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James Pearce Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (DAL)
James Pearce Jr.
DE-EDGE Tennessee
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (DAL)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Trey Amos Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (DAL)
Trey Amos
CB Ole Miss
Devin Neal Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (DAL)
Devin Neal
RB Kansas
Jay Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (DAL)
Jay Higgins
LB Iowa
Jack Nelson Head Shot
PICK: 172 RND: 5 (DAL)
Jack Nelson
OT Wisconsin
Mello Dotson Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (DAL)
Mello Dotson
CB Kansas
Pat Bryant Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (DAL)
Pat Bryant
WR Illinois
Phil Mafah Head Shot
PICK: 211 RND: 6 (DAL)
Phil Mafah
RB Clemson
Karene Reid Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (DAL)
Karene Reid
LB Utah
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B
ValueA- NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
Best value of the weekend goes to the Cowboys for Neal: B.

Somebody in pick No. 150 was going to get robbed, and it turned out to be the rest of the league. The Cowboys sat still while Devin Neal, the No. 84 name on the board, slid all the way to them, then sprinted to the podium. The bottom line is a respectable B.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback. On the needs board they went 6 of 8, with wide receiver the one that mattered most.

The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick Analysis
Pick12 Rnd1 James Pearce Jr.
In pick No. 12 they get a quarterback's worst nightmare. Need was not the driver here.
Pick44 Rnd2 Kenneth Grant
Taking Kenneth Grant in the 44th overall pick is close to grand larceny; an interior defensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick76 Rnd3 Trey Amos
They robbed the room for Trey Amos here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick150 Rnd5 Devin Neal
They will replay Devin Neal at No. 150 for years; that is how good the value is. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick170 Rnd5 Jay Higgins
Steal is underselling it; Jay Higgins at slot 170 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick172 Rnd5 Jack Nelson
Jack Nelson at the 172nd pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick174 Rnd5 Mello Dotson
Mello Dotson in Round 5, Pick 35 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick190 Rnd6 Pat Bryant
Pat Bryant at the Round 6 slot is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick211 Rnd6 Phil Mafah
Phil Mafah in the Round 6 slot is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick249 Rnd7 Karene Reid
Somehow Karene Reid was still sitting there in slot 249, and they pounced on premier linebacker value. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.