COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE D

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The steal of the weekend belongs to the Cowboys and Reid: D.

by Daunte61 · 2025 NFL Draft · 13 picks · 8 steals · 2 reaches
Value B+
Need B+
Trades F
Future B-

You can fall in love with a player. You are not supposed to marry him in the wrong round. The Cowboys did exactly that with Dont'e Thornton Jr. in the Round 4 slot.

Getting Reid where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. The trade table is where this weekend went wrong. A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.16 · Pick 16 · Shavon Revel Jr. · CB · rank 16
In the Round 1 slot they get a press-man option on the boundary. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R2.12 · Pick 44 · Nick Emmanwori · S · rank 17
Nick Emmanwori in pick 44 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R2.13 · Pick 45 · Tate Ratledge · OG · rank 31
Tate Ratledge at the 45th overall pick is money in the bank, a offensive lineman taken below his worth. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R3.12 · Pick 76 · Deone Walker · DT · rank 69
Deone Walker at No. 76 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R3.14 · Pick 78 · Jihaad Campbell · LB · rank 40
Jihaad Campbell in Round 3, Pick 14 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R3.17 · Pick 81 · Ajani Cornelius · OT · rank 104
A real head-scratcher, Ajani Cornelius in pick 81 is miles ahead of his ranking. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R4.11 · Pick 112 · Savion Williams · WR · rank 113
They paid sticker price for Savion Williams in slot 112, and that is fine. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R4.14 · Pick 115 · Dont'e Thornton Jr. · WR · rank 171
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Dont'e Thornton Jr.. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R4.16 · Pick 117 · TreVeyon Henderson · RB · rank 61
They robbed the room for TreVeyon Henderson here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R4.17 · Pick 118 · Nicholas Singleton · RB · rank 102
They let Nicholas Singleton come to them and pounced at the Round 4 slot. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R4.36 · Pick 137 · Jake Majors · C · rank 93
Jake Majors at the 137th overall pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R5.11 · Pick 148 · Oronde Gadsden II · TE · rank 130
You do not let a tight end like Oronde Gadsden II reach No. 148 and blink. They did not. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R7.23 · Pick 239 · Karene Reid · LB · rank 180
Karene Reid in Round 7, Pick 23 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
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