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The Cowboys let Martinez fall into their laps, and walked away with a B+.

by aeb89 · 2025 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 6 steals · 1 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades A+
Future B

You could see the war room lean forward. Damien Martinez at No. 211 is the sort of fall that does not happen, except it just did.

They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through tight end.

They are betting Thornton Jr. proves the room right and everyone else wrong.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the tight end spot they never got to.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.14 · Pick 14 · Kenneth Grant · DT · rank 19
In the 14th pick they get a disruptive interior force at fair value. A clean fit for the roster.
R2.12 · Pick 44 · Kaleb Johnson · RB · rank 41
A clean, defensible pick in pick No. 44 with a little surplus value in Kaleb Johnson. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R3.12 · Pick 76 · Deone Walker · DT · rank 67
Deone Walker at Round 3, Pick 12 is money in the bank, a interior defensive lineman taken below his worth. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R4.15 · Pick 116 · Hollin Pierce · OT · rank 118
A straight-up fair deal on Hollin Pierce at slot 116, value and slot in agreement. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R5.11 · Pick 150 · Tommi Hill · CB · rank 135
Tommi Hill in pick 150 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R5.31 · Pick 170 · Dont'e Thornton Jr. · WR · rank 185
They jumped the gun on Dont'e Thornton Jr., taking him earlier than his grade liked. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R5.33 · Pick 172 · Jeffrey Bassa · LB · rank 132
A linebacker of that caliber at the 172nd overall pick is the definition of value, full stop. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R5.35 · Pick 174 · Jay Higgins · LB · rank 137
Somehow Jay Higgins was still sitting there in the Round 5 slot, and they pounced on premier linebacker value. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R6.12 · Pick 190 · Jackson Slater · OG · rank 150
Circle this one: Jackson Slater at Round 6, Pick 12 is a fall that decides a draft. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R6.33 · Pick 211 · Damien Martinez · RB · rank 162
Damien Martinez at the Round 6 slot is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R7.31 · Pick 249 · Donovan Smith · QB · rank 247
They took Donovan Smith at par in the 249th overall pick, which is nothing to complain about. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
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