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Dallas Cowboys

The Cowboys turned the phones into found money: A-.

by HR · 2025 NFL Draft · 13 picks · 11 steals · 2 reaches
Value B+
Need B+
Trades A+
Future B

You can fall in love with a player. You are not supposed to marry him in the wrong round. The Cowboys did exactly that with Jasheen Davis in slot 234.

Getting Castro where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. The phones were where this weekend was really won. A whole weekend of picks and tight end is somehow still a want.

Add it up and this is about as clean as a draft weekend gets.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.14 · Pick 14 · Tetairoa McMillan · WR · rank 5
In pick No. 14 they get a true top target, outstanding value to boot. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R2.12 · Pick 44 · Omarion Hampton · RB · rank 30
Nice patience on Omarion Hampton, who had no business lasting to the 44th pick. The roster fit checks out.
R3.12 · Pick 76 · Walter Nolen · DT · rank 17
The board fumbled Walter Nolen all the way to pick 76, and they scooped it up. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R4.15 · Pick 116 · Barrett Carter · LB · rank 83
Barrett Carter at the Round 4 slot is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R5.11 · Pick 150 · Dylan Fairchild · OG · rank 94
Dylan Fairchild at the 150th overall pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R5.31 · Pick 170 · Ajani Cornelius · OT · rank 114
A top-tier offensive lineman at a bargain, Ajani Cornelius in No. 170, plain and simple. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R5.33 · Pick 172 · Sebastian Castro · S · rank 93
Taking Sebastian Castro in the 172nd pick is close to grand larceny; a safety that good had no business lasting this long. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R5.35 · Pick 174 · Mello Dotson · CB · rank 140
Steal is underselling it; Mello Dotson at the 174th overall pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R6.12 · Pick 190 · Cody Simon · LB · rank 136
You do not let a linebacker like Cody Simon reach slot 190 and blink. They did not. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R6.13 · Pick 191 · Robert Spears-Jennings · S · rank 146
Circle this one: Robert Spears-Jennings at pick No. 191 is a fall that decides a draft. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
R6.33 · Pick 211 · Jaylen Reed · S · rank 188
Jaylen Reed at the Round 6 slot is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.
R7.16 · Pick 234 · Jasheen Davis · DL-EDGE · rank 361
They talked themselves into Jasheen Davis at No. 234, and the board did not agree. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R7.31 · Pick 249 · KJ Jefferson · QB · rank 349
They reached a country mile for KJ Jefferson at Round 7, Pick 31, and the board is aghast. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
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