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Dallas Cowboys
Larceny in No. 168 lands the Cowboys a B, Judkins and all.
by Joebaby1610 ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 7 steals
· 3 reaches
The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Quinshon Judkins, the 168th pick, roughly 99 picks past where he belonged.
Ritzie has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. That cornerback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. They went 5 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.
In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 14th pick they get a home-run threat at receiver at a price that makes it sweeter. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Omarion Hampton in slot 44 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Deone Walker at the Round 3 slot. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Circle this one: Barrett Carter at No. 115 is a fall that decides a draft. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
They robbed the room for Sebastian Castro here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A minor need, but a need all the same.
They barely believed it either: Quinshon Judkins still on the board at pick No. 168. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Connor Colby. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Smael Mondon Jr. in Round 5, Pick 36 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
A real head-scratcher, Jahvaree Ritzie in pick 186 is miles ahead of his ranking. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Tonka Hemingway at the 209th overall pick is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Jimmy Horn Jr. well ahead of where he belonged. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
