COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE D

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Dallas Cowboys

The Cowboys got the worse of every deal, and it shows in the D.

by Preacher · 2025 NFL Draft · 16 picks · 4 steals · 6 reaches
Value B-
Need B-
Trades F
Future A+

Call it a hunch or call it a gamble, but the Cowboys spent the 93rd pick on Emery Jones Jr., a name most had 89 spots down the list. It grades a D, and the process earned it.

They handed away value on the phones that the picks cannot earn back. Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Moore.

With wide receiver and tight end unsolved, spending premium capital on safety is the choice that costs them. A whole weekend of picks and wide receiver is somehow still a want.

A rough weekend that leaves the roster with more questions than answers.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.8 · Pick 8 · Ashton Jeanty · RB · rank 2
In No. 8 they get a bell-cow for the offense. A real need, handled.
R1.12 · Pick 12 · James Pearce Jr. · DE-EDGE · rank 11
In the 12th pick they get a premier pass rusher at fair value. Need was not the driver here.
R1.18 · Pick 18 · Nick Emmanwori · S · rank 19
In slot 18 they get a ballhawk on the back end. More want than need.
R1.22 · Pick 22 · Jalon Walker · LB · rank 28
In pick 22 they get the heartbeat of the defense. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R2.10 · Pick 42 · Kenneth Grant · DT · rank 29
They let Kenneth Grant come to them and pounced at the 42nd overall pick. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R2.29 · Pick 61 · Tate Ratledge · OG · rank 33
They will replay Tate Ratledge at the Round 2 slot for years; that is how good the value is. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R3.6 · Pick 70 · Deone Walker · DT · rank 71
Deone Walker in Round 3, Pick 6 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R3.26 · Pick 90 · Danny Stutsman · LB · rank 90
No drama and no debate, Danny Stutsman went about where he belonged in No. 90. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R3.29 · Pick 93 · Emery Jones Jr. · OT · rank 182
They reached into another round for Emery Jones Jr., and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R3.37 · Pick 101 · Cade Klubnik · QB · rank 139
A big swing on Cade Klubnik at slot 101, well ahead of any board in the building. It fills a real need, too.
R4.5 · Pick 106 · Daylen Everette · CB · rank 123
Daylen Everette in the 106th overall pick is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R4.14 · Pick 115 · Malachi Moore · S · rank 75
The needs board was loud and they turned it down, spending pick No. 115 on Malachi Moore with wide receiver and tight end unsolved.
R4.19 · Pick 120 · Barrett Carter · LB · rank 86
Barrett Carter in the 120th pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R4.20 · Pick 121 · Raheim Sanders · RB · rank 146
Value said wait; Raheim Sanders in the Round 4 slot says they were not listening. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R5.10 · Pick 148 · Jonah Monheim · C · rank 214
Jonah Monheim in slot 148 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R5.30 · Pick 168 · Anthony Belton · OT · rank 257
They reached a country mile for Anthony Belton at Round 5, Pick 30, and the board is aghast. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
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