B
Dallas Cowboys
No fireworks, just a tidy B for the Cowboys.
by Coach Jones ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 5 steals
· 4 reaches
When the story of this class is written, it opens with CJ West at pick 172, a reach of 45 spots that the board flatly disagrees with. Call it a sensible B, earned the boring way.
Landing Wease Jr. that late papers over a lot of smaller sins. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through cornerback. On the needs board they went 6 of 8, with wide receiver the one that mattered most.
In sum, a sensible class that nudges the roster the right way.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick No. 12 they get a difference-maker at receiver, reach and all. The biggest hole, addressed.
Alfred Collins in Round 2, Pick 19 is fair value, right on his grade. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
They will replay TreVeyon Henderson at No. 76 for years; that is how good the value is. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Taking Xavier Restrepo in pick 85 is close to grand larceny; a wide receiver that good had no business lasting this long. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Oronde Gadsden II at the Round 5 slot is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the tight end. A need, and now a little less of one.
Circle this one: Kurtis Rourke at the 170th overall pick is a fall that decides a draft. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
CJ West in slot 172 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
A real head-scratcher, Hayden Conner in pick 174 is miles ahead of his ranking. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
RJ Harvey at the 190th overall pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
DJ Campbell at pick No. 211 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Theo Wease Jr. in Round 7, Pick 31 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
