COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE C

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Dallas Cowboys

Flashes of a plan, unevenly run, for the Cowboys: C.

by Boke · 2026 NFL Draft · 13 picks · 4 steals · 2 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades D
Future D+

The Cowboys spent real capital to be 58 picks early on Caden Curry, and the board is going to hold them to it.

However the rest shakes out, Golday at that price is a win they earned. With quarterback unsolved, spending premium capital on edge rusher is the choice that costs them.

A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want. The Quincy Williams deal gives the class an established piece to lean on.

In the end, a coin-flip class: fine today, with a wide range of outcomes ahead.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.24 · Pick 24 · Jordyn Tyson · WR · rank 21
In Round 1, Pick 24 they get a home-run threat at receiver. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.7 · Pick 39 · Anthony Hill Jr. · LB · rank 38
They took Anthony Hill Jr. at par in pick 39, which is nothing to complain about. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R2.8 · Pick 40 · Emmanuel McNeil-Warren · S · rank 40
They paid sticker price for Emmanuel McNeil-Warren in the Round 2 slot, and that is fine. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R2.11 · Pick 43 · Caleb Banks · DL · rank 42
No edge and no loss on Caleb Banks in No. 43; it is a wash and a sensible one. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R3.6 · Pick 70 · Gennings Dunker · OG · rank 51
Gennings Dunker at the 70th overall pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R3.10 · Pick 74 · Caden Curry · DE-EDGE · rank 132
A big swing on Caden Curry at the 74th pick, well ahead of any board in the building. A minor itch, scratched.
R3.28 · Pick 92 · Jake Golday · OLB · rank 62
Hard to square with the roster. With positions of obvious need still on the board, Jake Golday adds an edge rusher and leaves quarterback untouched.
R4.9 · Pick 109 · Nicholas Singleton · RB · rank 112
Nicholas Singleton at pick 109 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R4.12 · Pick 112 · Tacario Davis · CB · rank 111
No drama and no debate, Tacario Davis went about where he belonged in slot 112. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R5.12 · Pick 152 · Jakobe Thomas · S · rank 141
A tidy bit of business in the Round 5 slot, where Jakobe Thomas graded well above the range. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
R5.37 · Pick 177 · Tanner Koziol · TE · rank 167
They let Tanner Koziol come to them and pounced at the 177th overall pick. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R5.40 · Pick 180 · Kaleb Elarms-Orr · LB · rank 181
Kaleb Elarms-Orr at No. 180 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R7.2 · Pick 218 · Isaiah Nwokobia · S · rank 241
A real head-scratcher, Isaiah Nwokobia in Round 7, Pick 2 is miles ahead of his ranking. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
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