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Dallas Cowboys

Larceny in Round 5, Pick 33 lands the Cowboys a D, Simon and all.

by TB757 · 2025 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 8 steals · 0 reaches
Value B+
Need B-
Trades F
Future B-

The Cowboys lost the trade war and it was not close, handing partners the better end again and again. The board pushed back all weekend, and the D is the result.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback. On value alone, Simon makes the weekend a net positive.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and quarterback is still a hole.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.6 · Pick 6 · Abdul Carter · DE-EDGE · rank 3
In the 6th overall pick they get juice off the edge at fair value. Need was not the driver here.
R1.12 · Pick 12 · Mason Graham · DT · rank 4
In No. 12 they get a pocket-collapsing interior rusher, and a steal at that.
R2.12 · Pick 44 · Jihaad Campbell · LB · rank 39
A tidy little value on Jihaad Campbell in the Round 2 slot, a step better than break-even. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R3.9 · Pick 73 · Isaiah Bond · WR · rank 54
A top-tier wide receiver at a bargain, Isaiah Bond in the 73rd pick, plain and simple. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R3.12 · Pick 76 · TreVeyon Henderson · RB · rank 55
They barely believed it either: TreVeyon Henderson still on the board at pick 76. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R4.19 · Pick 120 · Malachi Moore · S · rank 95
Malachi Moore in pick No. 120 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R5.11 · Pick 150 · Jack Nelson · OT · rank 130
Somehow Jack Nelson was still sitting there in the 150th overall pick, and they pounced on premier offensive lineman value. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R5.33 · Pick 172 · Cody Simon · LB · rank 135
Steal is underselling it; Cody Simon at the 172nd pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R5.35 · Pick 174 · Mello Dotson · CB · rank 140
Mello Dotson in No. 174 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R6.12 · Pick 190 · KeAndre Lambert-Smith · WR · rank 193
No drama and no debate, KeAndre Lambert-Smith went about where he belonged in the Round 6 slot. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R6.33 · Pick 211 · Luke Lachey · TE · rank 198
Luke Lachey is a better player than Round 6, Pick 33 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R7.31 · Pick 249 · Clay Webb · OG · rank 251
They took Clay Webb at par in slot 249, which is nothing to complain about. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
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