COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE D+

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Bye, Dak D+

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Dallas Cowboys

The Cowboys bet the future on Ewers. The board says D+.

by BCS · 2025 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 2 steals · 5 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades F
Future A+

Somewhere a scout is still blinking. The Cowboys spent pick 213 on Isaac TeSlaa, a name the board had a full 54 spots lower.

The whole projection now runs through Quinn Ewers; hit there and everything else looks smarter. The trade table is where this weekend went wrong. That tight end hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

The verdict is not kind, and fairly so; this class has a hill to climb.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.26 · Pick 26 · Quinn Ewers · QB · rank 22
In slot 26 they get a long-term answer under center at fair value.
R2.3 · Pick 35 · Ollie Gordon II · RB · rank 27
Ollie Gordon II at the 35th pick is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Tate Ratledge · OG · rank 59
Tate Ratledge is a better player than the 67th overall pick suggests; smart patience, rewarded. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R3.21 · Pick 85 · Dasan McCullough · LB · rank 89
They paid sticker price for Dasan McCullough in the Round 3 slot, and that is fine. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R3.26 · Pick 90 · Wyatt Milum · OT · rank 102
The board had cheaper options than Wyatt Milum at pick No. 90, and it noticed. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R3.28 · Pick 92 · Shilo Sanders · S · rank 104
A reach on Shilo Sanders in No. 92; the board had better options right there. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R4.28 · Pick 124 · Collin Oliver · LB · rank 120
They did well to land Collin Oliver in the 124th pick, just ahead of his grade. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R5.25 · Pick 153 · Dorian Strong · CB · rank 153
Dorian Strong at No. 153 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R5.26 · Pick 154 · Bryce Foster · C · rank 163
They paid up for Bryce Foster at slot 154 when waiting would have done the job. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R6.26 · Pick 186 · J.J. Weaver · LB-EDGE · rank 200
They went early on J.J. Weaver in the Round 6 slot, and the value did not follow. A minor itch, scratched.
R6.28 · Pick 188 · Noah Thomas · WR · rank 191
Noah Thomas in the 188th overall pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R7.21 · Pick 213 · Isaac TeSlaa · WR · rank 267
Isaac TeSlaa at pick No. 213 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
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