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Draft Selections
Troy Fautanu Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (DAL)
Troy Fautanu
OT Washington
Sedrick Van Pran Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (DAL)
Sedrick Van Pran
C Georgia
Trey Benson Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (DAL)
Trey Benson
RB Florida State
Curtis Jacobs Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (DAL)
Curtis Jacobs
LB Penn State
Jowon Briggs Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 6 (DAL)
Jowon Briggs
DT Cincinnati
Ryan Flournoy Head Shot
PICK: 233 RND: 7 (DAL)
Ryan Flournoy
WR Southeast Missouri State
Daijahn Anthony Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (DAL)
Daijahn Anthony
CB Mississippi
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Good, not great, for the Cowboys: B-.

The Cowboys put a flag in the ground for Jowon Briggs, 53 picks before anyone else would have, and the value took the hit.

The Flournoy pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged. The quarterback spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. They went 6 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick Analysis
Pick24 Rnd1 Troy Fautanu
In No. 24 they get a blindside protector at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick56 Rnd2 Sedrick Van Pran
Sedrick Van Pran at pick No. 56 is a conviction pick that outran the value. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick87 Rnd3 Trey Benson
By-the-book stuff, Trey Benson at pick 87 squarely in line with his ranking. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick174 Rnd5 Curtis Jacobs
Value said wait; Curtis Jacobs in Round 5, Pick 38 says they were not listening. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick216 Rnd6 Jowon Briggs
Jowon Briggs at slot 216 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick233 Rnd7 Ryan Flournoy
Ryan Flournoy at the 233rd overall pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick244 Rnd7 Daijahn Anthony
A clean, defensible pick in Round 7, Pick 24 with a little surplus value in Daijahn Anthony. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.