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Dallas Cowboys
The steal of the weekend belongs to the Cowboys and Johnson: C.
by hcprez1 ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 12 picks
· 5 steals
· 5 reaches
The Cowboys did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and Kaleb Johnson fell into the Round 5 slot.
They are betting Igbinosun proves the room right and everyone else wrong. Overpaying at the table undid a lot of the good work elsewhere. A whole weekend of picks and wide receiver is somehow still a want.
In the end, one you will need a couple of seasons to truly judge.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick No. 14 they get a double-digit-sack hope. Need was not the driver here.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Kenneth Grant this early at No. 49. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
They talked themselves into Alfred Collins at the 73rd overall pick, and the board did not agree. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Taking Kaleb Johnson in slot 149 is close to grand larceny; a running back that good had no business lasting this long. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
They barely believed it either: TreVeyon Henderson still on the board at the Round 5 slot. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Bryce Foster at pick 170 is a conviction pick that outran the value. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
They reached a country mile for Miles Frazier at Round 5, Pick 33, and the board is aghast. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
The board fumbled Cody Simon all the way to the 172nd pick, and they scooped it up. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Somehow Lathan Ransom was still sitting there in Round 5, Pick 35, and they pounced on premier safety value. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
A wild overpay on Davison Igbinosun in No. 179, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Gunnar Helm in pick 186 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
You do not let a linebacker like Danny Stutsman reach slot 187 and blink. They did not. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
