COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B

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The Cowboys won the night they stopped Giddens from sliding. Grade: B.

by Starhigh · 2025 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 10 steals · 0 reaches
Value A-
Need B+
Trades C+
Future B-

Call it larceny. DJ Giddens sat on the board until pick 249, and the Cowboys did not need to be asked twice. A dependable weekend that grades out a B.

The tight end hole is the one line item this class does not answer. On the needs board they went 7 of 8, with wide receiver the one that mattered most.

They came away with juice, if not much beef up front. The phones were busy but the ledger stayed level.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.14 · Pick 14 · Tetairoa McMillan · WR · rank 9
In the Round 1 slot they get a home-run threat at receiver. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.12 · Pick 44 · Omarion Hampton · RB · rank 32
A quiet steal in pick No. 44: Omarion Hampton for less than the market said. A need, and now a little less of one.
R3.12 · Pick 76 · Alfred Collins · DT · rank 56
They barely believed it either: Alfred Collins still on the board at the 76th pick. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R5.11 · Pick 150 · Malachi Moore · S · rank 104
Malachi Moore at No. 150 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It adds depth where they could use a little.
R5.13 · Pick 152 · Jacob Parrish · CB · rank 125
Steal is underselling it; Jacob Parrish at the 152nd overall pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R5.31 · Pick 170 · Vernon Broughton · DL · rank 139
Taking Vernon Broughton in Round 5, Pick 31 is close to grand larceny; an interior defensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R5.33 · Pick 172 · Tyler Shough · QB · rank 137
Tyler Shough in pick 172 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It fills a real need, too.
R5.35 · Pick 174 · Chase Lundt · OT · rank 161
Nice patience on Chase Lundt, who had no business lasting to slot 174. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R6.12 · Pick 190 · Jay Higgins · LB · rank 182
The board had Jay Higgins higher than the 190th pick, and the linebacker fell to them anyway. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R6.33 · Pick 211 · Jack Nelson · OT · rank 170
A top-tier offensive lineman at a bargain, Jack Nelson in the Round 6 slot, plain and simple. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R7.31 · Pick 249 · DJ Giddens · RB · rank 165
DJ Giddens in slot 249 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.