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Dallas Cowboys
The Cowboys cashed the board's mistake on Smith: B.
by crazylife ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 8 picks
· 8 steals
· 0 reaches
The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Brashard Smith, slot 186, roughly 85 picks past where he belonged.
That wide receiver hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. They were the ones paying the moving tax this weekend.
Offensive lineman is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it. Value over need was the throughline, for better and worse.
Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick 16 they get a disruptive interior force, outstanding value to boot. A clean fit for the roster.
Steal is underselling it; Omarion Hampton at the Round 2 slot is a heist with the alarm still ringing. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Dylan Sampson at slot 76 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
They robbed the room for Quinshon Judkins here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Somehow Danny Stutsman was still sitting there in pick No. 113, and they pounced on premier linebacker value. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Sebastian Castro in the 148th pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
You do not let an offensive lineman like Jake Majors reach Round 5, Pick 31 and blink. They did not. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
They barely believed it either: Brashard Smith still on the board at No. 186. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.