COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE D-

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A franchise passer in Sanders headlines a D- weekend for the Cowboys.

by Jaybee · 2025 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 5 steals · 2 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades F
Future B-

Thirty-one other rooms let Jake Majors slide, and the Cowboys were the ones holding the card at No. 209. Highway robbery. It grades a D-, and the process earned it.

The whole projection now runs through Shedeur Sanders; hit there and everything else looks smarter. They handed away value on the phones that the picks cannot earn back. The Campbell pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over.

The cornerback hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

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

Pick-by-Pick

R1.2 · Pick 2 · Shedeur Sanders · QB · rank 4
In Round 1, Pick 2 they get their quarterback of the future. A real need, handled.
R1.12 · Pick 12 · Jihaad Campbell · LB · rank 39
In pick 12 they get a coverage-and-run second-level piece, though the board says they badly overpaid. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.1 · Pick 33 · Omarion Hampton · RB · rank 18
Omarion Hampton at slot 33 is money in the bank, a running back taken below his worth. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R2.12 · Pick 44 · Matthew Golden · WR · rank 45
They paid sticker price for Matthew Golden in Round 2, Pick 12, and that is fine. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R3.12 · Pick 76 · Andrew Mukuba · S · rank 72
A tidy little value on Andrew Mukuba in the 76th overall pick, a step better than break-even. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R5.11 · Pick 148 · Jaeden Roberts · OG · rank 164
Jaeden Roberts at No. 148 is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R5.31 · Pick 168 · Deontae Lawson · LB · rank 82
The board fumbled Deontae Lawson all the way to the 168th pick, and they scooped it up. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R5.33 · Pick 170 · Shemar Turner · DL · rank 172
Shemar Turner at pick No. 170 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A need, and now a little less of one.
R5.36 · Pick 173 · Zane Durant · DT · rank 178
A market-rate interior defensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Zane Durant. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R6.11 · Pick 186 · Smael Mondon Jr. · LB · rank 102
Smael Mondon Jr. in pick 186 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R6.34 · Pick 209 · Jake Majors · C · rank 94
Jake Majors in the 209th overall pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R7.31 · Pick 247 · Terrance Ferguson · TE · rank 221
Steal is underselling it; Terrance Ferguson at slot 247 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
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