COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE C

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Dallas Cowboys

The Cowboys cashed the board's mistake on Tuten: C.

by JJ · 2025 NFL Draft · 16 picks · 14 steals · 0 reaches
Value A-
Need B
Trades F
Future B+

Every so often the board makes a mistake, and the Cowboys were there to profit. Bhayshul Tuten, the No. 151 name on the board, should have been long gone before the 249th overall pick. The good and the questionable cancel out to a C.

They handed away value on the phones that the picks cannot earn back. They punted on tight end, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

Jonathan Taylor gives the group a proven body among the projects. Job largely done: wide receiver settled and 7 of 8 of the wish list covered.

Hit on Ashton Jeanty and the swing picks, and this ages a lot better than it grades today.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.14 · Pick 14 · Ashton Jeanty · RB · rank 2
In pick 14 they get a lead back with juice, and a steal at that. A real need, handled.
R2.12 · Pick 44 · Jihaad Campbell · LB · rank 41
Jihaad Campbell in the Round 2 slot lands just on the right side of the ledger. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R3.12 · Pick 76 · Deone Walker · DT · rank 64
A tidy bit of business in the 76th pick, where Deone Walker graded well above the range. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R3.30 · Pick 94 · Ozzy Trapilo · OT · rank 85
Ozzy Trapilo slipping to Round 3, Pick 30 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R4.2 · Pick 103 · Carson Schwesinger · LB · rank 83
A linebacker of that caliber at slot 103 is the definition of value, full stop. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R5.11 · Pick 150 · Jared Wilson · C · rank 106
Somehow Jared Wilson was still sitting there in No. 150, and they pounced on premier offensive lineman value. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R5.13 · Pick 152 · Pat Bryant · WR · rank 140
Pat Bryant in pick No. 152 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R5.26 · Pick 165 · Nick Nash · WR · rank 141
Nick Nash at the 165th overall pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R5.33 · Pick 172 · Damien Martinez · RB · rank 148
Damien Martinez in pick No. 172 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R5.34 · Pick 173 · Riley Leonard · QB · rank 101
Steal is underselling it; Riley Leonard at pick 173 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R5.35 · Pick 174 · Chase Lundt · OT · rank 161
Value with a capital V on Chase Lundt in the Round 5 slot, a genuine coup. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R6.12 · Pick 190 · Nohl Williams · CB · rank 177
They read the board right and Nohl Williams was the payoff at the 190th pick. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R6.33 · Pick 211 · Hayden Conner · OG · rank 210
They paid sticker price for Hayden Conner in No. 211, and that is fine. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R7.16 · Pick 234 · Jack Kiser · LB · rank 198
Jack Kiser at Round 7, Pick 16 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R7.18 · Pick 236 · Roc Taylor · WR · rank 190
Roc Taylor at slot 236 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R7.31 · Pick 249 · Bhayshul Tuten · RB · rank 151
Circle this one: Bhayshul Tuten at the 249th overall pick is a fall that decides a draft. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
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