COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B+

It will never happen B+

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The Cowboys robbed the room for Stukes. Final grade: B+.

by Crazylife · 2026 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 6 steals · 0 reaches
Value B+
Need B+
Trades A+
Future B-

Whoever sat across the table from the Cowboys should ask for a receipt. They cleaned the room out, prying loose far more value than they gave up, and it was the quiet MVP of their weekend.

That is a cornerback worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly. That quarterback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the quarterback spot they never got to.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.18 · Pick 18 · Arvell Reese · LB · rank 7
In pick 18 they get a coverage-and-run second-level piece at a price that makes it sweeter. The biggest hole, addressed.
R1.20 · Pick 20 · Jeremiyah Love · RB · rank 2
In the 20th overall pick they get a bell-cow for the offense, and a steal at that. A real need, handled.
R2.17 · Pick 49 · D'Angelo Ponds · CB · rank 48
D'Angelo Ponds at the Round 2 slot is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R3.28 · Pick 92 · Michael Taaffe · S · rank 71
Michael Taaffe at slot 92 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R3.33 · Pick 97 · Treydan Stukes · CB · rank 74
Somehow Treydan Stukes was still sitting there in the 97th pick, and they pounced on premier cornerback value. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R4.12 · Pick 112 · Deion Burks · WR · rank 92
They robbed the room for Deion Burks here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R5.12 · Pick 152 · Isaiah World · OT · rank 147
A clean, defensible pick in No. 152 with a little surplus value in Isaiah World. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R5.37 · Pick 177 · Bryce Boettcher · LB · rank 175
A straight-up fair deal on Bryce Boettcher at the 177th overall pick, value and slot in agreement. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R5.40 · Pick 180 · Aamil Wagner · OT · rank 177
Aamil Wagner at pick No. 180 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R6.15 · Pick 196 · Domani Jackson · CB · rank 179
The board had Domani Jackson higher than slot 196, and the cornerback fell to them anyway. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R7.2 · Pick 218 · Bobby Jamison-Travis · DT · rank 218
They paid sticker price for Bobby Jamison-Travis in the Round 7 slot, and that is fine. A need, and now a little less of one.