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Draft Selections
Matthew Golden Head Shot
PICK: 14 RND: 1 (DAL)
Matthew Golden
WR Texas
Jalon Walker Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (DAL)
Jalon Walker
LB Georgia
Alfred Collins Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (DAL)
Alfred Collins
DT Texas
Quinshon Judkins Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (DAL)
Quinshon Judkins
RB Ohio State
Jalen Milroe Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (DAL)
Jalen Milroe
QB Alabama
Isaiah Bond Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (DAL)
Isaiah Bond
WR Texas
Jaydon Blue Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (DAL)
Jaydon Blue
RB Texas
Barryn Sorrell Head Shot
PICK: 172 RND: 5 (DAL)
Barryn Sorrell
LB-EDGE Texas
Clay Webb Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (DAL)
Clay Webb
OG Jacksonville State
Oronde Gadsden II Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (DAL)
Oronde Gadsden II
TE Syracuse
Jabbar Muhammad Head Shot
PICK: 211 RND: 6 (DAL)
Jabbar Muhammad
CB Oregon
Shilo Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (DAL)
Shilo Sanders
S Colorado
Draft Picks Received
Matthew Golden Head Shot
PICK: 14 RND: 1 (IND)
Matthew Golden
WR Texas
Quinshon Judkins Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (IND)
Quinshon Judkins
RB Ohio State
Isaiah Bond Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (IND)
Isaiah Bond
WR Texas
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (IND)
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Draft Picks Traded
Will Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (IND)
Will Johnson
CB Michigan
Players Gained
Head Shot
Grover Stewart
DT
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B+
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureB
Nobody dealt better than the Cowboys this weekend: B+.

You can hear the double-takes from here. The Cowboys took Jaydon Blue at slot 170, roughly 146 spots before his name belonged. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B+.

If one pick saves this weekend, it is Bond. They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast.

Adding Grover Stewart by trade rounds out the weekend beyond the rookies. On the needs board they went 8 of 8, with wide receiver the one that mattered most.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick Analysis
Pick14 Rnd1 Matthew Golden
In Round 1, Pick 14 they get a No. 1 receiver. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick44 Rnd2 Jalon Walker
Circle this one: Jalon Walker at the 44th overall pick is a fall that decides a draft. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick76 Rnd3 Alfred Collins
They barely believed it either: Alfred Collins still on the board at the Round 3 slot. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick80 Rnd3 Quinshon Judkins
Quinshon Judkins in No. 80 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. It fills a real need, too.
Pick150 Rnd5 Jalen Milroe
They will replay Jalen Milroe at pick No. 150 for years; that is how good the value is. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick152 Rnd5 Isaiah Bond
Isaiah Bond at slot 152 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick170 Rnd5 Jaydon Blue
Jaydon Blue in Round 5, Pick 31 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick172 Rnd5 Barryn Sorrell
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Barryn Sorrell. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick174 Rnd5 Clay Webb
Clay Webb at the 174th pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick190 Rnd6 Oronde Gadsden II
A quiet steal in the 190th overall pick: Oronde Gadsden II for less than the market said. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick211 Rnd6 Jabbar Muhammad
A wild overpay on Jabbar Muhammad in slot 211, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick249 Rnd7 Shilo Sanders
This one needs a full-page explanation: Shilo Sanders in pick 249, miles early. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.