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Draft Selections
Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (DAL)
Jackson Powers-Johnson
C Oregon
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (DAL)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
Zak Zinter Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (DAL)
Zak Zinter
OG Michigan
Darius Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (DAL)
Darius Robinson
DL-EDGE Missouri
Marist Liufau Head Shot
PICK: 102 RND: 4 (DAL)
Marist Liufau
LB Notre Dame
Javon Foster Head Shot
PICK: 125 RND: 4 (DAL)
Javon Foster
OT Missouri
Austin Booker Head Shot
PICK: 131 RND: 4 (DAL)
Austin Booker
DE-EDGE Kansas
Jaylen Wright Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (DAL)
Jaylen Wright
RB Tennessee
Jordan Jefferson Head Shot
PICK: 180 RND: 6 (DAL)
Jordan Jefferson
DT LSU
De'Corian Clark Head Shot
PICK: 213 RND: 6 (DAL)
De'Corian Clark
WR UTSA
Ryan Watts Head Shot
PICK: 242 RND: 7 (DAL)
Ryan Watts
CB Texas
Draft Picks Received
Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (CAR)
Jackson Powers-Johnson
C Oregon
Darius Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (BAL)
Darius Robinson
DL-EDGE Missouri
Marist Liufau Head Shot
PICK: 102 RND: 4 (CAR)
Marist Liufau
LB Notre Dame
Austin Booker Head Shot
PICK: 131 RND: 4 (BAL)
Austin Booker
DE-EDGE Kansas
Jordan Jefferson Head Shot
PICK: 180 RND: 6 (CAR)
Jordan Jefferson
DT LSU
Draft Picks Traded
Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (BAL)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB+ TradesB FutureB-
A respectable, level-headed haul for the Cowboys: B-.

The Cowboys bet big and early on Austin Booker, 33 picks ahead of the board. Bold does not always mean right.

It is not that Booker is a bad player; it is that the Cowboys had louder needs to answer first. They banked enough surplus on Liufau to cover a lot of smaller sins.

Leaving quarterback unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. They squeezed a little extra out of every move they made.

Good work on the whole, with quarterback the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick33 Rnd2 Jackson Powers-Johnson
Jackson Powers-Johnson at pick 33 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick56 Rnd2 Edgerrin Cooper
Edgerrin Cooper at the Round 2 slot is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick87 Rnd3 Zak Zinter
Zak Zinter at the 87th overall pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick93 Rnd3 Darius Robinson
Darius Robinson in pick No. 93 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick102 Rnd4 Marist Liufau
They robbed the room for Marist Liufau here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick125 Rnd4 Javon Foster
No edge and no loss on Javon Foster in the 125th pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick131 Rnd4 Austin Booker
They bypassed pressing needs at quarterback and tight end to take Austin Booker, an edge rusher that was not the priority.
Pick173 Rnd5 Jaylen Wright
Jaylen Wright at No. 173 is money in the bank, a running back taken below his worth. The roster fit checks out.
Pick180 Rnd6 Jordan Jefferson
They paid sticker price for Jordan Jefferson in pick 180, and that is fine. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick213 Rnd6 De'Corian Clark
A market-rate wide receiver, with the board and the slot shaking hands on De'Corian Clark. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick242 Rnd7 Ryan Watts
A tidy bit of business in the 242nd overall pick, where Ryan Watts graded well above the range. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.