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Dallas Cowboys

The Cowboys finally solved quarterback, and it carried them to a D-.

by Triggaman · 2025 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 5 steals · 5 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades F
Future B-

The war room fell hard for Jimmy Horn Jr., and it showed at No. 211: 141 picks ahead of a board that had other ideas. A weekend that fought the value and lost, hence the D-.

That is a linebacker worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly. The trade table is where this weekend went wrong.

Everything downstream of Cam Ward depends on Cam Ward, and the building knows it.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.2 · Pick 2 · Cam Ward · QB · rank 7
In the 2nd overall pick they get the arm they will build around. A clean fit for the roster.
R1.12 · Pick 12 · Ashton Jeanty · RB · rank 2
In the Round 1 slot they get a workhorse for the backfield, and a steal at that. A real need, handled.
R2.1 · Pick 33 · Kenneth Grant · DT · rank 19
A tidy bit of business in the 33rd pick, where Kenneth Grant graded well above the range. A need, and now a little less of one.
R2.13 · Pick 45 · Nick Emmanwori · S · rank 18
Nick Emmanwori at slot 45 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A minor itch, scratched.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Maxwell Hairston · CB · rank 77
A premium they did not need to pay, Maxwell Hairston a notch or two before his time. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R3.12 · Pick 76 · Jalon Walker · LB · rank 20
Jalon Walker in No. 76 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R4.15 · Pick 116 · Willie Lampkin · OG · rank 180
They talked themselves into Willie Lampkin at the Round 4 slot, and the board did not agree. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R5.31 · Pick 170 · LaJohntay Wester · WR · rank 235
A real head-scratcher, LaJohntay Wester in pick No. 170 is miles ahead of his ranking. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R5.33 · Pick 172 · Dont'e Thornton Jr. · WR · rank 186
They paid a round early for Dont'e Thornton Jr. in the 172nd pick, more than the board wanted. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R5.35 · Pick 174 · Oronde Gadsden II · TE · rank 143
They barely believed it either: Oronde Gadsden II still on the board at slot 174. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R6.33 · Pick 211 · Jimmy Horn Jr. · WR · rank 352
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Jimmy Horn Jr. well ahead of where he belonged. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
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