Review of the Cowboys draft picks since 2017

[Jerryrage]

Does this look like a championship football team?

2017 draft
1 28 28 Taco Charlton Defensive end
2 28 60 Chidobe Awuzie Cornerback
3 28 92 Jourdan Lewis Cornerback
4 27 133 Ryan Switzer Wide receiver
6 7 191 Xavier Woods Safety
7 10 228 Joey Ivie Defensive Tackle
7 21 239 Noah Brown Wide Receiver
7 28 246 Jordan Carrell Defensive Tackle

2018 draft
1 19 19 Leighton Vander Esch Linebacker
2 18 50 Connor Williams Guard
3 17 81 Michael Gallup Wide receiver
4 16 116 Dorance Armstrong Defensive end
4 37 137 Dalton Schultz Tight end
5 34 171 Mike White Quarterback
6 19 193 Chris Covington Linebacker
6 34 208 Cedrick Wilson Jr. Wide Receiver
7 18 236 Bo Scarbrough Running back

2019 draft
1 Cooper Trade from the Raiders
2 26 58 Trysten Hill Defensive Tackle
3 27 90 Connor McGovern Guard
4 26 128 Tony Pollard Running back
5 20 158 Michael Jackson Cornerback
5 27 165 Joe Jackson Defensive end
6 41 213 Donovan Wilson Safety
7 4 218 Mike Weber Running Back
7 27 241 Jalen Jelks Defensive End

2020 draft
1 17 17 CeeDee Lamb Wide receiver
2 19 51 Trevon Diggs Cornerback
3 18 82 Neville Gallimore Defensive tackle
4 17 123 Reggie Robinson Cornerback
4 40 146 Tyler Biadasz Center
5 34 179 Bradlee Anae Defensive end
7 17 231 Ben DiNucci Quarterback

2021 draft
1 12 12 Micah Parsons Linebacker
2 12 44 Kelvin Joseph Cornerback
3 11 75 Osa Odighizuwa Defensive tackle
3 21 84 Chauncey Golston Defensive end
3 36 99 Nahshon Wright Cornerback
4 10 115 Jabril Cox Linebacker
4 33 138 Josh Ball Offensive tackle
5 35 179 Simi Fehoko Wide receiver
6 8 192 Quinton Bohanna Defensive tackle
6 43 227 Israel Mukuamu Cornerback
7 10 238 Matt Farniok Guard

2022 draft
1 24 24 Tyler Smith Offensive tackle
2 24 56 Sam Williams Defensive end
3 24 88 Jalen Tolbert Wide receiver
4 24 129 Jake Ferguson Tight end
5 12 155 Matt Waletzko Offensive tackle
5 24 167 DaRon Bland Cornerback
5 33 176 Damone Clark Linebacker
5 35 178 John Ridgeway III Defensive tackle
6 14 193 Devin Harper Linebacker

2023 draft
1 26 26 Mazi Smith Defensive tackle
2 27 58 Luke Schoonmaker Tight end
3 27 90 DeMarvion Overshown Linebacker
4 27 129 Viliami Fehoko Defensive end
5 34 169 Asim Richards Offensive tackle
6 1 178 Eric Scott Jr. Cornerback
6 35 212 Deuce Vaughn Running back
7 27 244 Jalen Brooks Wide receiver

 

[beware_d-ware]

Getting 2 NFL starters is a decent draft class. I'm looking down that list, and every class but 2023 has produced at least 2 quality starters. Our drafting's not batting 1.000, but it's been pretty awesome.

 

[KingintheNorth]

Yep, better than 31 other teams.

2017 - flawed and extremely archaic logic that TJ Watt could not play in their scheme.

2018 - ignored medical red flags on LVE

2019 - ignored character red flags on Trysten Hill

2020 - huge gift that CeeDee was available at 17 and Diggs was there at 51. Remember, the team considered drafting Chaisson and Diggs at 17. No one expected Lamb to be there.

2021 - They panicked at 10 and the Eagles bailed them out. They "settled" for Parsons at 12. No one knew he was the pass rusher he ended up being because if they did, he would have gone top 3 and they definitely would not have traded away from him at 10.

2022 - I was a huge Tyler Smith fan. Still, I felt 24 was a tad high but I never mind gambling on traits. Felt Williams and Tolbert were each drafted a round early, known character concerns on Williams. Love, love, love Daron Bland in the 5th. I was not familiar with him and I'm a giant draft nerd.

2023 - Utter disaster. The recent draft success got the Jones overly involved. If you haven't figured it out yet, listen to the Jones after the draft. When they tell you someone else "tried to get their guy", that's their own insecurity knowing they made a questionable choice. Mazi doesn't love football. Schoonmaker was a two-round reach. Overshown was their best pick. Fehoko is an unathletic tweener and a reach in the 4th. Richards is meh. Scott was them being clever and they probably could have got him later and could have lived with not getting him. Vaughn is a nice story but not sure he can play at this level. Brooks was a nice find.

 

[cnuball21]

I’m absolutely shocked that the draft that was closest to BPA (2020) was our best draft. Crazy how that works.