B
Dallas Cowboys
The Cowboys robbed the room for Sanders. Final grade: B.
by hcprez1 ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 10 picks
· 8 steals
· 2 reaches
The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Raheim Sanders, the 248th pick, roughly 99 picks past where he belonged.
Every board in the league had Igbinosun lower, and that gap is the story. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through offensive lineman.
They went 7 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.
Good work on the whole, with offensive lineman the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 14th pick they get a bell-cow for the offense, and a steal at that. A clean fit for the roster.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Jalon Walker at slot 45 is the proof. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Tyleik Williams in pick 76 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
They will replay Sonny Styles at No. 151 for years; that is how good the value is. A minor need, but a need all the same.
They reached a country mile for Davison Igbinosun at the Round 5 slot, and the board is aghast. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
They barely believed it either: Mason Taylor still on the board at Round 5, Pick 32. It fills a real need, too.
Circle this one: Tez Johnson at pick No. 171 is a fall that decides a draft. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
They read the board right and Dont'e Thornton Jr. was the payoff at the 189th overall pick. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Kyle McCord at pick No. 209 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. The roster fit checks out.
Taking Raheim Sanders in the 248th overall pick is close to grand larceny; a running back that good had no business lasting this long. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.