COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B-

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Best value of the weekend goes to the Cowboys for Johnson: B-.

by ORRZ04 · 2026 NFL Draft · 9 picks · 1 steals · 2 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades C+
Future B-

Somebody in No. 127 was going to get robbed, and it turned out to be the rest of the league. The Cowboys sat still while Emmett Johnson, the No. 104 name on the board, slid all the way to them, then sprinted to the podium. Call it a sensible B-, earned the boring way.

The quarterback hole is the one line item this class does not answer. If Mesidor pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but quarterback.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.12 · Pick 12 · Mansoor Delane · CB · rank 8
In the 12th overall pick they get a potential shutdown corner. The biggest hole, addressed.
R1.20 · Pick 20 · Akheem Mesidor · DL-EDGE · rank 37
In Round 1, Pick 20 they get juice off the edge, reach and all. Need was not the driver here.
R4.12 · Pick 112 · Jalen Farmer · OG · rank 106
A clean, defensible pick in No. 112 with a little surplus value in Jalen Farmer. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R4.27 · Pick 127 · Emmett Johnson · RB · rank 104
Somehow Emmett Johnson was still sitting there in the Round 4 slot, and they pounced on premier running back value. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R5.2 · Pick 142 · Skyler Gill-Howard · DT · rank 150
A conviction pick on Skyler Gill-Howard at pick 142 that the board grades a round light. The roster fit checks out.
R5.25 · Pick 165 · Bryce Boettcher · LB · rank 170
Bryce Boettcher at pick No. 165 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R5.37 · Pick 177 · Keagen Trost · OT · rank 182
Keagen Trost in slot 177 is fair value, right on his grade. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R5.40 · Pick 180 · Aaron Anderson · WR · rank 175
They did well to land Aaron Anderson in the 180th pick, just ahead of his grade. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R6.1 · Pick 182 · Red Murdock · LB · rank 189
No drama and no debate, Red Murdock went about where he belonged in pick 182. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
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