B
Dallas Cowboys
Carter should have been long gone. The Cowboys pounced, and earned a B.
by HR ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 6 steals
· 3 reaches
Thirty-one other rooms let Barrett Carter slide, and the Cowboys were the ones holding the card at slot 151. Highway robbery.
They are betting Sorrell proves the room right and everyone else wrong. They went 8 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.
Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick 12 they get a lockdown presence outside at a price that makes it sweeter. The biggest hole, addressed.
Somehow Mason Graham was still sitting there in pick No. 44, and they pounced on premier interior defensive lineman value. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Cam Skattebo at the Round 3 slot is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Barrett Carter at the 151st pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Good price on Ajani Cornelius in Round 5, Pick 32, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
They will replay Kyle McCord at No. 171 for years; that is how good the value is. It fills a real need, too.
They paid sticker price for Oronde Gadsden II in the 174th overall pick, and that is fine. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Taking Jack Nelson in slot 188 is close to grand larceny; an offensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
They reached into another round for Miles Frazier, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
A top-tier wide receiver at a bargain, Roc Taylor in Round 7, Pick 16, plain and simple. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Barryn Sorrell at pick No. 247 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
