COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B

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Dallas Cowboys

Nothing loud, just a tidy B for the Cowboys.

by nfldraftbuzz · 2026 NFL Draft · 10 picks · 2 steals · 4 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades B
Future B

There is reaching, and then there is Kaleb Elarms-Orr at slot 152. The Cowboys jumped the board by 24 and dared it to prove them wrong.

The offensive lineman spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. Landing Green that late papers over a lot of smaller sins.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the offensive lineman spot they never got to.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.18 · Pick 18 · CJ Allen · LB · rank 31
In the 18th pick they get a coverage-and-run second-level piece, though they paid up to get him. The biggest hole, addressed.
R1.20 · Pick 20 · Avieon Terrell · CB · rank 17
In slot 20 they get a press-man option on the boundary. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R2.17 · Pick 49 · Caleb Banks · DL · rank 41
Caleb Banks slipping to No. 49 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R3.28 · Pick 92 · Zakee Wheatley · S · rank 86
Zakee Wheatley at pick 92 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R4.12 · Pick 112 · Harold Perkins Jr. · LB · rank 132
Harold Perkins Jr. at the 112th overall pick is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R5.12 · Pick 152 · Kaleb Elarms-Orr · LB · rank 176
A big swing on Kaleb Elarms-Orr at the Round 5 slot, well ahead of any board in the building. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R5.37 · Pick 177 · Aaron Anderson · WR · rank 175
Aaron Anderson in pick 177 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R5.40 · Pick 180 · Zane Durant · DT · rank 177
Zane Durant at slot 180 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the interior defensive lineman. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R6.15 · Pick 196 · Taylen Green · QB · rank 185
A quiet steal in the 196th overall pick: Taylen Green for less than the market said. A need, and now a little less of one.
R7.2 · Pick 218 · Xavier Nwankpa · S · rank 228
They went early on Xavier Nwankpa in No. 218, and the value did not follow. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
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