B
Dallas Cowboys
The Cowboys robbed the room for Paul Jr.. Final grade: B.
by HR ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 10 picks
· 7 steals
· 3 reaches
When a board-topper like Chris Paul Jr. slides to the 186th overall pick, you do not overthink it, and the Cowboys did not.
If Carroll pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about. Leaving quarterback unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.
Job largely done: wide receiver settled and 7 of 8 of the wish list covered.
Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick No. 12 they get a double-digit-sack hope, outstanding value to boot. Need was not the driver here.
They barely believed it either: Luther Burden III still on the board at slot 44. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Omarion Hampton in No. 76 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
They will replay Harold Fannin Jr. at the 148th overall pick for years; that is how good the value is. The roster fit checks out.
This one needs a full-page explanation: JJ Pegues in pick 168, miles early. It fills a real need, too.
Somehow Jared Wilson was still sitting there in Round 5, Pick 33, and they pounced on premier offensive lineman value. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
They reached into another round for Quinn Carroll, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
They robbed the room for Chris Paul Jr. here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Jaylen Reed at Round 6, Pick 34 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
A big swing on Justin Walley at pick 248, well ahead of any board in the building. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.