COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B-

God first then commen sense B-

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Dallas Cowboys

The Cowboys did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B-.

by Derrick · 2025 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 7 steals · 4 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades B-
Future B-

The Cowboys went off the board in a big way for DJ Uiagalelei, 61 picks early. Conviction is one thing; this is another.

However the rest shakes out, Taylor at that price is a win they earned. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped tight end, which is a strange place to end up. They left with wide receiver solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

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

Pick-by-Pick

R1.12 · Pick 12 · Mike Green · DE-EDGE · rank 27
In the 12th pick they get a problem off the edge, reach and all. More want than need.
R2.12 · Pick 44 · Trey Amos · CB · rank 50
They took Trey Amos at par in pick No. 44, which is nothing to complain about. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R3.12 · Pick 76 · Deone Walker · DT · rank 67
Deone Walker slipping to pick 76 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R5.11 · Pick 150 · Kalel Mullings · RB · rank 115
They barely believed it either: Kalel Mullings still on the board at No. 150. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R5.34 · Pick 173 · Kyren Lacy · WR · rank 134
Somehow Kyren Lacy was still sitting there in the Round 5 slot, and they pounced on premier wide receiver value. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R5.35 · Pick 174 · Jack Nelson · OT · rank 130
Taking Jack Nelson in the 174th overall pick is close to grand larceny; an offensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R6.10 · Pick 188 · Earnest Greene III · OT · rank 160
A top-tier offensive lineman at a bargain, Earnest Greene III in slot 188, plain and simple. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R6.12 · Pick 190 · Addison West · OG · rank 202
Addison West in No. 190 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R6.31 · Pick 209 · DJ Giddens · RB · rank 176
They robbed the room for DJ Giddens here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R6.33 · Pick 211 · Teddye Buchanan · LB · rank 236
Teddye Buchanan in the 211th overall pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R7.18 · Pick 236 · DJ Uiagalelei · QB · rank 297
They talked themselves into DJ Uiagalelei at pick 236, and the board did not agree. The roster fit checks out.
R7.31 · Pick 249 · Roc Taylor · WR · rank 197
Steal is underselling it; Roc Taylor at Round 7, Pick 31 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.