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Dallas Cowboys
Grand theft in No. 190: the Cowboys steal Stutsman and grade out a B.
by JimBobCooter ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 7 steals
· 2 reaches
You build a draft on nights like this. Danny Stutsman had no business being available in the Round 6 slot, and the Cowboys did the only sane thing and turned in the card.
The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through cornerback. They will need Pegues to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it.
A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick 12 they get a No. 1 receiver. The biggest hole, addressed.
In the 17th overall pick they get a bell-cow for the offense at a price that makes it sweeter. A clean fit for the roster.
You do not let a tight end like Tyler Warren reach pick No. 44 and blink. They did not. It fills a real need, too.
Jalon Walker in slot 76 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
A linebacker of that caliber at No. 150 is the definition of value, full stop. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Willie Lampkin in the Round 5 slot is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
A conviction pick on JJ Pegues at Round 5, Pick 33 that the board grades a round light. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
They will replay Cam Skattebo at the 174th pick for years; that is how good the value is. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Somehow Danny Stutsman was still sitting there in the Round 6 slot, and they pounced on premier linebacker value. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Jaylen Reed at pick No. 211 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A minor itch, scratched.
Fair-plus on Miles Frazier, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
