B
Dallas Cowboys
The Cowboys kept it disciplined and banked a B.
by HR ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 12 picks
· 5 steals
· 5 reaches
There was a run on nobody at that position, and the Cowboys started one anyway for Jasheen Davis, 147 picks ahead of schedule.
They banked enough surplus on Carter to cover a lot of smaller sins. The trade work was a quiet net positive.
Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick 12 they get a difference-maker at receiver. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
The board fumbled Tyler Warren all the way to the 45th pick, and they scooped it up. The roster fit checks out.
You do not let a running back like Kaleb Johnson reach slot 76 and blink. They did not. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
A reach for Shemar Turner in pick No. 116; a little patience would have been rewarded. A need, and now a little less of one.
Taking Carson Schwesinger in the Round 5 slot is close to grand larceny; a linebacker that good had no business lasting this long. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Jackson Slater in the 152nd overall pick lands just on the right side of the ledger. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Jasheen Davis this early at the Round 5 slot. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Jaylen Reed in slot 172 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. A minor need, but a need all the same.
A top-tier safety at a bargain, Robert Spears-Jennings in pick No. 174, plain and simple. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
A real head-scratcher, KJ Jefferson in Round 6, Pick 12 is miles ahead of his ranking. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Barrett Carter in the 211th pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
A big swing on Aydan White at the 249th overall pick, well ahead of any board in the building. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
