B-
Dallas Cowboys
The Cowboys kept it disciplined and banked a B-.
by Boke ·
2026 NFL Draft
· 8 picks
· 2 steals
· 3 reaches
Nobody else had Lander Barton anywhere near Round 5, Pick 40. The Cowboys did, by 52 spots, and that gap is the whole story.
Landing McNeil-Warren that late papers over a lot of smaller sins. The offensive lineman spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.
Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.
Pick-by-Pick
A conviction pick on Sonny Styles at the 12th overall pick that the board grades a round light. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
In the Round 1 slot they get an island corner. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Emmanuel McNeil-Warren in the 92nd pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It adds depth where they could use a little.
They reached into another round for Harold Perkins Jr., and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
They paid sticker price for Zxavian Harris in Round 5, Pick 12, and that is fine. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Value with a capital V on Cyrus Allen in pick No. 177, a genuine coup. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Lander Barton well ahead of where he belonged. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Chase Roberts in pick No. 218 lands just on the right side of the ledger. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.