COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE D

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Dallas Cowboys

A costly weekend of dealing drags the Cowboys to a D.

by Boke · 2026 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 3 steals · 4 reaches
Value C+
Need B
Trades F
Future B-

Some picks age like wine; Mason Reiger at No. 92 will need to, sitting 56 spots clear of his grade. It grades a D, and the process earned it.

The trade table is where this weekend went wrong. The Cowboys indulged a want in Golday while a need in quarterback stayed open. The quarterback hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

If one pick saves this weekend, it is Golday.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.22 · Pick 22 · Anthony Hill Jr. · LB · rank 38
In slot 22 they get a sideline-to-sideline linebacker, reach and all. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R2.7 · Pick 39 · Emmanuel McNeil-Warren · S · rank 40
A straight-up fair deal on Emmanuel McNeil-Warren at the 39th pick, value and slot in agreement. A minor itch, scratched.
R2.23 · Pick 55 · Gennings Dunker · OG · rank 51
Gennings Dunker at pick No. 55 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R3.22 · Pick 86 · Caden Curry · DE-EDGE · rank 132
They reached into another round for Caden Curry, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R3.23 · Pick 87 · Jake Golday · OLB · rank 62
Of all the spots to shop, they chose edge rusher. Jake Golday in No. 87 leaves quarterback for later.
R3.26 · Pick 90 · Zakee Wheatley · S · rank 90
A curious use of the 90th overall pick. Quarterback needed the pick; a safety in Zakee Wheatley did not.
R3.28 · Pick 92 · Mason Reiger · LB-EDGE · rank 148
The eyebrow-raiser of the weekend. They went edge rusher with Mason Reiger while clear needs at quarterback sat open.
R4.12 · Pick 112 · Nicholas Singleton · RB · rank 112
No drama and no debate, Nicholas Singleton went about where he belonged in Round 4, Pick 12. The roster fit checks out.
R5.12 · Pick 152 · Zxavian Harris · DT · rank 156
No edge and no loss on Zxavian Harris in No. 152; it is a wash and a sensible one. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R5.37 · Pick 177 · Ephesians Prysock · CB · rank 192
Ephesians Prysock in slot 177 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R6.23 · Pick 204 · Jeff Caldwell · WR · rank 193
They let Jeff Caldwell come to them and pounced at the 204th overall pick. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R7.2 · Pick 218 · Dallen Bentley · TE · rank 205
Dallen Bentley slipping to pick 218 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
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