COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE D+

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Dallas Cowboys

Singleton should have been long gone. The Cowboys pounced, and earned a D+.

by Pastor · 2025 NFL Draft · 13 picks · 4 steals · 2 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades F
Future A+

Call it larceny. Nicholas Singleton sat on the board until Round 5, Pick 30, and the Cowboys did not need to be asked twice.

They handed away value on the phones that the picks cannot earn back. They will need Everette to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback.

The Cowboys paired the rookies with proven help, Jerry Jeudy leading the way.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and quarterback is still a hole.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.7 · Pick 7 · Ashton Jeanty · RB · rank 2
In pick No. 7 they get a workhorse for the backfield. A real need, handled.
R1.15 · Pick 15 · Mykel Williams · DE-EDGE · rank 21
In slot 15 they get a bendy edge with upside at fair value. Need was not the driver here.
R1.21 · Pick 21 · Jalon Walker · LB · rank 25
In the 21st overall pick they get a downhill thumper at linebacker at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.2 · Pick 34 · Nick Emmanwori · S · rank 17
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Nick Emmanwori in Round 2, Pick 2. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R2.6 · Pick 38 · Grey Zabel · OT · rank 60
Grey Zabel at the Round 2 slot is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R2.20 · Pick 52 · Tate Ratledge · OG · rank 31
Taking Tate Ratledge in pick 52 is close to grand larceny; an offensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R3.1 · Pick 65 · Alfred Collins · DT · rank 62
A reasonable price with a little left over, Alfred Collins in No. 65. It fills a real need, too.
R3.8 · Pick 72 · Jalen Royals · WR · rank 66
They did well to land Jalen Royals in the 72nd pick, just ahead of his grade. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R3.12 · Pick 76 · Deone Walker · DT · rank 70
Deone Walker in Round 3, Pick 12 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R3.23 · Pick 87 · Danny Stutsman · LB · rank 89
A market-rate linebacker, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Danny Stutsman. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R3.31 · Pick 95 · Daylen Everette · CB · rank 121
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Daylen Everette. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R4.3 · Pick 104 · Gunnar Helm · TE · rank 72
Somehow Gunnar Helm was still sitting there in slot 104, and they pounced on premier tight end value. The roster fit checks out.
R5.30 · Pick 168 · Nicholas Singleton · RB · rank 104
Nicholas Singleton in No. 168 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
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