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4-20-2026 ~ NOT REALITY -2 A-

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Dallas Cowboys

Best value of the weekend goes to the Cowboys for Sadiq: A-.

by MRJOECRAIG · 2026 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 12 steals · 0 reaches
Value A+
Need B
Trades A-
Future B

The board owed the Cowboys one, and it paid up: Kenyon Sadiq, the No. 17 name on the board, sitting there at the 148th overall pick like a gift left on the doorstep.

For all the activity, offensive lineman went untouched, which is hard to explain. Small wins on the phones, but wins all the same.

Bottom line, with Mansoor Delane leading the way, this is a class that should pay off fast and rarely be regretted.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.20 · Pick 20 · Arvell Reese · LB · rank 7
In slot 20 they get the heartbeat of the defense, outstanding value to boot. The biggest hole, addressed.
R1.29 · Pick 29 · Mansoor Delane · CB · rank 8
In pick No. 29 they get a potential shutdown corner at a price that makes it sweeter. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R2.17 · Pick 49 · Sonny Styles · LB · rank 11
Circle this one: Sonny Styles at the 49th overall pick is a fall that decides a draft. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R2.27 · Pick 59 · Kayden McDonald · DT · rank 18
Kayden McDonald at No. 59 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. The roster fit checks out.
R3.28 · Pick 92 · Dillon Thieneman · S · rank 27
Dillon Thieneman in pick 92 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R4.6 · Pick 106 · Akheem Mesidor · DE-EDGE · rank 37
They robbed the room for Akheem Mesidor here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
R4.12 · Pick 112 · D'Angelo Ponds · CB · rank 48
D'Angelo Ponds at the 112th pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R5.8 · Pick 148 · Kenyon Sadiq · TE · rank 17
A tight end of that caliber at the Round 5 slot is the definition of value, full stop. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R5.12 · Pick 152 · Germie Bernard · WR · rank 62
Steal is underselling it; Germie Bernard at Round 5, Pick 12 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R5.27 · Pick 167 · Mike Washington Jr. · RB · rank 75
They will replay Mike Washington Jr. at the 167th pick for years; that is how good the value is. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R5.37 · Pick 177 · Max Llewellyn · DE-EDGE · rank 156
Taking Max Llewellyn in pick 177 is close to grand larceny; an edge rusher that good had no business lasting this long. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
R5.40 · Pick 180 · Jaishawn Barham · LB-EDGE · rank 116
A top-tier edge rusher at a bargain, Jaishawn Barham in the 180th overall pick, plain and simple. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
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