B-
Dallas Cowboys
The Cowboys did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B-.
by arngar ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 10 picks
· 2 steals
· 6 reaches
The tape said wait; the Cowboys did not. Cam Jackson went at pick 172, a good 57 picks before the board was ready.
Landing Etienne that late papers over a lot of smaller sins. They will regret leaving quarterback for another day if the season turns on it.
They went 6 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.
A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 12th overall pick they get a lockdown presence outside at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Circle this one: Jalon Walker at No. 44 is a fall that decides a draft. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Savion Williams at slot 76 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
They reached a country mile for Ollie Gordon II at pick No. 150, and the board is aghast. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
They paid up for JJ Pegues at the 170th pick when waiting would have done the job. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
This one needs a full-page explanation: Cam Jackson in Round 5, Pick 33, miles early. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Hayden Conner at Round 5, Pick 35 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
A big swing on Jaishawn Barham at the 190th pick, well ahead of any board in the building. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Fair-plus on Kobe Hudson, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Taking Trevor Etienne in slot 249 is close to grand larceny; a running back that good had no business lasting this long. A need, and now a little less of one.