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Dallas Cowboys

The Cowboys worked the phones like thieves and earned a A-.

by HR · 2025 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 8 steals · 3 reaches
Value A-
Need B+
Trades A+
Future B-

Nobody had Barryn Sorrell this high, and it is not close. The Cowboys reached 65 spots to get him at No. 249.

On value alone, Belton makes the weekend a net positive. The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend.

On the needs board they went 8 of 8, with wide receiver the one that mattered most.

Add it up and few war rooms did better this weekend, Ashton Jeanty and all.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.17 · Pick 17 · Ashton Jeanty · RB · rank 2
In the Round 1 slot they get a three-down runner, and a steal at that. A real need, handled.
R2.12 · Pick 44 · Matthew Golden · WR · rank 12
Matthew Golden in slot 44 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R2.17 · Pick 49 · Tyler Warren · TE · rank 16
They robbed the room for Tyler Warren here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R3.12 · Pick 76 · Carson Schwesinger · LB · rank 83
Carson Schwesinger in pick 76 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R4.17 · Pick 118 · Jamaree Caldwell · DL · rank 131
Jamaree Caldwell in the 118th overall pick is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. The roster fit checks out.
R5.11 · Pick 150 · Will Howard · QB · rank 103
Steal is underselling it; Will Howard at No. 150 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R5.31 · Pick 170 · Mello Dotson · CB · rank 133
You do not let a cornerback like Mello Dotson reach the 170th overall pick and blink. They did not. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R5.33 · Pick 172 · Anthony Belton · OT · rank 115
Anthony Belton in slot 172 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R5.35 · Pick 174 · Addison West · OG · rank 194
They talked themselves into Addison West at pick No. 174, and the board did not agree. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R6.12 · Pick 190 · Nohl Williams · CB · rank 177
A slide stopped in No. 190, with Nohl Williams worth more than the price. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R6.33 · Pick 211 · Jordan Hancock · S · rank 199
The board had Jordan Hancock higher than the Round 6 slot, and the safety fell to them anyway. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R7.31 · Pick 249 · Barryn Sorrell · LB-EDGE · rank 314
A real head-scratcher, Barryn Sorrell in Round 7, Pick 31 is miles ahead of his ranking. A minor itch, scratched.
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