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Dallas Cowboys
The Cowboys let McCord fall and pounced. Final grade: A-.
by Boom1 ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 12 picks
· 8 steals
· 2 reaches
You could see the war room lean forward. Kyle McCord at the Round 5 slot is the sort of fall that does not happen, except it just did.
They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own. Reaching for Travis left real value on the table behind him. The Jonathan Taylor deal gives the class an established piece to lean on.
Add it up and few war rooms did better this weekend, Matthew Golden and all.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 14th overall pick they get a No. 1 receiver. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
They robbed the room for Tyler Warren here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
They barely believed it either: Tyleik Williams still on the board at pick No. 76. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Value with a capital V on Quinshon Judkins in the 80th pick, a genuine coup. The roster fit checks out.
Emery Jones Jr. in No. 150 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Steal is underselling it; Jordan Phillips at pick 152 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Kyle McCord in Round 5, Pick 31 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
A tidy bit of business in the Round 5 slot, where Dorian Strong graded well above the range. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
A market-rate safety, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Upton Stout. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Jay Higgins at the Round 6 slot is the proof. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
They went early on Cam Jackson in pick 211, and the value did not follow. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Jalen Travis in Round 7, Pick 31 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.