COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B

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Dallas Cowboys

A solid, sensible weekend for the Cowboys: B.

by Komicozzy · 2026 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 3 steals · 2 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades A-
Future B+

Boards are made to be trusted, and the Cowboys shredded theirs for Malachi Lawrence. He came off 29 spots early, and the room will hear about it.

Golday falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. Spending an early pick on edge rusher with quarterback and running back open is the decision the grade keeps circling back to. For all the activity, quarterback went untouched, which is hard to explain.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.20 · Pick 20 · Colton Hood · CB · rank 25
In the Round 1 slot they get a ballhawk on the outside at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.7 · Pick 39 · CJ Allen · LB · rank 31
They read the board right and CJ Allen was the payoff at Round 2, Pick 7. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R2.15 · Pick 47 · Malachi Lawrence · DE-EDGE · rank 76
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Malachi Lawrence well ahead of where he belonged. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
R3.14 · Pick 78 · Jake Golday · OLB · rank 58
Of all the spots to shop, they chose edge rusher. Jake Golday in No. 78 leaves quarterback and running back for later.
R3.28 · Pick 92 · Kyle Louis · LB · rank 84
Kyle Louis in slot 92 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R4.12 · Pick 112 · Keylan Rutledge · OG · rank 106
Keylan Rutledge in the 112th overall pick is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R5.9 · Pick 149 · Charles Demmings · CB · rank 145
They did well to land Charles Demmings in pick No. 149, just ahead of his grade. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R5.12 · Pick 152 · Zane Durant · DT · rank 176
Zane Durant at the Round 5 slot is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R5.37 · Pick 177 · Marlin Klein · TE · rank 173
Good price on Marlin Klein in Round 5, Pick 37, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. The roster fit checks out.
R5.40 · Pick 180 · Jeff Caldwell · WR · rank 184
Jeff Caldwell in No. 180 is fair value, right on his grade. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R7.2 · Pick 218 · Lander Barton · LB · rank 223
A straight-up fair deal on Lander Barton at pick 218, value and slot in agreement. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
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