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Dallas Cowboys

Larceny in the 211th overall pick lands the Cowboys a A-, Rourke and all.

by Crazylife · 2025 NFL Draft · 13 picks · 10 steals · 1 reaches
Value B+
Need B+
Trades A+
Future A-

The Cowboys spent the weekend waiting on one name, and it fell: Kurtis Rourke, the No. 144 name on the board, in No. 211.

They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through cornerback.

Every board in the league had Pegues lower, and that gap is the story. The Grover Stewart pickup adds a known quantity to a class of unknowns.

Add it up and few war rooms did better this weekend, Luther Burden III and all.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.14 · Pick 14 · Luther Burden III · WR · rank 13
In the 14th pick they get a true top target. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R2.26 · Pick 58 · Jonah Savaiinaea · OT · rank 45
Value with a capital V on Jonah Savaiinaea in No. 58, a genuine coup. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R3.12 · Pick 76 · Dylan Sampson · RB · rank 65
They read the board right and Dylan Sampson was the payoff at pick 76. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R4.26 · Pick 127 · Jordan Phillips · DT · rank 112
The board had Jordan Phillips higher than Round 4, Pick 26, and the interior defensive lineman fell to them anyway. A need, and now a little less of one.
R5.11 · Pick 150 · Tory Horton · WR · rank 113
Tory Horton at the Round 5 slot is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R5.13 · Pick 152 · Brashard Smith · RB · rank 117
You do not let a running back like Brashard Smith reach slot 152 and blink. They did not. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R5.28 · Pick 167 · Darius Alexander · DT · rank 131
A top-tier interior defensive lineman at a bargain, Darius Alexander in the 167th overall pick, plain and simple. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R5.31 · Pick 170 · Lander Barton · LB · rank 139
They will replay Lander Barton at pick No. 170 for years; that is how good the value is. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R5.33 · Pick 172 · Jonah Monheim · C · rank 149
Taking Jonah Monheim in the 172nd overall pick is close to grand larceny; an offensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R5.35 · Pick 174 · JJ Pegues · DT · rank 187
A premium they did not need to pay, JJ Pegues a notch or two before his time. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R6.12 · Pick 190 · Dont'e Thornton Jr. · WR · rank 185
A tidy little value on Dont'e Thornton Jr. in No. 190, a step better than break-even. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R6.33 · Pick 211 · Kurtis Rourke · QB · rank 144
Somehow Kurtis Rourke was still sitting there in Round 6, Pick 33, and they pounced on premier quarterback value. It fills a real need, too.
R7.31 · Pick 249 · Jonas Sanker · S · rank 218
Jonas Sanker at pick No. 249 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
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