B-
Dallas Cowboys
Best value of the weekend goes to the Cowboys for Parrish: B-.
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2025 NFL Draft
· 13 picks
· 8 steals
· 2 reaches
This is the pick they will still be bragging about in July: Jacob Parrish, the No. 125 name on the board, stolen at the 174th pick.
They will need Griffith to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it. Small wins on the phones, but wins all the same.
It is a win-now wager, and the future is the stake. They came away with juice, if not much beef up front.
Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 12th overall pick they get a go-to option on the outside at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Jonah Savaiinaea at Round 2, Pick 20 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
A tidy bit of business in the 71st pick, where TreVeyon Henderson graded well above the range. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Omarr Norman-Lott in slot 76 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
A slide stopped in No. 93, with Barrett Carter worth more than the price. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Somehow Isaiah Bond was still sitting there in pick 111, and they pounced on premier wide receiver value. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Hollin Pierce at the Round 5 slot is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
A tight end of that caliber at pick No. 170 is the definition of value, full stop. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
They barely believed it either: Kurtis Rourke still on the board at pick No. 172. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
You do not let a cornerback like Jacob Parrish reach slot 174 and blink. They did not. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
They robbed the room for Pat Bryant here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Clay Webb in the Round 6 slot is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
They reached into another round for Thor Griffith, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. The roster fit checks out.
