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Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall
C+
ValueC+
NeedC+
TradesB-
FutureB-
The Cowboys land in the muddy middle: C+. You can draft well and still miss the point. The Cowboys did plenty of tidy work and somehow never got around to wide receiver, which was the need that mattered most. It washes out to a C+, no better and no worse.
Reaching for Thieneman left real value on the table behind him. They reloaded the coverage unit in bulk.
So much rides on Dillon Thieneman that the real verdict is a season or two away.
Pick Analysis
Pick12
Rnd1
Dillon Thieneman
In pick No. 12 they get a ballhawk on the back end, though they paid up to get him. More want than need.
Pick20
Rnd1
Keldric Faulk
In Round 1, Pick 20 they get a quarterback's worst nightmare. Need was not the driver here.


