COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B+

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HR-26-3 B+

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Dallas Cowboys

The Cowboys won the weekend at the trade table. Grade: B+.

by HR · 2025 NFL Draft · 17 picks · 10 steals · 4 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades A+
Future B-

Some picks age like wine; Barryn Sorrell at pick 211 will need to, sitting 117 spots clear of his grade. A dependable weekend that grades out a B+.

If one pick saves this weekend, it is Phillips. The dealing alone would carry a lesser class.

Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.17 · Pick 17 · Ashton Jeanty · RB · rank 2
In the 17th overall pick they get a bell-cow for the offense, and a steal at that.
R2.17 · Pick 49 · Matthew Golden · WR · rank 43
A reasonable price with a little left over, Matthew Golden in the 49th pick. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R2.22 · Pick 54 · Xavier Watts · S · rank 46
Xavier Watts slid further than he should have, and No. 54 is lovely value for the safety. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R3.12 · Pick 76 · Zy Alexander · CB · rank 59
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Zy Alexander at the Round 3 slot is the proof. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R3.20 · Pick 84 · Carson Schwesinger · LB · rank 87
They took Carson Schwesinger at par in slot 84, which is nothing to complain about. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R4.17 · Pick 118 · Charles Grant · OT · rank 99
Circle this one: Charles Grant at Round 4, Pick 17 is a fall that decides a draft. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R4.32 · Pick 133 · Terrance Ferguson · TE · rank 123
A slide stopped in pick 133, with Terrance Ferguson worth more than the price. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R5.11 · Pick 150 · Will Howard · QB · rank 108
A top-tier quarterback at a bargain, Will Howard in the 150th overall pick, plain and simple. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R5.21 · Pick 160 · Jordan Phillips · DT · rank 109
You do not let an interior defensive lineman like Jordan Phillips reach the Round 5 slot and blink. They did not. It fills a real need, too.
R5.31 · Pick 170 · Davin Vann · DE-EDGE · rank 264
A real head-scratcher, Davin Vann in the 170th pick is miles ahead of his ranking. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R5.33 · Pick 172 · Seth McLaughlin · C · rank 240
Seth McLaughlin in Round 5, Pick 33 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R5.35 · Pick 174 · Mello Dotson · CB · rank 140
They robbed the room for Mello Dotson here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R6.12 · Pick 190 · Cobee Bryant · CB · rank 186
Cobee Bryant in pick No. 190 lands just on the right side of the ledger. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R6.20 · Pick 198 · Upton Stout · S · rank 189
A quiet steal in No. 198: Upton Stout for less than the market said. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
R6.33 · Pick 211 · Barryn Sorrell · LB-EDGE · rank 328
Barryn Sorrell at the 211th pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
R7.19 · Pick 237 · CJ West · DT · rank 217
Somehow CJ West was still sitting there in pick 237, and they pounced on premier interior defensive lineman value. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R7.31 · Pick 249 · Jasheen Davis · DL-EDGE · rank 360
This one needs a full-page explanation: Jasheen Davis in pick No. 249, miles early. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
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