B
Dallas Cowboys
The Cowboys did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B.
by HR ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 4 steals
· 4 reaches
Boards are made to be trusted, and the Cowboys shredded theirs for Barryn Sorrell. He came off 101 spots early, and the room will hear about it.
Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Leonard. They punted on cornerback, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.
They left with wide receiver solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off. A fair-value weekend of trading, no edge to be found.
In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the cornerback spot they never got to.
Pick-by-Pick
Tetairoa McMillan at pick 12 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Kaleb Johnson at the 44th pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Alfred Collins in Round 3, Pick 12 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Taking Riley Leonard in slot 159 is close to grand larceny; a quarterback that good had no business lasting this long. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
The board had cheaper options than Oronde Gadsden II at the 170th overall pick, and it noticed. The roster fit checks out.
A reach on Jay Higgins in pick No. 172; the board had better options right there. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
A tidy little value on Joshua Gray in Round 5, Pick 35, a step better than break-even. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Value with a capital V on Jaylen Reed in the Round 6 slot, a genuine coup. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Value said wait; Barryn Sorrell in No. 211 says they were not listening. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
A top-tier wide receiver at a bargain, Dont'e Thornton Jr. in the 215th overall pick, plain and simple. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
This one needs a full-page explanation: Quinn Carroll in the 249th pick, miles early. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.