B
Dallas Cowboys
No fireworks, just a tidy B for the Cowboys.
by BANDIT ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 10 picks
· 6 steals
· 3 reaches
Nobody else had Will Sheppard anywhere near No. 209. The Cowboys did, by 91 spots, and that gap is the whole story.
Spears-Jennings at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster. For all the activity, quarterback went untouched, which is hard to explain.
Good work on the whole, with quarterback the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
In Round 1, Pick 13 they get a plug-and-play piece up front, though they paid up to get him. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
A quiet steal in slot 42: Tate Ratledge for less than the market said. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
They barely believed it either: Omarion Hampton still on the board at pick No. 75. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
They took Dontay Corleone at par in the 114th overall pick, which is nothing to complain about. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
The board fumbled Robert Spears-Jennings all the way to No. 149, and they scooped it up. A minor itch, scratched.
A top-tier linebacker at a bargain, Harold Perkins Jr. in the 169th pick, plain and simple. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
DeMonte Capehart in Round 5, Pick 32 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. The roster fit checks out.
Davison Igbinosun at pick 171 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
They will replay Raheim Sanders at the Round 6 slot for years; that is how good the value is. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
They talked themselves into Will Sheppard at pick No. 209, and the board did not agree. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
