Nitebar 'S MOCK DRAFT

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  • Nitebar DRAFTING FOR THE
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Draft Selections
Tetairoa McMillan Head Shot
PICK: 14 RND: 1 (DAL)
Tetairoa McMillan
WR Arizona
Alfred Collins Head Shot
PICK: 45 RND: 2 (DAL)
Alfred Collins
DT Texas
Quinshon Judkins Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (DAL)
Quinshon Judkins
RB Ohio State
Chris Paul Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 118 RND: 4 (DAL)
Chris Paul Jr.
LB Ole Miss
O'Donnell Fortune Head Shot
PICK: 149 RND: 5 (DAL)
O'Donnell Fortune
CB South Carolina
Hollin Pierce Head Shot
PICK: 171 RND: 5 (DAL)
Hollin Pierce
OT Rutgers
Jaydon Blue Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (DAL)
Jaydon Blue
RB Texas
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 204 RND: 6 (DAL)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Brady Cook Head Shot
PICK: 211 RND: 6 (DAL)
Brady Cook
QB Missouri
Phillip Webb Head Shot
PICK: 232 RND: 7 (DAL)
Phillip Webb
DL-EDGE Jackson State
Jabbar Muhammad Head Shot
PICK: 239 RND: 7 (DAL)
Jabbar Muhammad
CB Oregon
Ben Yurosek Head Shot
PICK: 242 RND: 7 (DAL)
Ben Yurosek
TE Georgia
Dillon Gabriel Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (DAL)
Dillon Gabriel
QB Oregon
Draft Picks Received
Tetairoa McMillan Head Shot
PICK: 14 RND: 1 (IND)
Tetairoa McMillan
WR Arizona
Alfred Collins Head Shot
PICK: 45 RND: 2 (IND)
Alfred Collins
DT Texas
Chris Paul Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 118 RND: 4 (ATL)
Chris Paul Jr.
LB Ole Miss
Phillip Webb Head Shot
PICK: 232 RND: 7 (IND)
Phillip Webb
DL-EDGE Jackson State
Ben Yurosek Head Shot
PICK: 242 RND: 7 (ATL)
Ben Yurosek
TE Georgia
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (IND)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (IND)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (ATL)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (IND)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (IND)
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Draft Picks Traded
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (IND)
Jahdae Barron
CB Texas
Colston Loveland Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (IND)
Colston Loveland
TE Michigan
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.