B
Dallas Cowboys
The Cowboys let Milroe fall and pounced. Final grade: B.
by MaddiReif ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 10 steals
· 0 reaches
The best pick of the weekend was also the simplest. The Cowboys watched Jalen Milroe slide 54 picks past his grade and did not hesitate.
On the needs board they went 8 of 8, with wide receiver the one that mattered most. The weekend tilted hard toward the defense.
Nothing gained and nothing lost at the table.
A workmanlike haul that should hold up just fine.
Pick-by-Pick
In the Round 1 slot they get a pocket-collapsing interior rusher at fair value.
A top-tier linebacker at a bargain, Jalon Walker in the 44th overall pick, plain and simple. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
TreVeyon Henderson at Round 3, Pick 12 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It fills a real need, too.
Jalen Milroe in pick No. 149 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Mitchell Evans in the 171st pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
The board fumbled Logan Brown all the way to pick 174, and they scooped it up. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Taking Dont'e Thornton Jr. in No. 204 is close to grand larceny; a wide receiver that good had no business lasting this long. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Steal is underselling it; Cobee Bryant at slot 218 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
You do not let a linebacker like Jay Higgins reach the 239th pick and blink. They did not. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Circle this one: R.J. Mickens at slot 242 is a fall that decides a draft. A minor need, but a need all the same.
A interior defensive lineman of that caliber at pick No. 247 is the definition of value, full stop. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.