COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE D

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Dallas Cowboys

The steal of the weekend belongs to the Cowboys and Sampson: D.

by Pastor · 2025 NFL Draft · 16 picks · 3 steals · 7 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades F
Future A+

Nobody had Emery Jones Jr. this high, and it is not close. The Cowboys reached 77 spots to get him at No. 106. The process wobbled, and the D is where it lands.

Sampson at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster. The trades bled value they could not afford to lose.

It is not that Powell-Ryland is a bad player; it is that the Cowboys had louder needs to answer first. For all the activity, quarterback went untouched, which is hard to explain.

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 the 7th overall pick they get a bell-cow for the offense. A clean fit for the roster.
R1.14 · Pick 14 · Mason Graham · DT · rank 7
In Round 1, Pick 14 they get a disruptive interior force at fair value. A real need, handled.
R1.25 · Pick 25 · Jalon Walker · LB · rank 28
In pick 25 they get a downhill thumper at linebacker. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R2.2 · Pick 34 · Grey Zabel · OT · rank 63
Grey Zabel in pick No. 34 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R2.3 · Pick 35 · Tyler Booker · OG · rank 38
Tyler Booker at No. 35 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R2.6 · Pick 38 · Nick Emmanwori · S · rank 19
You do not let a safety like Nick Emmanwori reach the 38th pick and blink. They did not. A minor itch, scratched.
R2.11 · Pick 43 · Jalen Royals · WR · rank 69
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Jalen Royals well ahead of where he belonged. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R2.20 · Pick 52 · Alfred Collins · DT · rank 65
Alfred Collins in pick 52 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. A need, and now a little less of one.
R3.1 · Pick 65 · Jared Ivey · DE-EDGE · rank 81
Jared Ivey in Round 3, Pick 1 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
R3.12 · Pick 76 · Deone Walker · DT · rank 71
A reasonable price with a little left over, Deone Walker in the 76th overall pick. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R3.19 · Pick 83 · Danny Stutsman · LB · rank 89
They paid sticker price for Danny Stutsman in the Round 3 slot, and that is fine. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R3.25 · Pick 89 · Gunnar Helm · TE · rank 73
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Gunnar Helm in slot 89. It fills a real need, too.
R3.28 · Pick 92 · Antwaun Powell-Ryland · DL-EDGE · rank 160
They bypassed pressing needs at quarterback to take Antwaun Powell-Ryland, an edge rusher that was not the priority.
R4.4 · Pick 105 · Daylen Everette · CB · rank 123
They left a pile of value on the table to take Daylen Everette this early at Round 4, Pick 4. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R4.5 · Pick 106 · Emery Jones Jr. · OT · rank 183
They reached into another round for Emery Jones Jr., and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R4.23 · Pick 124 · Dylan Sampson · RB · rank 44
They will replay Dylan Sampson at pick No. 124 for years; that is how good the value is. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
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