COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B

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Dallas Cowboys

The Cowboys did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B.

by HR · 2025 NFL Draft · 13 picks · 6 steals · 4 reaches
Value B
Need B+
Trades A
Future B-

The KJ Jefferson selection is the head-turner. The Cowboys reached 98 spots for him, and it will define how this weekend is remembered.

That is a safety worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly. Small wins on the phones, but wins all the same.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.12 · Pick 12 · Travis Hunter · CB · rank 1
In slot 12 they get a potential shutdown corner at a price that makes it sweeter. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.22 · Pick 54 · TreVeyon Henderson · RB · rank 55
A market-rate running back, with the board and the slot shaking hands on TreVeyon Henderson. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R3.12 · Pick 76 · Jack Bech · WR · rank 71
A clean, defensible pick in Round 3, Pick 12 with a little surplus value in Jack Bech. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R3.23 · Pick 87 · Jordan Phillips · DT · rank 112
Jordan Phillips at the 87th pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. It fills a real need, too.
R5.11 · Pick 150 · Cody Simon · LB · rank 136
A slide stopped in pick No. 150, with Cody Simon worth more than the price. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R5.21 · Pick 160 · Cam Skattebo · RB · rank 105
You do not let a running back like Cam Skattebo reach pick 160 and blink. They did not. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R5.31 · Pick 170 · Logan Brown · OT · rank 156
Logan Brown is a better player than slot 170 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R5.33 · Pick 172 · Willie Lampkin · OG · rank 179
They paid sticker price for Willie Lampkin in No. 172, and that is fine. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R5.35 · Pick 174 · Kevin Winston Jr. · S · rank 104
The board fumbled Kevin Winston Jr. all the way to the Round 5 slot, and they scooped it up. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
R6.12 · Pick 190 · Xavier Scott · CB · rank 167
They barely believed it either: Xavier Scott still on the board at pick No. 190. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R6.33 · Pick 211 · Jake Briningstool · TE · rank 248
A real head-scratcher, Jake Briningstool in Round 6, Pick 33 is miles ahead of his ranking. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R7.31 · Pick 249 · Barryn Sorrell · LB-EDGE · rank 328
Barryn Sorrell at pick 249 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R7.33 · Pick 251 · KJ Jefferson · QB · rank 349
Value said wait; KJ Jefferson in the 251st pick says they were not listening. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
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