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Dallas Cowboys

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

by Boke · 2025 NFL Draft · 13 picks · 2 steals · 5 reaches
Value C+
Need B
Trades F
Future A+

The Cowboys treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending the 186th overall pick on Chip Trayanum a full 83 spots early.

The trade table is where this weekend went wrong. That tight end hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

In short, the board sent warnings, and they will be hoping it was wrong.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.24 · Pick 24 · JT Tuimoloau · DE-EDGE · rank 25
In the 24th pick they get a double-digit-sack hope. More want than need.
R1.26 · Pick 26 · Jonah Savaiinaea · OT · rank 30
In pick No. 26 they get a building block for the line at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R2.19 · Pick 51 · Earnest Greene III · OT · rank 61
Earnest Greene III in the Round 2 slot is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R2.26 · Pick 58 · Danny Stutsman · LB · rank 62
Danny Stutsman in No. 58 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R2.32 · Pick 64 · Elic Ayomanor · WR · rank 75
They went early on Elic Ayomanor in slot 64, and the value did not follow. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R3.19 · Pick 83 · Raheim Sanders · RB · rank 102
A real head-scratcher, Raheim Sanders in Round 3, Pick 19 is miles ahead of his ranking. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R3.24 · Pick 88 · Shilo Sanders · S · rank 78
Shilo Sanders at the 88th overall pick is money in the bank, a safety taken below his worth. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R3.26 · Pick 90 · Nazir Stackhouse · DT · rank 91
They paid sticker price for Nazir Stackhouse in pick 90, and that is fine. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R3.27 · Pick 91 · Smael Mondon Jr. · LB · rank 100
A reach for Smael Mondon Jr. in the Round 3 slot; a little patience would have been rewarded. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R3.29 · Pick 93 · Riley Leonard · QB · rank 92
Riley Leonard at pick No. 93 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It fills a real need, too.
R4.26 · Pick 122 · J. Michael Sturdivant · WR · rank 112
A tidy bit of business in Round 4, Pick 26, where J. Michael Sturdivant graded well above the range. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R5.26 · Pick 154 · Will Lee III · CB · rank 152
They took Will Lee III at par in the 154th pick, which is nothing to complain about. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R6.26 · Pick 186 · Chip Trayanum · RB · rank 269
They reached a country mile for Chip Trayanum at slot 186, and the board is aghast. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
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