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Draft Selections
Patrick Paul Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (DAL)
Patrick Paul
OT Houston
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (DAL)
Maason Smith
DT-EDGE LSU
Cedric Gray Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (DAL)
Cedric Gray
LB North Carolina
Javon Baker Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (DAL)
Javon Baker
WR UCF
Joe Milton III Head Shot
PICK: 182 RND: 6 (DAL)
Joe Milton III
QB Tennessee
Blake Watson Head Shot
PICK: 212 RND: 6 (DAL)
Blake Watson
RB Memphis
Nathaniel Watson Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (DAL)
Nathaniel Watson
LB Mississippi State
Draft Picks Received
Joe Milton III Head Shot
PICK: 182 RND: 6 (NE)
Joe Milton III
QB Tennessee
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (NE)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (NE)
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Draft Picks Traded
Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (TB)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
Players Gained
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Jamel Dean
CB
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Vita Vea
DT
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B+
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureB
The Cowboys let Milton III fall and pounced. Final grade: B+.

The Cowboys ran the phones like sharks, prying loose value on deal after deal until the ledger was lopsided.

It is not that Smith is a bad player; it is that the Cowboys had louder needs to answer first. They will regret leaving cornerback for another day if the season turns on it.

The Milton III steal is the beam this whole class leans on.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but cornerback.

Pick Analysis
Pick56 Rnd2 Patrick Paul
Patrick Paul at Round 2, Pick 24 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick87 Rnd3 Maason Smith
The eyebrow-raiser of the weekend. They went DT-EDGE with Maason Smith while clear needs at cornerback, tight end and other spots sat open.
Pick124 Rnd4 Cedric Gray
A conviction pick on Cedric Gray at pick No. 124 that the board grades a round light. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick174 Rnd5 Javon Baker
Javon Baker at the Round 5 slot is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick182 Rnd6 Joe Milton III
Circle this one: Joe Milton III at the 182nd pick is a fall that decides a draft. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick212 Rnd6 Blake Watson
Blake Watson at the 212th overall pick jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick245 Rnd7 Nathaniel Watson
Nathaniel Watson in Round 7, Pick 25 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.