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Dallas Cowboys
The Cowboys cashed the board's mistake on Neal: A-.
by ThatDudeQuoro ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 15 picks
· 9 steals
· 6 reaches
This is the pick they will still be bragging about in July: Devin Neal, the No. 80 name on the board, stolen at No. 170. The board rewarded a patient, disciplined weekend with a A-.
They will need Sanders to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it. They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast. The quarterback hole is the one line item this class does not answer.
It is a haul that will look even better come September.
Pick-by-Pick
Luther Burden III at the 24th overall pick is money in the bank, a wide receiver taken below his worth. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Omarion Hampton at the Round 2 slot is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
A slide stopped in No. 63, with Tate Ratledge worth more than the price. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Alfred Collins slipping to Round 3, Pick 12 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
You do not let a linebacker like Demetrius Knight Jr. reach pick 97 and blink. They did not. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Circle this one: Andrew Mukuba at the 117th pick is a fall that decides a draft. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Cobee Bryant in slot 138 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Barrett Carter at pick No. 148 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Shilo Sanders at the Round 5 slot is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
A running back of that caliber at the 170th pick is the definition of value, full stop. It fills a real need, too.
They reached a country mile for Tosh Baker at slot 173, and the board is aghast. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Ty Hamilton. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Dont'e Thornton Jr. is a better player than pick No. 191 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
They talked themselves into Thor Griffith at No. 209, and the board did not agree. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
They reached into another round for Justin Walley, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.