B+
Dallas Cowboys
Milum should have been long gone. The Cowboys pounced, and earned a B+.
by CMS ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 13 picks
· 13 steals
· 0 reaches
The Cowboys spent the weekend waiting on one name, and it fell: Wyatt Milum, the No. 13 name on the board, in the 135th pick. More right than wrong, and a B+ to match.
The quarterback spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. Wide receiver was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.
All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but quarterback.
Pick-by-Pick
In No. 13 they get a potential shutdown corner, and a steal at that. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Circle this one: Ashton Jeanty at pick 58 is a fall that decides a draft. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
The board fumbled Walter Nolen all the way to Round 3, Pick 14, and they scooped it up. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
T.J. Sanders at slot 95 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Jihaad Campbell at the 127th overall pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Wyatt Milum in the Round 4 slot is a gift, value that borders on unfair. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
They barely believed it either: Xavier Restrepo still on the board at the 145th pick. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
They will replay Dylan Fairchild at pick No. 148 for years; that is how good the value is. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
A running back of that caliber at the 168th pick is the definition of value, full stop. A need, and now a little less of one.
Steal is underselling it; Rylie Mills at the Round 5 slot is a heist with the alarm still ringing. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
They read the board right and Antwaun Powell-Ryland was the payoff at pick No. 171. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
A top-tier interior defensive lineman at a bargain, Simeon Barrow Jr. in No. 189, plain and simple. It fills a real need, too.
David Walker at slot 227 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
