COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE D

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41026 DC2 D

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Dallas Cowboys

The Cowboys bled value on every deal, hence the D.

by Boke · 2026 NFL Draft · 10 picks · 4 steals · 2 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades F
Future D

Nobody else had Caden Curry anywhere near the 74th overall pick. The Cowboys did, by 58 spots, and that gap is the whole story. A D that will need time and luck to look better.

Overpaying at the table undid a lot of the good work elsewhere. They will answer for taking edge rusher early while offensive lineman and quarterback went begging. The offensive lineman hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

If one pick saves this weekend, it is Orange. They are betting the present roster is worth a lighter draft next spring.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and offensive lineman is still a hole.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.9 · Pick 9 · Sonny Styles · LB · rank 11
In the 9th pick they get a green-dot type in the middle. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.8 · Pick 40 · Emmanuel McNeil-Warren · S · rank 40
By-the-book stuff, Emmanuel McNeil-Warren at the Round 2 slot squarely in line with his ranking. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R3.10 · Pick 74 · Caden Curry · DE-EDGE · rank 132
Caden Curry in No. 74 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R3.11 · Pick 75 · Jake Golday · OLB · rank 62
A want over a need in the 75th overall pick: Jake Golday adds an edge rusher while offensive lineman and quarterback keeps waiting.
R3.28 · Pick 92 · Domonique Orange · DT · rank 73
Circle this one: Domonique Orange at pick No. 92 is a fall that decides a draft. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R3.30 · Pick 94 · Tyreak Sapp · DE-EDGE · rank 135
A surprising call. With offensive lineman and quarterback still to address, they spent pick 94 on Tyreak Sapp, an edge rusher they were not short of.
R4.12 · Pick 112 · Julian Neal · CB · rank 119
Julian Neal in No. 112 is fair value, right on his grade. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R5.12 · Pick 152 · Kaytron Allen · RB · rank 149
Kaytron Allen in the 152nd overall pick is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. A need, and now a little less of one.
R5.37 · Pick 177 · Nate Boerkircher · TE · rank 162
Nate Boerkircher at pick 177 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R7.2 · Pick 218 · Eric McAlister · WR · rank 200
A wide receiver of that caliber at the 218th pick is the definition of value, full stop. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
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