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Draft Selections
Shedeur Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 1 RND: 1 (DAL)
Shedeur Sanders
QB Colorado
Abdul Carter Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (DAL)
Abdul Carter
DE-EDGE Penn State
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (DAL)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Derrick Harmon Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (DAL)
Derrick Harmon
DT Oregon
Jalen Royals Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (DAL)
Jalen Royals
WR Utah State
Barrett Carter Head Shot
PICK: 101 RND: 3 (DAL)
Barrett Carter
LB Clemson
Quinshon Judkins Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (DAL)
Quinshon Judkins
RB Ohio State
Cam Skattebo Head Shot
PICK: 168 RND: 5 (DAL)
Cam Skattebo
RB Arizona State
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (DAL)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (DAL)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 186 RND: 6 (DAL)
Jake Majors
C Texas
Terrance Ferguson Head Shot
PICK: 209 RND: 6 (DAL)
Terrance Ferguson
TE Oregon
Cody Lindenberg Head Shot
PICK: 248 RND: 7 (DAL)
Cody Lindenberg
LB Minnesota
Draft Picks Received
Shedeur Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 1 RND: 1 (TEN)
Shedeur Sanders
QB Colorado
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (TEN)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Barrett Carter Head Shot
PICK: 101 RND: 3 (TEN)
Barrett Carter
LB Clemson
Players traded away
Head Shot
Dak Prescott
QB
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall D
ValueB NeedB TradesF FutureB-
The Cowboys left with their quarterback, and a D to match.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Jake Majors, No. 186, roughly 95 picks past where he belonged. The math is unkind, and the D follows.

Shedeur Sanders is the bet, and the class will be judged on how it pays off. The trades bled value they could not afford to lose. That cornerback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

Job largely done: wide receiver settled and 7 of 8 of the wish list covered.

Add it up and it is a weekend the front office will hope everyone forgets, cornerback very much included.

Pick Analysis
Pick1 Rnd1 Shedeur Sanders
In the 1st overall pick they get a long-term answer under center at fair value. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick12 Rnd1 Abdul Carter
In pick 12 they get a double-digit-sack hope. Need was not the driver here.
Pick35 Rnd2 Tate Ratledge
Tate Ratledge at Round 2, Pick 3 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick44 Rnd2 Derrick Harmon
Derrick Harmon is a better player than the 44th overall pick suggests; smart patience, rewarded. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick76 Rnd3 Jalen Royals
Jalen Royals at No. 76 is money in the bank, a wide receiver taken below his worth. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick101 Rnd3 Barrett Carter
They robbed the room for Barrett Carter here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick148 Rnd5 Quinshon Judkins
Taking Quinshon Judkins in the Round 5 slot is close to grand larceny; a running back that good had no business lasting this long. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick168 Rnd5 Cam Skattebo
Circle this one: Cam Skattebo at pick No. 168 is a fall that decides a draft. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick170 Rnd5 Kevin Winston Jr.
Somehow Kevin Winston Jr. was still sitting there in pick 170, and they pounced on premier safety value. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick173 Rnd5 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
A clean, defensible pick in slot 173 with a little surplus value in Dont'e Thornton Jr.. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick186 Rnd6 Jake Majors
Steal is underselling it; Jake Majors at the Round 6 slot is a heist with the alarm still ringing. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick209 Rnd6 Terrance Ferguson
Terrance Ferguson in No. 209 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick248 Rnd7 Cody Lindenberg
Cody Lindenberg in pick No. 248 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.