 5 slot like a gift left on the doorstep.

For all the activity, linebacker went untouched, which is hard to explain. Wide receiver is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.

Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick12 Rnd1 Abdul Carter
In No. 12 they get juice off the edge. Need was not the driver here.
Pick44 Rnd2 Walter Nolen
They will replay Walter Nolen at Round 2, Pick 12 for years; that is how good the value is. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick76 Rnd3 Wyatt Milum
Taking Wyatt Milum in pick 76 is close to grand larceny; an offensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick148 Rnd5 Tez Johnson
They barely believed it either: Tez Johnson still on the board at pick No. 148. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick168 Rnd5 Ashton Jeanty
Circle this one: Ashton Jeanty at the Round 5 slot is a fall that decides a draft. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick170 Rnd5 Alfred Collins
Alfred Collins at the 170th overall pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick173 Rnd5 Trey Amos
A cornerback of that caliber at slot 173 is the definition of value, full stop. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick186 Rnd6 Savion Williams
Savion Williams in the 186th pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick209 Rnd6 Cam Skattebo
Cam Skattebo in pick No. 209 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick248 Rnd7 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
You do not let a wide receiver like Dont'e Thornton Jr. reach the 248th pick and blink. They did not. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.