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Dallas Cowboys
The Cowboys won the night they stopped Leonard from sliding. Grade: D.
by cmayo1660 ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 12 picks
· 8 steals
· 0 reaches
Thirty-one other rooms let Riley Leonard slide, and the Cowboys were the ones holding the card at No. 172. Highway robbery.
They handed away value on the phones that the picks cannot earn back. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped tight end, which is a strange place to end up.
The verdict is not kind, and fairly so; this class has a hill to climb.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 12th overall pick they get a difference-maker at receiver. Exactly the need they had to hit.
In the 22nd pick they get a disruptor off the edge at fair value. More want than need.
Jihaad Campbell in No. 44 lands just on the right side of the ledger. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Deone Walker at slot 76 is the proof. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Jordan Phillips in the Round 4 slot is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. A need, and now a little less of one.
Hollin Pierce at pick 150 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Taking Brashard Smith in pick No. 170 is close to grand larceny; a running back that good had no business lasting this long. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
They barely believed it either: Riley Leonard still on the board at Round 5, Pick 33. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Damien Martinez at the 174th overall pick is money in the bank, a running back taken below his worth. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Good price on Cobee Bryant in the 190th pick, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Circle this one: Jaylen Reed at pick 211 is a fall that decides a draft. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
They will replay Kyle Williams at pick No. 249 for years; that is how good the value is. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
