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Dallas Cowboys
The Cowboys got the worse of every deal, and it shows in the C-.
by Daunte61 ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 17 picks
· 11 steals
· 4 reaches
They will call it conviction in the building and a reach everywhere else: Taylen Green, 95 picks early at the Round 5 slot.
The Paul Jr. pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. Overpaying at the table undid a lot of the good work elsewhere.
For all the activity, cornerback went untouched, which is hard to explain.
A perfectly average weekend, for better and for worse.
Pick-by-Pick
In slot 20 they get a downhill hitter at safety. Need was not the driver here.
They robbed the room for Omarion Hampton here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
A quiet steal in No. 48: Tate Ratledge for less than the market said. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Kaleb Johnson is a better player than the 55th pick suggests; smart patience, rewarded. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
They barely believed it either: Jihaad Campbell still on the board at pick No. 76. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
A interior defensive lineman of that caliber at Round 3, Pick 13 is the definition of value, full stop. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Elic Ayomanor in the Round 3 slot is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
A reach for Savion Williams in slot 105; a little patience would have been rewarded. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Aeneas Peebles in Round 4, Pick 7 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Luke Kandra in pick No. 113 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Taking Darrell Jackson Jr. in the 117th overall pick is close to grand larceny; an interior defensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
The board had cheaper options than Oronde Gadsden II at No. 121, and it noticed. A need, and now a little less of one.
A top-tier running back at a bargain, Nicholas Singleton in pick 152, plain and simple. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Mason Taylor at the 168th pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
This one needs a full-page explanation: Taylen Green in the 170th overall pick, miles early. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Chris Paul Jr. in pick 209 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
The board fumbled Jaishawn Barham all the way to Round 7, Pick 34, and they scooped it up. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.