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Draft Selections
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (DAL)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Kaleb Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (DAL)
Kaleb Johnson
RB Iowa
Xavier Restrepo Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (DAL)
Xavier Restrepo
WR Miami
Emery Jones Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (DAL)
Emery Jones Jr.
OT LSU
CJ West Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (DAL)
CJ West
DT Indiana
Jeffrey Bassa Head Shot
PICK: 172 RND: 5 (DAL)
Jeffrey Bassa
LB Oregon
Jabbar Muhammad Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (DAL)
Jabbar Muhammad
CB Oregon
Raheim Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (DAL)
Raheim Sanders
RB South Carolina
Hayden Conner Head Shot
PICK: 211 RND: 6 (DAL)
Hayden Conner
OG Texas
Cam Horsley Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (DAL)
Cam Horsley
DT Boston College
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Good, not great, for the Cowboys: B-.

There is reaching, and then there is CJ West at pick 170. The Cowboys jumped the board by 47 and dared it to prove them wrong. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B-.

The Bassa pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped quarterback, which is a strange place to end up. They went 6 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick12 Rnd1 Walter Nolen
In pick 12 they get a load in the middle at fair value. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick44 Rnd2 Kaleb Johnson
Nothing to complain about; Kaleb Johnson went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick76 Rnd3 Xavier Restrepo
Xavier Restrepo at slot 76 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick150 Rnd5 Emery Jones Jr.
They robbed the room for Emery Jones Jr. here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick170 Rnd5 CJ West
CJ West in the Round 5 slot is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick172 Rnd5 Jeffrey Bassa
You do not let a linebacker like Jeffrey Bassa reach the 172nd pick and blink. They did not. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick174 Rnd5 Jabbar Muhammad
Circle this one: Jabbar Muhammad at slot 174 is a fall that decides a draft. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick190 Rnd6 Raheim Sanders
Raheim Sanders in No. 190 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick211 Rnd6 Hayden Conner
They took Hayden Conner at par in the 211th overall pick, which is nothing to complain about. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick249 Rnd7 Cam Horsley
Cam Horsley at the 249th pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. The roster fit checks out.