repo2448'S MOCK DRAFT

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  • repo2448 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Cowboys
Draft Selections
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (DAL)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
Denzel Burke Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (DAL)
Denzel Burke
CB Ohio State
Anthony Belton Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (DAL)
Anthony Belton
OT NC State
Darius Alexander Head Shot
PICK: 154 RND: 5 (DAL)
Darius Alexander
DT Toledo
Cody Simon Head Shot
PICK: 171 RND: 5 (DAL)
Cody Simon
LB Ohio State
Kobe King Head Shot
PICK: 172 RND: 5 (DAL)
Kobe King
LB Penn State
Dillon Gabriel Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (DAL)
Dillon Gabriel
QB Oregon
Tahj Brooks Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (DAL)
Tahj Brooks
RB Texas Tech
Dorian Strong Head Shot
PICK: 195 RND: 6 (DAL)
Dorian Strong
CB Virginia Tech
Kobe Hudson Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (DAL)
Kobe Hudson
WR UCF
Kitan Crawford Head Shot
PICK: 256 RND: 7 (DAL)
Kitan Crawford
S Nevada
Draft Picks Received
Denzel Burke Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (BUF)
Denzel Burke
CB Ohio State
Darius Alexander Head Shot
PICK: 154 RND: 5 (CIN)
Darius Alexander
DT Toledo
Cody Simon Head Shot
PICK: 171 RND: 5 (BUF)
Cody Simon
LB Ohio State
Dorian Strong Head Shot
PICK: 195 RND: 6 (CIN)
Dorian Strong
CB Virginia Tech
Kitan Crawford Head Shot
PICK: 256 RND: 7 (KC)
Kitan Crawford
S Nevada
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (CIN)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (LAC)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (TB)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (KC)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (CIN)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (KC)
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Draft Picks Traded
Landon Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (TB)
Landon Jackson
DL-EDGE Arkansas
Jack Bech Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (CIN)
Jack Bech
WR TCU
Jeremy Crawshaw Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (KC)
Jeremy Crawshaw
P Florida
Cam Horsley Head Shot
PICK: 211 RND: 6 (CIN)
Cam Horsley
DT Boston College
Players Gained
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Keon Coleman
WR
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Gus Edwards
RB
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Trey Hendrickson
DE
Head Shot
Bucky Irving
RB
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall A
ValueA NeedB TradesA+ FutureA+
The Cowboys cashed the board's mistake on Brooks: A.

The board owed the Cowboys one, and it paid up: Tahj Brooks, the No. 127 name on the board, sitting there at Round 6, Pick 12 like a gift left on the doorstep.

The phones were where this weekend was really won. The imported veterans give this class a floor the draft picks could not on their own.

It is a bet on later, and a defensible one for a team playing the long game.

Bottom line, they left the weekend a clearly better team, and they earned every bit of it.

Pick Analysis
Pick44 Rnd2 Tyler Warren
Tyler Warren at the 44th pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick108 Rnd4 Denzel Burke
The board had Denzel Burke higher than No. 108, and the cornerback fell to them anyway. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick150 Rnd5 Anthony Belton
They robbed the room for Anthony Belton here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick154 Rnd5 Darius Alexander
Darius Alexander in Round 5, Pick 15 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It fills a real need, too.
Pick171 Rnd5 Cody Simon
Cody Simon at the Round 5 slot is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick172 Rnd5 Kobe King
Kobe King in the 172nd overall pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick174 Rnd5 Dillon Gabriel
Dillon Gabriel in pick 174 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick190 Rnd6 Tahj Brooks
Steal is underselling it; Tahj Brooks at slot 190 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick195 Rnd6 Dorian Strong
A top-tier cornerback at a bargain, Dorian Strong in Round 6, Pick 17, plain and simple. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick249 Rnd7 Kobe Hudson
Circle this one: Kobe Hudson at No. 249 is a fall that decides a draft. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick256 Rnd7 Kitan Crawford
Taking Kitan Crawford in the 256th pick is close to grand larceny; a safety that good had no business lasting this long. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.