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The Cowboys cashed the board's mistake on Milroe: B.

by stegilbe · 2025 NFL Draft · 14 picks · 11 steals · 1 reaches
Value B+
Need B+
Trades C-
Future B

The Cowboys spent the weekend waiting on one name, and it fell: Jalen Milroe, the No. 101 name on the board, in the 150th overall pick. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B.

Reaching for Jones left real value on the table behind him. The roster is better shaped than it was, with wide receiver chief among the fixes.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.24 · Pick 24 · Josh Simmons · OT · rank 15
In the 24th overall pick they get a cornerstone up front, and a steal at that. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.12 · Pick 44 · Omarion Hampton · RB · rank 30
A tidy bit of business in pick 44, where Omarion Hampton graded well above the range. A need, and now a little less of one.
R3.12 · Pick 76 · Demetrius Knight Jr. · LB · rank 61
Value with a capital V on Demetrius Knight Jr. in No. 76, a genuine coup. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R3.33 · Pick 97 · Jayden Higgins · WR · rank 73
Jayden Higgins at slot 97 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R4.13 · Pick 114 · Quinshon Judkins · RB · rank 70
A top-tier running back at a bargain, Quinshon Judkins in Round 4, Pick 13, plain and simple. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R5.1 · Pick 140 · Sai'vion Jones · DE-EDGE · rank 148
Sai'vion Jones at the Round 5 slot is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R5.11 · Pick 150 · Jalen Milroe · QB · rank 101
Jalen Milroe in pick No. 150 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R5.22 · Pick 161 · O'Donnell Fortune · CB · rank 126
O'Donnell Fortune in the 161st pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R5.31 · Pick 170 · Oronde Gadsden II · TE · rank 143
Steal is underselling it; Oronde Gadsden II at pick No. 170 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It fills a real need, too.
R5.33 · Pick 172 · Mello Dotson · CB · rank 140
Circle this one: Mello Dotson at pick 172 is a fall that decides a draft. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R5.35 · Pick 174 · Howard Cross III · DL · rank 163
They read the board right and Howard Cross III was the payoff at No. 174. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R6.12 · Pick 190 · Connor Colby · OG · rank 184
Connor Colby at the 190th overall pick is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the offensive lineman. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R6.33 · Pick 211 · KeAndre Lambert-Smith · WR · rank 193
KeAndre Lambert-Smith at slot 211 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R7.31 · Pick 249 · Jackson Hawes · TE · rank 256
They paid sticker price for Jackson Hawes in the Round 7 slot, and that is fine. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
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