COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B-

Draft Cowboys 2 jmt B-

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The Cowboys let Neal fall and pounced. Final grade: B-.

by jmt1980 · 2025 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 8 steals · 0 reaches
Value A-
Need B+
Trades D+
Future B-

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Devin Neal, slot 170, roughly 87 picks past where he belonged.

The cornerback spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. A small leak at the table, if not a fatal one. The roster is better shaped than it was, with wide receiver chief among the fixes.

The skill positions did well by the weekend.

In sum, a sensible class that nudges the roster the right way.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.21 · Pick 21 · Luther Burden III · WR · rank 19
In pick 21 they get a difference-maker at receiver. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.12 · Pick 44 · Omarion Hampton · RB · rank 18
Omarion Hampton at Round 2, Pick 12 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. The roster fit checks out.
R3.12 · Pick 76 · Deone Walker · DT · rank 69
Fair-plus on Deone Walker, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R4.23 · Pick 124 · Jake Majors · C · rank 93
They will replay Jake Majors at the 124th overall pick for years; that is how good the value is. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R5.11 · Pick 148 · Barrett Carter · LB · rank 82
The board fumbled Barrett Carter all the way to No. 148, and they scooped it up. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R5.31 · Pick 168 · Rod Moore · S · rank 141
Taking Rod Moore in slot 168 is close to grand larceny; a safety that good had no business lasting this long. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R5.33 · Pick 170 · Devin Neal · RB · rank 83
You do not let a running back like Devin Neal reach the Round 5 slot and blink. They did not. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R5.34 · Pick 171 · Danny Stutsman · LB · rank 86
They robbed the room for Danny Stutsman here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R6.12 · Pick 187 · Addison West · OG · rank 186
They paid sticker price for Addison West in No. 187, and that is fine. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R7.31 · Pick 247 · Hunter Wohler · S · rank 216
Somehow Hunter Wohler was still sitting there in the 247th pick, and they pounced on premier safety value. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
R7.39 · Pick 255 · Terrance Ferguson · TE · rank 215
They barely believed it either: Terrance Ferguson still on the board at Round 7, Pick 39. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.