i really liked the 2nd and 3rd round picks. the value based approach made sense because it was known that it was a deep draft to about player 100.
but look at what happened after the 3rd round. the cowboys did not trade up even though the top half of the 4th round had better players that people wanted. and everyone knew that including all the teams. instead they kept sitting around again wanting to keep all their picks. while one may say that it was too expensive to trade up, that was simply not true. the patriots even traded ahead of cowboys in the 3rd with a 5th and a 2020 4th. imagined if cowboys got damien harris that was along with their picks...
players were traded ahead of the cowboys' #128 pick for pollard. in fact, picks 104, 109, 111, 114, 116.
even after cowboys' #128, others traded up before cowboys' 2nd 4th round pick, for example atlanta traded for #135 to take DE cominsky.
imagine if cowboys traded for picks to take rb damien harris and cb johnson while giving up their 2nd 4th, 5th and both 7th picks and perhap a 5th from 2020. their 2019 draft would be hill, mcgovern, rb harris, pollard, s hooker (or cb johnson). this draft would have been much more exciting.
Patriots trade up
Patriots receive:
» 2019 third-round pick (No. 87; select RB Damien Harris)
Bears receive:
» 2019 fifth-round pick (No. 162; trade to Minnesota)
» 2020 fourth-round pick
Bengals move up
Bengals receive:
» 2019 fourth-round pick (No. 104; select QB Ryan Finley)
49ers receive:
» 2019 fourth-round pick (No. 110; select P Mitch Wishnowsky)
» 2019 sixth-round pick (No. 183; select T Justin Skule)
Raiders swap with Colts
Colts receive:
» 2019 fourth-round (No. 109; select S Khari Willis)
Raiders receive:
» 2019 fourth-round (No. 129; select CB Isaiah Johnson)
» 2019 fourth-round (No. 135; trade to Atlanta)
Falcons trade up
Falcons receive:
» 2019 fourth-round (No. 111; select CB Kendall Sheffield)
Lions receive:
» 2019 fourth-round (No. 117; select DE Austin Bryant)
» 2019 sixth-round (No. 186; select RB Ty Johnson)
Vikings trade up
Vikings receive:
» 2019 fourth-round (No. 114; select G Dru Samia)
Seahawks receive:
» 2019 fourth-round (No. 120; select WR Gary Jennings)
» 2019 sixth-round (No. 204; select RB Travis Homer)
Tennessee moves up
Titans receive:
» 2019 fourth-round (No. 116; select S Amani Hooker)
» 2019 fifth-round (No. 168; select LB D'Andre Walker)
Jets receive:
» 2019 fourth-round (No. 121; select TE Trevon Wesco)
» 2019 fifth-round (No. 157; select LB Blake Cashman)
Denver trades for player
Broncos receive:
» 2019 sixth-round (No. 212; trade to Panthers)
» LB Dekoda Watson
49ers receive:
» 2019 fifth-round (No. 148; select LB Dre Greenlaw)
Rams trade up to draft DT
Rams receive:
» 2019 fourth-round (No. 134; select DT Greg Gaines)
» 2019 seventh-round (No. 243; select S Nick Scott)
Patriots receive:
» 2019 fifth-round (No. 162; trade to Minnesota)
» 2019 fifth-round (No. 167; trade to Philadelphia)
Atlanta trades up
Falcons receive:
» 2019 fourth-round (No. 135; select DE John Cominsky)
Raiders receive:
» 2019 fourth-round (No. 137; select TE Foster Moreau)
» 2019 seventh-round (No. 230; select DE Quinton Bell)