B-
Dallas Cowboys
The Cowboys kept it disciplined and banked a B-.
by psicosis6878yahoocom ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 12 picks
· 1 steals
· 6 reaches
The move everyone will second-guess came early. The Cowboys reached some 41 spots for Deontae Lawson, and value like that does not grow back. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B-.
For all the activity, wide receiver went untouched, which is hard to explain. The Caldwell pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch.
Nothing here to lose sleep over, and plenty to feel decent about.
Pick-by-Pick
They reached a country mile for Trevor Etienne at pick No. 55, and the board is aghast. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
They paid sticker price for Cameron Ward in the 62nd overall pick, and that is fine. A need, and now a little less of one.
Rod Moore in the Round 3 slot is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
They took Quincy Riley at par in pick 87, which is nothing to complain about. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Smael Mondon Jr. in slot 97 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Jamaree Caldwell slipping to Round 4, Pick 30 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
They paid a round early for Akheem Mesidor in Round 5, Pick 23, more than the board wanted. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
A reach on Sean Martin in No. 158; the board had better options right there. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.
Value said wait; Tristan Leigh in slot 161 says they were not listening. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Eli Cox at pick 190 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Deontae Lawson this early at pick No. 203. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
A straight-up fair deal on Tommi Hill at the 222nd pick, value and slot in agreement. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
