Grade by Cowboys fans on Tyler Booker pretty much matches NFL draft experts

Cowboys fans are a bit mixed on the Tyler Booker pick still.

When the Dallas Cowboys were up for pick 12 on Thursday night in the draft, most fans probably thought Matthew Golden was going to the pick. Maybe Emeka Egbuka, but a wide receiver was the runaway favorite in most observations.

The Cowboys surprised us by swerving to the offensive line and taking a player they had rated higher than many draft experts. Tyler Booker was arguably the consensus best guard in the draft, but guard is a position that is of lesser value in the NFL hierarchy, one that is generally not taken so high. Especially with other perceived needs.

So that can definitely color people’s opinions on what just happened. It didn’t feel like a lot of people questioned Booker’s talent, but where the Cowboys picked him – as a reach, and not a huge position of need.

So after the pick, we asked you to give a grade on the pick. 33% of you said it was an ‘A’ pick, while 38% said a ‘B’ pick.

That lines up with how many of the draft experts graded the pick. Our own OCC rounded up those grades here, and if you look through, the vast majority fall in the B region with some at ‘A’ and others at ‘C’. B+ kind of felt like the average. Our own Sean Martin was bullish on the pick immediately after, giving it an ‘A’ grade. Meanwhile David Howman was less enthused, giving it a ‘B-’ grade.

From an overall perspective, the Cowboys draft got high marks from the experts online. Below is a roundup of the grades for each team from a selection of draft pundits, and the Cowboys rank seventh in the NFL with a 3.4 GPA.

Our friends over at FanDuel have odds for the offseason on all kinds of stuff. They have odds on Tyler Booker winning the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year. As you can imagine since he is a guard, it is a real longshot at +25000. Second-round pick Donovan Ezeiruaku has odds for Defensive Rookie of the Year at a much more reasonable, but still long odds at +2500.