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Jan. 28

  • sbroussard DRAFTING FOR THE
    Cowboys
Draft Selections
Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (DAL)
Jackson Powers-Johnson
C Oregon
Junior Colson Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (DAL)
Junior Colson
LB Michigan
Audric Estime Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (DAL)
Audric Estime
RB Notre Dame
Marcus Harris Head Shot
PICK: 162 RND: 5 (DAL)
Marcus Harris
DL-EDGE Auburn
Christian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (DAL)
Christian Jones
OT Texas
Chau Smith-Wade Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (DAL)
Chau Smith-Wade
CB Washington State
Nathaniel Watson Head Shot
PICK: 206 RND: 6 (DAL)
Nathaniel Watson
LB Mississippi State
Mark Perry Head Shot
PICK: 212 RND: 6 (DAL)
Mark Perry
S TCU
Jordan Whittington Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (DAL)
Jordan Whittington
WR Texas
Draft Picks Received
Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (BUF)
Jackson Powers-Johnson
C Oregon
Marcus Harris Head Shot
PICK: 162 RND: 5 (BUF)
Marcus Harris
DL-EDGE Auburn
Christian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (BUF)
Christian Jones
OT Texas
Nathaniel Watson Head Shot
PICK: 206 RND: 6 (BUF)
Nathaniel Watson
LB Mississippi State
Draft Picks Traded
Xavier Worthy Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (BUF)
Xavier Worthy
WR Texas
Drake Nugent Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (BUF)
Drake Nugent
C Michigan
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall C+
ValueC- NeedB+ TradesC+ FutureB-
The Cowboys did enough to get by: C+.

They will call it conviction in the building and a reach everywhere else: Marcus Harris, 66 picks early at the 162nd pick.

A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want. That Smith-Wade pick is the receipt they will wave around later. Job largely done: wide receiver settled and 5 of 8 of the wish list covered.

Trading back for volume was the quiet throughline of their weekend.

Bottom line, the swing picks will decide whether this ages well.

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 Jackson Powers-Johnson
In the 28th pick they get a cornerstone up front, a steep price for the projection. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick56 Rnd2 Junior Colson
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Junior Colson well ahead of where he belonged. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick87 Rnd3 Audric Estime
The board had cheaper options than Audric Estime at slot 87, and it noticed. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick162 Rnd5 Marcus Harris
Marcus Harris in pick No. 162 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick165 Rnd5 Christian Jones
Christian Jones at pick 165 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick174 Rnd5 Chau Smith-Wade
They let Chau Smith-Wade come to them and pounced at the 174th overall pick. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick206 Rnd6 Nathaniel Watson
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Nathaniel Watson. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick212 Rnd6 Mark Perry
Mark Perry at the Round 6 slot is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick245 Rnd7 Jordan Whittington
Jordan Whittington at slot 245 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.