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Draft Selections
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (DAL)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (DAL)
Jackson Powers-Johnson
C Oregon
Marist Liufau Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (DAL)
Marist Liufau
LB Notre Dame
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 125 RND: 4 (DAL)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
Jaylen Wright Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (DAL)
Jaylen Wright
RB Tennessee
Matthew Jones Head Shot
PICK: 213 RND: 6 (DAL)
Matthew Jones
OG Ohio State
Zion Logue Head Shot
PICK: 242 RND: 7 (DAL)
Zion Logue
DL Georgia
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
A respectable, level-headed haul for the Cowboys: B.

The tape said wait; the Cowboys did not. Matthew Jones went at Round 6, Pick 38, a good 47 picks before the board was ready.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through wide receiver. Wright at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the wide receiver spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick24 Rnd1 Kool-Aid McKinstry
In slot 24 they get a ballhawk on the outside. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick56 Rnd2 Jackson Powers-Johnson
They did well to land Jackson Powers-Johnson in pick 56, just ahead of his grade. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick87 Rnd3 Marist Liufau
Marist Liufau at the 87th pick is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the linebacker. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick125 Rnd4 Tommy Eichenberg
By-the-book stuff, Tommy Eichenberg at pick No. 125 squarely in line with his ranking. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick173 Rnd5 Jaylen Wright
Jaylen Wright is a better player than Round 5, Pick 37 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick213 Rnd6 Matthew Jones
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Matthew Jones. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick242 Rnd7 Zion Logue
They reached into another round for Zion Logue, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. The roster fit checks out.