B-
Dallas Cowboys
The Cowboys cashed the board's mistake on Brooks: B-.
by Levin33 ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 9 picks
· 7 steals
· 1 reaches
The Cowboys did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and Tahj Brooks fell into Round 7, Pick 32.
They punted on cornerback, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. They will need Grant to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it.
In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the cornerback spot they never got to.
Pick-by-Pick
In the Round 1 slot they get a pocket-collapsing interior rusher, though they paid up to get him. A clean fit for the roster.
Tate Ratledge is a better player than the 44th overall pick suggests; smart patience, rewarded. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
They paid sticker price for Aeneas Peebles in No. 76, and that is fine. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
A running back of that caliber at the 148th pick is the definition of value, full stop. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Tez Johnson in slot 168 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Steal is underselling it; Smael Mondon Jr. at pick No. 170 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
They robbed the room for Brashard Smith here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Taking Kalel Mullings in Round 6, Pick 11 is close to grand larceny; a running back that good had no business lasting this long. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
They barely believed it either: Tahj Brooks still on the board at pick 248. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.