https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_NFL_Draft
Jerry, McClay & scouting team, and coaches hit it out of the park. I just looked at the players and talent the Cowboys chose and did
not consider need.
19 Players made the Pro Bowl. Cowboys got one in LVE. Balt TE Andrews was the last player drafted to make the Pro Bowl at #86 overall in the 3rd round. The Seahawks punter in the 5th round made the Pro Bowl but who counts punters?
1) At worst, the Cowboys got the 4th or 5th best LB in the draft. Colts Leonard, Bills Edmunds, 49ers Warner, LVE, and Bears Smith. Had LVE been healthy, who knows where he would rank with those guys. LVE was the 3rd LB drafted and made 1 Pro Bowl.
2) 3 Guards went before Connor Williams - Colts Nelson, Giants Hernandez, and Colts Braden Smith.
Connor Williams is better than any guard taken after him. Where does Williams rank with Hernandez and Smith? Nelson is one of the best ever. Hernandez, Smith, and Williams are good. Williams is in the same league as Hernandez and Smith. At worst, the 4th best guard in a draft with some really good ones.
3)
Cowboys got the 2nd best WR in the draft in Gallup. Only Ridley is better. I have Gallup better than Chark and Sutton. Only two players possibly better at their positions than Gallup is at WR taken after Gallup. Those 2 are OT Orlando Brown and TE Andrews. Gallup is better than every player taken after him with the exception of Orlando Brown and maybe TE Andrews.
4)
Cowboys got maybe the second best TE in the draft with Schultz in the 4th round. At worst, probably the 3rd best TE depending on what one thinks of Miami's Gesicki.
5) Cowboys got 4 players with starter talent - LVE, Williams, Gallup, and Schultz. And they also got DE Armstrong and WR Wilson who are contributors and can play. Between Gallup and Wilson in the draft, there are only about 3 WRs maybe better than Wilson - Falcons Gage, Packers Valdez-Scalding, and Saints Smith.
All things considered, that was a really good draft class in my opinion. One can only draft players available and the Cowboys got some of the best available in hindsight. Very few players drafted after the Cowboy players were better.