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Draft Selections
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (DAL)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Patrick Paul Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (DAL)
Patrick Paul
OT Houston
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (DAL)
Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
LB Clemson
Jalen McMillan Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (DAL)
Jalen McMillan
WR Washington
Cole Bishop Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (DAL)
Cole Bishop
S Utah
MarShawn Lloyd Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (DAL)
MarShawn Lloyd
RB USC
Justin Rogers Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (DAL)
Justin Rogers
DL Auburn
Joe Milton III Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (DAL)
Joe Milton III
QB Tennessee
JD Bertrand Head Shot
PICK: 212 RND: 6 (DAL)
JD Bertrand
LB Notre Dame
Jeremy Flax Head Shot
PICK: 239 RND: 7 (DAL)
Jeremy Flax
OT Kentucky
Joshua Cephus Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (DAL)
Joshua Cephus
WR UTSA
Blake Watson Head Shot
PICK: 248 RND: 7 (DAL)
Blake Watson
RB Memphis
Draft Picks Received
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
LB Clemson
Cole Bishop Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (HOU)
Cole Bishop
S Utah
Justin Rogers Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (HOU)
Justin Rogers
DL Auburn
Jeremy Flax Head Shot
PICK: 239 RND: 7 (HOU)
Jeremy Flax
OT Kentucky
Blake Watson Head Shot
PICK: 248 RND: 7 (HOU)
Blake Watson
RB Memphis
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (HOU)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (HOU)
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Draft Picks Traded
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (MIA)
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Players traded away
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Tony Pollard
RB
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall C-
ValueB NeedB+ TradesF FutureC
The Cowboys cashed the board's mistake on Watson: C-.

You can lose a draft before you make a pick. The Cowboys did it at the trade table, overpaying to chase players the board did not price nearly as high. It lands right in the middle: a C-, no more, no less.

Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Watson. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped tight end, which is a strange place to end up.

Hit on Kool-Aid McKinstry and the swing picks, and this ages a lot better than it grades today.

Pick Analysis
Pick24 Rnd1 Kool-Aid McKinstry
In pick No. 24 they get a press-man option on the boundary. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick56 Rnd2 Patrick Paul
Fair-plus on Patrick Paul, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick59 Rnd2 Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. at the Round 2 slot is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick87 Rnd3 Jalen McMillan
Jalen McMillan in the 87th pick lands just on the right side of the ledger. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick123 Rnd4 Cole Bishop
Cole Bishop in slot 123 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick124 Rnd4 MarShawn Lloyd
By-the-book stuff, MarShawn Lloyd at pick 124 squarely in line with his ranking. It fills a real need, too.
Pick164 Rnd5 Justin Rogers
Justin Rogers at pick No. 164 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick174 Rnd5 Joe Milton III
Joe Milton III slipping to pick 174 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. The roster fit checks out.
Pick212 Rnd6 JD Bertrand
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and JD Bertrand at No. 212 is the proof. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick239 Rnd7 Jeremy Flax
Jeremy Flax in the Round 7 slot is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick245 Rnd7 Joshua Cephus
A clean, defensible pick in the 245th pick with a little surplus value in Joshua Cephus. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick248 Rnd7 Blake Watson
Blake Watson at the 248th overall pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A need, and now a little less of one.