COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B

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Dallas Cowboys

Grand theft in slot 249: the Cowboys steal Mondon Jr. and grade out a B.

by HR · 2025 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 11 steals · 1 reaches
Value A-
Need B-
Trades A
Future B-

The board owed the Cowboys one, and it paid up: Smael Mondon Jr., the No. 110 name on the board, sitting there at slot 249 like a gift left on the doorstep.

Reaching for Davis left real value on the table behind him. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback. The dealing nudged the ledger their way without much fuss.

Job largely done: wide receiver settled and 7 of 8 of the wish list covered.

A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.12 · Pick 12 · Abdul Carter · DE-EDGE · rank 3
In the 12th overall pick they get a quarterback's worst nightmare at a price that makes it sweeter.
R2.22 · Pick 54 · Tyleik Williams · DT · rank 39
Value with a capital V on Tyleik Williams in slot 54, a genuine coup. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R3.12 · Pick 76 · Kaleb Johnson · RB · rank 41
Kaleb Johnson in the 76th pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R3.23 · Pick 87 · Jayden Higgins · WR · rank 73
Jayden Higgins is a better player than No. 87 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R5.11 · Pick 150 · Carson Schwesinger · LB · rank 87
Steal is underselling it; Carson Schwesinger at Round 5, Pick 11 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R5.21 · Pick 160 · Dylan Fairchild · OG · rank 94
They barely believed it either: Dylan Fairchild still on the board at pick No. 160. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R5.31 · Pick 170 · J.C. Davis · OT · rank 274
A swing that ignored the value entirely, J.C. Davis well ahead of where he belonged. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R5.33 · Pick 172 · Denzel Burke · CB · rank 89
You do not let a cornerback like Denzel Burke reach the Round 5 slot and blink. They did not. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R5.35 · Pick 174 · Sebastian Castro · S · rank 92
Taking Sebastian Castro in slot 174 is close to grand larceny; a safety that good had no business lasting this long. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R6.12 · Pick 190 · Terrance Ferguson · TE · rank 120
Somehow Terrance Ferguson was still sitting there in Round 6, Pick 12, and they pounced on premier tight end value. It fills a real need, too.
R6.33 · Pick 211 · Jaylen Reed · S · rank 187
Jaylen Reed at pick No. 211 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
R7.31 · Pick 249 · Smael Mondon Jr. · LB · rank 110
The board fumbled Smael Mondon Jr. all the way to pick 249, and they scooped it up. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
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