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The steal of the weekend belongs to the Cowboys and McCord: A-.

by calebshaffer · 2025 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 10 steals · 1 reaches
Value A
Need B+
Trades B
Future A

The rest of the league will want that one back. Kyle McCord tumbling to the Cowboys in the 211th pick is a gift they did not have to think twice about.

The Sanders pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over. They will regret leaving tight end for another day if the season turns on it.

The Micah McFadden pickup adds a known quantity to a class of unknowns. A modest surplus at the table, banked quietly.

The kind of weekend a front office frames and hangs on the wall.

Pick-by-Pick

R2.2 · Pick 34 · Luther Burden III · WR · rank 14
Luther Burden III at pick No. 34 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R2.12 · Pick 44 · Omarion Hampton · RB · rank 32
The board had Omarion Hampton higher than No. 44, and the running back fell to them anyway. A need, and now a little less of one.
R3.1 · Pick 65 · Aireontae Ersery · OT · rank 48
They read the board right and Aireontae Ersery was the payoff at pick 65. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R3.12 · Pick 76 · Deone Walker · DT · rank 64
Deone Walker at the 76th pick is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R5.11 · Pick 149 · Malachi Moore · S · rank 104
A safety of that caliber at the Round 5 slot is the definition of value, full stop. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R5.33 · Pick 171 · Tahj Brooks · RB · rank 122
They robbed the room for Tahj Brooks here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R5.36 · Pick 174 · Jacob Parrish · CB · rank 124
Jacob Parrish in Round 5, Pick 36 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R6.28 · Pick 204 · Quincy Riley · CB · rank 172
Quincy Riley in the 204th overall pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R6.35 · Pick 211 · Kyle McCord · QB · rank 120
Taking Kyle McCord in Round 6, Pick 35 is close to grand larceny; a quarterback that good had no business lasting this long. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R7.23 · Pick 239 · Jack Kiser · LB · rank 174
They barely believed it either: Jack Kiser still on the board at the Round 7 slot. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R7.31 · Pick 247 · Shilo Sanders · S · rank 272
Shilo Sanders at pick 247 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
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