COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE D+

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The Cowboys bled value on every deal, hence the D+.

by LawrenceW78 · 2025 NFL Draft · 10 picks · 6 steals · 3 reaches
Value B+
Need B
Trades F
Future B-

You can fall in love with a player. You are not supposed to marry him in the wrong round. The Cowboys did exactly that with Brady Cook in pick No. 168.

The Higgins steal is the beam this whole class leans on. They lost the exchange badly enough to drag the whole class down.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped cornerback, which is a strange place to end up. Wide receiver is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.

Bottom line, they will be counting on several picks to beat their grades.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.13 · Pick 13 · Ashton Jeanty · RB · rank 2
A slide stopped in the 13th overall pick, with Ashton Jeanty worth more than the price. A need, and now a little less of one.
R2.1 · Pick 33 · Luther Burden III · WR · rank 20
Luther Burden III at pick No. 33 is money in the bank, a wide receiver taken below his worth. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R3.14 · Pick 78 · Malachi Moore · S · rank 72
Good price on Malachi Moore in the 78th pick, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R4.3 · Pick 104 · Danny Stutsman · LB · rank 86
A top-tier linebacker at a bargain, Danny Stutsman in Round 4, Pick 3, plain and simple. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R5.31 · Pick 168 · Brady Cook · QB · rank 246
Brady Cook at pick 168 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R5.33 · Pick 170 · Chris Paul Jr. · LB · rank 117
A linebacker of that caliber at slot 170 is the definition of value, full stop. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R5.34 · Pick 171 · Michael Taaffe · S · rank 150
Michael Taaffe in the Round 5 slot should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
R6.14 · Pick 189 · Jay Higgins · LB · rank 122
Taking Jay Higgins in No. 189 is close to grand larceny; a linebacker that good had no business lasting this long. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R6.34 · Pick 209 · Thor Griffith · DL · rank 277
This one needs a full-page explanation: Thor Griffith in pick 209, miles early. It fills a real need, too.
R7.32 · Pick 248 · Garrett Dellinger · OG · rank 258
A reach for Garrett Dellinger in Round 7, Pick 32; a little patience would have been rewarded. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
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