B-
Dallas Cowboys
The Cowboys did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B-.
by HR ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 10 picks
· 6 steals
· 4 reaches
The rest of the league had time to spare on Jasheen Davis; the Cowboys did not wait, grabbing him 112 spots ahead at pick No. 249.
Getting Ransom where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. The cornerback hole is the one line item this class does not answer. On the needs board they went 6 of 8, with wide receiver the one that mattered most.
Good work on the whole, with cornerback the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 12th pick they get a problem off the edge at a price that makes it sweeter. Need was not the driver here.
Tyler Warren in slot 44 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
A real head-scratcher, Cam Skattebo in pick 76 is miles ahead of his ranking. The roster fit checks out.
Value said wait; Dont'e Thornton Jr. in No. 150 says they were not listening. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
They reached a country mile for Jack Kiser at the Round 5 slot, and the board is aghast. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
A top-tier offensive lineman at a bargain, Anthony Belton in Round 5, Pick 33, plain and simple. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Circle this one: Lathan Ransom at the Round 5 slot is a fall that decides a draft. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
They robbed the room for Dillon Gabriel here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
They barely believed it either: Jaylen Reed still on the board at pick 211. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
Jasheen Davis at slot 249 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.