COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE D

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Dallas Cowboys

A franchise passer in Sanders headlines a D weekend for the Cowboys.

by ElMeroMeroGF · 2025 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 7 steals · 3 reaches
Value A-
Need B
Trades F
Future B

The Cowboys spent the weekend waiting on one name, and it fell: Billy Bowman Jr., the No. 92 name on the board, in the 170th overall pick.

The cost of the Dellinger reach is exactly the players who went right after him. So much rides on Shedeur Sanders that the rest of the class almost grades on a curve behind him. The trades bled value they could not afford to lose.

The Cowboys indulged a want in Walker while a need in tight end and interior defensive lineman stayed open. For all the activity, tight end went untouched, which is hard to explain.

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

Pick-by-Pick

R1.16 · Pick 16 · Ashton Jeanty · RB · rank 3
In No. 16 they get an every-down engine for the run game at a price that makes it sweeter.
R1.18 · Pick 18 · Shedeur Sanders · QB · rank 4
In the Round 1 slot they get the arm they will build around, outstanding value to boot. A real need, handled.
R2.3 · Pick 35 · Nic Scourton · DL-EDGE · rank 26
Nic Scourton is a better player than the 35th pick suggests; smart patience, rewarded. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R3.14 · Pick 78 · Jalon Walker · LB-EDGE · rank 48
A curious use of pick No. 78. Tight end and interior defensive lineman needed the pick; an edge rusher in Jalon Walker did not.
R4.16 · Pick 117 · Ashton Gillotte · DL-EDGE · rank 86
The needs board was loud and they turned it down, spending the Round 4 slot on Ashton Gillotte with tight end and interior defensive lineman unsolved.
R5.15 · Pick 153 · Jamon Dumas-Johnson · LB · rank 158
By-the-book stuff, Jamon Dumas-Johnson at Round 5, Pick 15 squarely in line with his ranking. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R5.32 · Pick 170 · Billy Bowman Jr. · S · rank 92
Billy Bowman Jr. in No. 170 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R5.33 · Pick 171 · Tez Johnson · WR · rank 169
No edge and no loss on Tez Johnson in the 171st overall pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R5.34 · Pick 172 · Garrett Dellinger · OG · rank 202
A wild overpay on Garrett Dellinger in pick 172, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R6.14 · Pick 189 · PJ Williams · OT · rank 205
The board had cheaper options than PJ Williams at slot 189, and it noticed. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R6.33 · Pick 208 · Dayon Hayes · DE-EDGE · rank 219
A premium they did not need to pay, Dayon Hayes a notch or two before his time. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
R7.14 · Pick 228 · Gentry Williams · CB · rank 196
Gentry Williams at Round 7, Pick 14 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
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