COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE D+

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Dallas Cowboys

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

by Boke · 2025 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 4 steals · 1 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades F
Future A+

The Cowboys looked at the value chart, folded it up, and took Jalen Catalon at No. 186 regardless, 45 picks early.

The dealing is the wound this class cannot quite close. That cornerback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. The Bond value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere.

The veteran additions, Ja'Whaun Bentley chief among them, give the class a floor the rookies alone would not.

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

Pick-by-Pick

R1.26 · Pick 26 · Ollie Gordon II · RB · rank 27
In Round 1, Pick 26 they get a featured back. A clean fit for the roster.
R2.2 · Pick 34 · JT Tuimoloau · DE-EDGE · rank 25
A quiet steal in pick No. 34: JT Tuimoloau for less than the market said. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R2.26 · Pick 58 · Isaiah Bond · WR · rank 46
They read the board right and Isaiah Bond was the payoff at the Round 2 slot. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R2.30 · Pick 62 · Ajani Cornelius · OT · rank 59
Good price on Ajani Cornelius in the 62nd overall pick, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R3.2 · Pick 66 · Tate Ratledge · OG · rank 58
Value with a capital V on Tate Ratledge in slot 66, a genuine coup. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R3.26 · Pick 90 · Riley Leonard · QB · rank 91
A straight-up fair deal on Riley Leonard at the 90th pick, value and slot in agreement. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R3.27 · Pick 91 · Nazir Stackhouse · DT · rank 92
Nazir Stackhouse at the 91st pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R4.1 · Pick 97 · Smael Mondon Jr. · LB · rank 100
They took Smael Mondon Jr. at par in pick No. 97, which is nothing to complain about. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R4.2 · Pick 98 · Raheim Sanders · RB · rank 103
A market-rate running back, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Raheim Sanders. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R4.26 · Pick 122 · Malachi Moore · S · rank 110
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Malachi Moore at the Round 4 slot. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
R5.26 · Pick 154 · Reuben Fatheree II · OT · rank 158
Reuben Fatheree II in Round 5, Pick 26 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R6.26 · Pick 186 · Jalen Catalon · S · rank 231
Jalen Catalon at the 186th overall pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
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