C+
Dallas Cowboys
Some hits, some head-scratchers, and a C+ for the Cowboys.
by JWC ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 18 picks
· 7 steals
· 6 reaches
When the story of this class is written, it opens with Trey Moore at pick 190, a reach of 103 spots that the board flatly disagrees with.
The Leonard steal is the beam this whole class leans on. The veteran additions, Trey Smith chief among them, give the class a floor the rookies alone would not.
If Tyler Warren and a couple of the gambles land, hindsight will be kinder than this grade.
Pick-by-Pick
Nothing to complain about; Mike Green went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
They read the board right and Tyler Warren was the payoff at pick No. 31. The roster fit checks out.
They reached into another round for Darien Porter, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
They robbed the room for Omarion Hampton here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
No edge and no loss on Andrew Mukuba in the 62nd overall pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. It adds depth where they could use a little.
A reasonable price with a little left over, Zy Alexander in the Round 3 slot. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Savion Williams at slot 76 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Jordan Phillips at the Round 3 slot is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
A clean, defensible pick in the 116th overall pick with a little surplus value in Smael Mondon Jr.. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
They paid sticker price for Jack Nelson in Round 4, Pick 30, and that is fine. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Circle this one: Cam Skattebo at pick No. 138 is a fall that decides a draft. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
A slide stopped in the 139th pick, with Emery Jones Jr. worth more than the price. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
The board fumbled Riley Leonard all the way to No. 150, and they scooped it up. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Cody Simon at pick 170 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Simeon Barrow Jr. in Round 5, Pick 32 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Damien Martinez in slot 172 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. A need, and now a little less of one.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Trey Moore this early at the Round 6 slot. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
They reached a country mile for Barryn Sorrell at pick 237, and the board is aghast. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.