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Dallas Cowboys

The steal of the weekend belongs to the Cowboys and Shough: B+.

by Boom1 · 2025 NFL Draft · 14 picks · 11 steals · 0 reaches
Value B+
Need B+
Trades B+
Future B

You build a draft on nights like this. Tyler Shough had no business being available in Round 6, Pick 12, and the Cowboys did the only sane thing and turned in the card.

The roster is better shaped than it was, with wide receiver chief among the fixes. A modest surplus at the table, banked quietly. Value over need was the throughline, for better and worse.

A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.20 · Pick 20 · Matthew Golden · WR · rank 12
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Matthew Golden at the Round 1 slot is the proof. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R2.12 · Pick 44 · Jalon Walker · LB · rank 22
Jalon Walker in pick 44 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R2.17 · Pick 49 · Tyleik Williams · DT · rank 42
Tyleik Williams at slot 49 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R3.12 · Pick 76 · Quinshon Judkins · RB · rank 67
The board had Quinshon Judkins higher than No. 76, and the running back fell to them anyway. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R3.25 · Pick 89 · Donovan Jackson · OT · rank 82
Donovan Jackson at pick No. 89 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R4.26 · Pick 127 · Kevin Winston Jr. · S · rank 98
Kevin Winston Jr. at Round 4, Pick 26 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
R5.11 · Pick 150 · Darius Alexander · DT · rank 126
A interior defensive lineman of that caliber at the 150th overall pick is the definition of value, full stop. It fills a real need, too.
R5.31 · Pick 170 · Ajani Cornelius · OT · rank 166
They did well to land Ajani Cornelius in the 170th pick, just ahead of his grade. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R5.33 · Pick 172 · Damien Martinez · RB · rank 148
They will replay Damien Martinez at slot 172 for years; that is how good the value is. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R5.35 · Pick 174 · Tommi Hill · CB · rank 152
Somehow Tommi Hill was still sitting there in pick 174, and they pounced on premier cornerback value. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R6.12 · Pick 190 · Tyler Shough · QB · rank 142
Circle this one: Tyler Shough at Round 6, Pick 12 is a fall that decides a draft. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R6.32 · Pick 210 · Jack Kiser · LB · rank 198
Value with a capital V on Jack Kiser in the 210th overall pick, a genuine coup. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R6.33 · Pick 211 · Luke Lachey · TE · rank 193
You do not let a tight end like Luke Lachey reach pick No. 211 and blink. They did not. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R7.31 · Pick 249 · Ty Hamilton · DT · rank 238
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Ty Hamilton in the Round 7 slot. The roster fit checks out.
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