COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B+

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Cowboys Hopeful but Realistic B+

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Dallas Cowboys

The Cowboys kept it disciplined and banked a B+.

by CMS2 · 2026 NFL Draft · 13 picks · 5 steals · 3 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades A
Future B+

The Cowboys treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending Round 7, Pick 2 on Haynes King a full 90 spots early. It does the job without flash, and the B+ reflects it.

The Branch value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through running back.

Wide receiver was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.

A workmanlike haul that should hold up just fine.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.18 · Pick 18 · Sonny Styles · LB · rank 21
In the Round 1 slot they get a sideline-to-sideline linebacker. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.15 · Pick 47 · D'Angelo Ponds · CB · rank 47
A market-rate cornerback, with the board and the slot shaking hands on D'Angelo Ponds. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R2.23 · Pick 55 · Dillon Thieneman · S · rank 35
Dillon Thieneman at pick 55 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
R3.14 · Pick 78 · Jacob Rodriguez · LB · rank 72
A tidy little value on Jacob Rodriguez in slot 78, a step better than break-even. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R3.28 · Pick 92 · Dontay Corleone · DT · rank 67
A interior defensive lineman of that caliber at pick No. 92 is the definition of value, full stop. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R3.33 · Pick 97 · Zachariah Branch · WR · rank 61
Zachariah Branch in the 97th overall pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R4.12 · Pick 112 · Caden Curry · DE-EDGE · rank 130
Caden Curry in Round 4, Pick 12 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
R4.13 · Pick 113 · Gracen Halton · DL · rank 125
Gracen Halton at slot 113 is a conviction pick that outran the value. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R5.12 · Pick 152 · Beau Stephens · OG · rank 158
No drama and no debate, Beau Stephens went about where he belonged in the Round 5 slot. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R5.37 · Pick 177 · Louis Moore · S · rank 164
Louis Moore in the 177th pick is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
R5.40 · Pick 180 · Jeff Caldwell · WR · rank 187
By-the-book stuff, Jeff Caldwell at the 180th overall pick squarely in line with his ranking. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R6.15 · Pick 196 · DJ Campbell · OG · rank 182
DJ Campbell at pick 196 is money in the bank, a offensive lineman taken below his worth. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R7.2 · Pick 218 · Haynes King · QB · rank 308
Haynes King at No. 218 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
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