B-
Dallas Cowboys
A solid, sensible weekend for the Cowboys: B-.
by 2024 ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 7 picks
· 5 steals
· 1 reaches
Boards are made to be trusted, and the Cowboys shredded theirs for KJ Jefferson. He came off 74 spots early, and the room will hear about it.
If one pick saves this weekend, it is Mertz. For all the activity, cornerback went untouched, which is hard to explain.
Wide receiver was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job. Value over need was the throughline, for better and worse.
In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the cornerback spot they never got to.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 30th pick they get a disruptor off the edge at fair value. Need was not the driver here.
Nice patience on Ashton Jeanty, who had no business lasting to the 62nd overall pick. It fills a real need, too.
Xavier Restrepo at pick 94 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Graham Mertz at slot 126 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
They reached into another round for KJ Jefferson, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Billy Bowman Jr. slipping to the Round 6 slot is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Dominic Lovett in pick No. 222 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.