B
Dallas Cowboys
The Cowboys worked the phones like thieves and earned a B.
by The don ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 10 picks
· 2 steals
· 7 reaches
The Cowboys bet big and early on Jay Toia, 154 picks ahead of the board. Bold does not always mean right.
That James pick is the receipt they will wave around later. They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast.
A whole weekend of picks and cornerback is somehow still a want. Job largely done: wide receiver settled and 5 of 8 of the wish list covered.
A workmanlike haul that should hold up just fine.
Pick-by-Pick
They talked themselves into Kaleb Johnson at the Round 1 slot, and the board did not agree. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
A slide stopped in Round 3, Pick 9, with Dylan Fairchild worth more than the price. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Keon Sabb at the 87th pick is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Value said wait; Samuel Brown in pick 123 says they were not listening. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
They robbed the room for Jordan James here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
A big swing on Jimmy Horn Jr. at No. 169, well ahead of any board in the building. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Garrett Dellinger in pick No. 170 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
This one needs a full-page explanation: Jay Toia in the 171st pick, miles early. A need, and now a little less of one.
Gunnar Helm in the 186th overall pick is fair value, right on his grade. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
A wild overpay on Savion Williams in Round 6, Pick 34, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.