B
Dallas Cowboys
The Cowboys let Bowman Jr. fall into their laps, and walked away with a B.
by HR ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 10 picks
· 6 steals
· 3 reaches
The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Billy Bowman Jr., the Round 6 slot, roughly 90 picks past where he belonged. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B.
Every board in the league had Sorrell lower, and that gap is the story. For all the activity, cornerback went untouched, which is hard to explain.
Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.
Pick-by-Pick
In Round 1, Pick 12 they get a difference-maker at receiver at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
They paid a round early for TreVeyon Henderson in the Round 2 slot, more than the board wanted. A need, and now a little less of one.
A tidy bit of business in pick No. 76, where Deone Walker graded well above the range. The roster fit checks out.
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Jay Higgins at the 150th pick. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Joshua Gray at slot 170 is a conviction pick that outran the value. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
A top-tier offensive lineman at a bargain, Hollin Pierce in No. 172, plain and simple. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
A tight end of that caliber at the 174th overall pick is the definition of value, full stop. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Circle this one: Tyler Shough at pick 190 is a fall that decides a draft. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
You do not let a safety like Billy Bowman Jr. reach No. 211 and blink. They did not. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Barryn Sorrell well ahead of where he belonged. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.