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Dallas Cowboys

The Cowboys bled value on every deal, hence the D-.

by Triggaman · 2025 NFL Draft · 14 picks · 6 steals · 2 reaches
Value B
Need B-
Trades F
Future B-

Nobody had Barryn Sorrell this high, and it is not close. The Cowboys reached 178 spots to get him at the Round 5 slot. A D- that will need time and luck to look better.

They handed away value on the phones that the picks cannot earn back. The Barton value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.2 · Pick 2 · Abdul Carter · DE-EDGE · rank 3
They paid sticker price for Abdul Carter in the 2nd pick, and that is fine. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R1.12 · Pick 12 · Ashton Jeanty · RB · rank 2
In No. 12 they get a centerpiece for the ground game at a price that makes it sweeter. A real need, handled.
R2.1 · Pick 33 · Tyler Warren · TE · rank 14
You do not let a tight end like Tyler Warren reach pick No. 33 and blink. They did not. A need, and now a little less of one.
R2.12 · Pick 44 · T.J. Sanders · DT · rank 42
T.J. Sanders at pick 44 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R2.21 · Pick 53 · Matthew Golden · WR · rank 43
Matthew Golden is a better player than the 53rd overall pick suggests; smart patience, rewarded. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Jaxson Dart · QB · rank 58
Jaxson Dart slid further than he should have, and the Round 3 slot is lovely value for the quarterback. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R3.12 · Pick 76 · Aireontae Ersery · OT · rank 47
They will replay Aireontae Ersery at the 76th overall pick for years; that is how good the value is. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R3.20 · Pick 84 · Denzel Burke · CB · rank 89
A straight-up fair deal on Denzel Burke at Round 3, Pick 20, value and slot in agreement. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R4.15 · Pick 116 · Willie Lampkin · OG · rank 179
Willie Lampkin in pick No. 116 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R5.11 · Pick 150 · Barryn Sorrell · LB-EDGE · rank 328
Barryn Sorrell at No. 150 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
R5.31 · Pick 170 · Dorian Strong · CB · rank 174
No drama and no debate, Dorian Strong went about where he belonged in the 170th pick. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R5.33 · Pick 172 · Lander Barton · LB · rank 139
Taking Lander Barton in pick 172 is close to grand larceny; a linebacker that good had no business lasting this long. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R6.12 · Pick 190 · Cobee Bryant · CB · rank 186
They did well to land Cobee Bryant in slot 190, just ahead of his grade. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R6.33 · Pick 211 · Jordan Hancock · S · rank 205
Jordan Hancock in the Round 6 slot is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
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