When we talk about grading drafts the adage that we need to grade it in 2-3 years. Well, we now have three full seasons of the 2013 draftees and it would behoove us to hold ourselves to this adage by looking at the seven picks.

Travis Frederick: A Taking an all pro Center with the 31st pick makes this an A but you have to give a little extra bump because the Cowboys received the 74th pick. Draft Value wise this was questioned, but these two picks ended up being the best of the draft. The focus though should be on the player Frederick. Grades out exceedingly well week after week and has a high reputation.

Gavin Escobar: D- Backup Tight Ends are the "Fetch" for the Dallas Cowboys. Stop trying to make it work Jason/Jerry. They're not gonna happen! More seriously, Escobar has underwhelmed so often. He's had some nice moments, caught some touchdowns, but he's brought about the same value to the team as James Hanna, a 6th rounder from the previous year. I think Cole Beasley has effected Escobar's value as much as anyone. He's a far more valuable guy on third down than a second tight end. I don't know that I can completely fail this, but I can do everything but.

Terrence Williams: A Here we start getting into the question of how much utility should a third round receiver give you? We were certainly frustrated with the lack of emergence from TWill last year while Dez went down, but he's not in the same category of Dez. He wasn't drafted to be Dez, but to complement him. I think it's fair to give an A here for the value of finding a B player in the 3rd round.

JJ Wilcox: C It was a headscratcher at the time because Wilcox was considered a project for a team that needed help now. The big problem is he's a slightly below average player whose mistakes are remembered more than his successes. Byron Jones will take his spot this year but the Cowboys did get 34 starts from him (and whose to say he won't continue to be a productive backup/rotation player and play special teams?). I think he's improved every year, but he's never been a natural safety and that's made him prone to doing non-safety things.

B.W. Webb: F A team that badly needed cornerback help cut a 4th round pick after his first training camp. Jesus one year after he was drafted.

Joseph Randle: C- This has to be the toughest grade right? Randle was good value in the 5th round and was a serviceable backup and looked to make the transition into a decent starter. What are the expectations of a 5th rounder? I mean, he did more than Devin Street's likely ever to do. At the same time he's out of the league after three years. Only 25% of fifth rounders are on the active roster for their team four years later. If he's a C he's a 70. If he's a D he's a 69. Had 8 starts in 35 games with a little over 200 career touches. It's sad what's happened to him and I hope he turns out okay.

Devonte Holloman: D Retired early because of neck injuries. Him not working out isn't a big negative. I thought he had a really bright future for where he was picked. A Kyle Wilber type was not inconceivable. Can't completely fail him because…I mean come one he's not B.W. Webb.

Overall I think the draft class deserves a solid B and maybe a B . You've had three multi-year starters (Frederick, Williams, Wilcox) including a Pro Bowler, 2 multi-year backups (Escobar, Randle) and two guys just not work out in any substantive way (Webb and Holloman). The Escobar pick hurts but is mostly counterbalanced on great hits in the first and third. B.W. Webb being a colossal failure also hurts and is the pinnacle of the Cowboys 4th round draft woes in the last near decade, but ultimately he's not worth that much. By the Draft Trade Value chart his pick was worth about 4% of the total draft. Whether that's sound methodology is something else to be argued.

The ultimate question in grading drafts, I think, is how we weight expectations. Let me know what you guys think.