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Draft Selections
Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (DAL)
Jackson Powers-Johnson
C Oregon
Kingsley Suamataia Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (DAL)
Kingsley Suamataia
OT BYU
Trey Benson Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (DAL)
Trey Benson
RB Florida State
Leonard Taylor III Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (DAL)
Leonard Taylor III
DL Miami (FL)
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (DAL)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 134 RND: 4 (DAL)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Zion Tupuola-Fetui Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (DAL)
Zion Tupuola-Fetui
DE-EDGE Washington
Ainias Smith Head Shot
PICK: 186 RND: 6 (DAL)
Ainias Smith
WR Texas A&M
Ro Torrence Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 6 (DAL)
Ro Torrence
CB Arizona State
Rasheen Ali Head Shot
PICK: 233 RND: 7 (DAL)
Rasheen Ali
RB Marshall
Nathaniel Watson Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (DAL)
Nathaniel Watson
LB Mississippi State
Draft Picks Received
Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (BUF)
Jackson Powers-Johnson
C Oregon
Leonard Taylor III Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (ARI)
Leonard Taylor III
DL Miami (FL)
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (BUF)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 134 RND: 4 (BUF)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Ainias Smith Head Shot
PICK: 186 RND: 6 (ARI)
Ainias Smith
WR Texas A&M
Draft Picks Traded
J.J. McCarthy Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (ARI)
J.J. McCarthy
QB Michigan
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB FutureB-
The Cowboys won the night they stopped Smith from sliding. Grade: B.

Somewhere a general manager is explaining how Ainias Smith got past him. The Cowboys do not have to explain a thing at Round 6, Pick 11. It does the job without flash, and the B reflects it.

They are betting Tupuola-Fetui proves the room right and everyone else wrong. The quarterback spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 Jackson Powers-Johnson
In slot 28 they get a building block for the line. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick56 Rnd2 Kingsley Suamataia
A straight-up fair deal on Kingsley Suamataia at pick 56, value and slot in agreement. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick87 Rnd3 Trey Benson
Trey Benson at pick No. 87 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It fills a real need, too.
Pick90 Rnd3 Leonard Taylor III
Leonard Taylor III at the 90th pick is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick128 Rnd4 Tommy Eichenberg
They paid up for Tommy Eichenberg at the 128th overall pick when waiting would have done the job. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick134 Rnd4 Brenden Rice
They will replay Brenden Rice at No. 134 for years; that is how good the value is. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick174 Rnd5 Zion Tupuola-Fetui
Zion Tupuola-Fetui at Round 5, Pick 38 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick186 Rnd6 Ainias Smith
They barely believed it either: Ainias Smith still on the board at the Round 6 slot. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick216 Rnd6 Ro Torrence
Somehow Ro Torrence was still sitting there in the 216th overall pick, and they pounced on premier cornerback value. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick233 Rnd7 Rasheen Ali
Taking Rasheen Ali in Round 7, Pick 13 is close to grand larceny; a running back that good had no business lasting this long. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick244 Rnd7 Nathaniel Watson
Nathaniel Watson at pick 244 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.