COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE D-

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Dallas Cowboys

The Cowboys let Sanders fall and pounced. Final grade: D-.

by Daunte61 · 2025 NFL Draft · 14 picks · 11 steals · 0 reaches
Value A-
Need B
Trades F
Future D

When a board-topper like T.J. Sanders slides to No. 152, you do not overthink it, and the Cowboys did not. Hard to defend, and the D- reflects that.

They handed away value on the phones that the picks cannot earn back. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped cornerback, which is a strange place to end up. The bill for those future picks comes due whether the class hits or not.

Job largely done: wide receiver settled and 6 of 8 of the wish list covered.

Add it up and it is a weekend the front office will hope everyone forgets, cornerback very much included.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.12 · Pick 12 · Abdul Carter · DE-EDGE · rank 7
Abdul Carter at the Round 1 slot is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the edge rusher. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
R1.20 · Pick 20 · Wyatt Milum · OT · rank 13
In slot 20 they get a cornerstone up front. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.12 · Pick 44 · Walter Nolen · DT · rank 12
The board fumbled Walter Nolen all the way to the 44th pick, and they scooped it up. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Ashton Jeanty · RB · rank 2
Somehow Ashton Jeanty was still sitting there in No. 67, and they pounced on premier running back value. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R3.10 · Pick 74 · TreVeyon Henderson · RB · rank 61
A tidy bit of business in pick 74, where TreVeyon Henderson graded well above the range. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R3.12 · Pick 76 · Jalen Royals · WR · rank 66
Jalen Royals at Round 3, Pick 12 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R4.2 · Pick 103 · Nick Emmanwori · S · rank 16
Taking Nick Emmanwori in the 103rd overall pick is close to grand larceny; a safety that good had no business lasting this long. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R4.12 · Pick 113 · Jalon Walker · LB · rank 24
Jalon Walker at pick No. 113 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.
R4.17 · Pick 118 · Tate Ratledge · OG · rank 31
They barely believed it either: Tate Ratledge still on the board at pick 118. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R5.15 · Pick 152 · T.J. Sanders · DT · rank 26
You do not let an interior defensive lineman like T.J. Sanders reach pick No. 152 and blink. They did not. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R5.31 · Pick 168 · Dont'e Thornton Jr. · WR · rank 174
They paid sticker price for Dont'e Thornton Jr. in the Round 5 slot, and that is fine. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R5.33 · Pick 170 · Ashton Gillotte · DL-EDGE · rank 65
Steal is underselling it; Ashton Gillotte at slot 170 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
R5.34 · Pick 171 · Kyle McCord · QB · rank 114
Kyle McCord in the 171st overall pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R7.31 · Pick 247 · Kurtis Rourke · QB · rank 137
Kurtis Rourke in Round 7, Pick 31 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
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