COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE D+

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Dallas Cowboys

The Cowboys got the worse of every deal, and it shows in the D+.

by Pastor · 2025 NFL Draft · 16 picks · 6 steals · 3 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades F
Future A+

The Anthony Belton selection is the head-turner. The Cowboys reached 86 spots for him, and it will define how this weekend is remembered. Too much went sideways, and the D+ is the honest tally.

On value alone, Winston Jr. makes the weekend a net positive. They handed away value on the phones that the picks cannot earn back.

Leaving wide receiver unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

Add it up and it is a weekend the front office will hope everyone forgets, wide receiver very much included.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.8 · Pick 8 · Ashton Jeanty · RB · rank 2
In the 8th pick they get a lead back with juice at fair value. A real need, handled.
R1.15 · Pick 15 · Mason Graham · DT · rank 7
They let Mason Graham come to them and pounced at No. 15. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R1.24 · Pick 24 · Nick Emmanwori · S · rank 19
In Round 1, Pick 24 they get a ballhawk on the back end. More want than need.
R2.1 · Pick 33 · Jalon Walker · LB · rank 28
Good price on Jalon Walker in the 33rd overall pick, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R2.7 · Pick 39 · Tate Ratledge · OG · rank 33
Tate Ratledge at the Round 2 slot is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the offensive lineman. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R2.20 · Pick 52 · Grey Zabel · OT · rank 63
They liked Grey Zabel enough to skip the value, taking him in pick No. 52. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R3.2 · Pick 66 · Alfred Collins · DT · rank 65
A market-rate interior defensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Alfred Collins. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R3.10 · Pick 74 · Deone Walker · DT · rank 71
Deone Walker at slot 74 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R3.30 · Pick 94 · Danny Stutsman · LB · rank 90
Danny Stutsman in No. 94 lands just on the right side of the ledger. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R4.1 · Pick 102 · Gunnar Helm · TE · rank 73
They barely believed it either: Gunnar Helm still on the board at pick No. 102. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R4.33 · Pick 134 · Daylen Everette · CB · rank 123
A quiet steal in the Round 4 slot: Daylen Everette for less than the market said. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R5.10 · Pick 148 · Barrett Carter · LB · rank 86
The board fumbled Barrett Carter all the way to the 148th overall pick, and they scooped it up. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R5.30 · Pick 168 · Raheim Sanders · RB · rank 146
Raheim Sanders in pick 168 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R5.32 · Pick 170 · Kevin Winston Jr. · S · rank 95
Circle this one: Kevin Winston Jr. at the 170th pick is a fall that decides a draft. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
R5.33 · Pick 171 · Anthony Belton · OT · rank 257
Anthony Belton at the Round 5 slot is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R6.11 · Pick 186 · Jamon Dumas-Johnson · LB · rank 201
Jamon Dumas-Johnson at the 186th overall pick is a conviction pick that outran the value. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
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