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Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall
B
ValueB-
NeedB+
TradesC+
FutureB+
Gabriel should have been long gone. The Cowboys pounced, and earned a B. The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Dillon Gabriel, Round 7, Pick 31, roughly 124 picks past where he belonged.
They are betting Webb proves the room right and everyone else wrong. They left with wide receiver solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off. It is a bet on later, and a defensible one for a team playing the long game.
Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.
Pick Analysis
Pick14
Rnd1
Tetairoa McMillan
In the 14th pick they get a true top target. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick45
Rnd2
Alfred Collins
Alfred Collins at the Round 2 slot is a conviction pick that outran the value. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick76
Rnd3
Quinshon Judkins
Value with a capital V on Quinshon Judkins in Round 3, Pick 12, a genuine coup. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick118
Rnd4
Chris Paul Jr.
They barely believed it either: Chris Paul Jr. still on the board at No. 118. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick149
Rnd5
O'Donnell Fortune
A straight-up fair deal on O'Donnell Fortune at pick No. 149, value and slot in agreement. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick171
Rnd5
Hollin Pierce
Hollin Pierce in pick 171 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick174
Rnd5
Jaydon Blue
No edge and no loss on Jaydon Blue in slot 174; it is a wash and a sensible one. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick204
Rnd6
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
Dont'e Thornton Jr. in the 204th overall pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick211
Rnd6
Brady Cook
Brady Cook at Round 6, Pick 35 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. It fills a real need, too.
Pick232
Rnd7
Phillip Webb
Phillip Webb in pick 232 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick239
Rnd7
Jabbar Muhammad
Jabbar Muhammad at slot 239 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick242
Rnd7
Ben Yurosek
This one needs a full-page explanation: Ben Yurosek in the 242nd overall pick, miles early. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick247
Rnd7
Dillon Gabriel
A quarterback of that caliber at the 247th pick is the definition of value, full stop. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
















