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Best value of the weekend goes to the Cowboys for Neal: A-.

by cactus · 2025 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 9 steals · 2 reaches
Value A-
Need B
Trades A+
Future B

When a board-topper like Devin Neal slides to the 168th overall pick, you do not overthink it, and the Cowboys did not. The board rewarded a patient, disciplined weekend with a A-.

They are betting Davis proves the room right and everyone else wrong. Every deal seemed to tilt their way, which is not luck.

The cornerback spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

Add it up and few war rooms did better this weekend, Ashton Jeanty and all.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.12 · Pick 12 · Ashton Jeanty · RB · rank 2
In pick No. 12 they get a featured back, outstanding value to boot. A clean fit for the roster.
R3.12 · Pick 76 · Nick Emmanwori · S · rank 16
Taking Nick Emmanwori in pick 76 is close to grand larceny; a safety that good had no business lasting this long. It adds depth where they could use a little.
R3.25 · Pick 89 · Demetrius Knight Jr. · LB · rank 63
Demetrius Knight Jr. in No. 89 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R4.25 · Pick 126 · Deone Walker · DT · rank 69
They barely believed it either: Deone Walker still on the board at the 126th pick. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R5.11 · Pick 148 · Rylie Mills · DL · rank 131
Rylie Mills slipping to the 148th overall pick is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R5.28 · Pick 165 · Jaeden Roberts · OG · rank 155
A slide stopped in Round 5, Pick 28, with Jaeden Roberts worth more than the price. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R5.31 · Pick 168 · Devin Neal · RB · rank 82
Steal is underselling it; Devin Neal at the Round 5 slot is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R5.33 · Pick 170 · Jake Majors · C · rank 92
A top-tier offensive lineman at a bargain, Jake Majors in slot 170, plain and simple. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R5.36 · Pick 173 · Billy Bowman Jr. · S · rank 109
A safety of that caliber at the 173rd overall pick is the definition of value, full stop. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
R6.11 · Pick 186 · Kobe Hudson · WR · rank 185
They took Kobe Hudson at par in pick 186, which is nothing to complain about. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R6.34 · Pick 209 · J.C. Davis · OT · rank 257
J.C. Davis in pick No. 209 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R7.32 · Pick 248 · Joey Slackman · DL · rank 276
Value said wait; Joey Slackman in the Round 7 slot says they were not listening. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
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