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Dallas Cowboys
Best value of the weekend goes to the Cowboys for Lacy: D-.
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2025 NFL Draft
· 18 picks
· 7 steals
· 4 reaches
The phones were a trap the Cowboys kept walking into, shipping out surplus on nearly every deal.
Carroll has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. Getting Lacy where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. The roster is better shaped than it was, with wide receiver chief among the fixes.
Bottom line, they will be counting on several picks to beat their grades.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 13th pick they get a problem off the edge. More want than need.
By-the-book stuff, Jonah Savaiinaea at Round 2, Pick 12 squarely in line with his ranking. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Dylan Fairchild at No. 53 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Taking Jalen Milroe in the 77th overall pick is close to grand larceny; a quarterback that good had no business lasting this long. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
They paid sticker price for Smael Mondon Jr. in pick 82, and that is fine. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Luke Kandra at slot 102 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Tacario Davis at No. 113 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Dontay Corleone in the 139th pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Raheim Sanders in the 143rd overall pick is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
A slide stopped in pick 151, with Lathan Ransom worth more than the price. It adds depth where they could use a little.
J.Michael Sturdivant at pick No. 159 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
This one needs a full-page explanation: Shemar Turner in slot 169, miles early. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.
Jamon Dumas-Johnson in Round 5, Pick 32 is fair value, right on his grade. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Tonka Hemingway. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Value said wait; Quinn Carroll in No. 188 says they were not listening. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Oscar Delp at the Round 6 slot is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
They did well to land Kamren Fabiculanan in the 217th pick, just ahead of his grade. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
Somehow Kyren Lacy was still sitting there in the 253rd overall pick, and they pounced on premier wide receiver value. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.