COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B+

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Dallas Cowboys

A masterclass at the trade table lands the Cowboys a B+.

by AidenTheGoat224 · 2025 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 6 steals · 4 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades A+
Future B-

They will call it conviction in the building and a reach everywhere else: Barryn Sorrell, 154 picks early at the Round 5 slot. A dependable weekend that grades out a B+.

Getting Bassa where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own. They punted on quarterback, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.14 · Pick 14 · Ashton Jeanty · RB · rank 2
In the Round 1 slot they get a bell-cow for the offense at a price that makes it sweeter. A clean fit for the roster.
R2.12 · Pick 44 · Malaki Starks · S · rank 26
The board fumbled Malaki Starks all the way to the 44th overall pick, and they scooped it up. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
R3.2 · Pick 66 · Jalon Walker · LB · rank 20
Circle this one: Jalon Walker at pick 66 is a fall that decides a draft. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R3.16 · Pick 80 · Donovan Jackson · OT · rank 86
No edge and no loss on Donovan Jackson in No. 80; it is a wash and a sensible one. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R5.11 · Pick 150 · Cobee Bryant · CB · rank 187
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Cobee Bryant well ahead of where he belonged. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R5.31 · Pick 170 · Pat Bryant · WR · rank 147
They robbed the room for Pat Bryant here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R5.33 · Pick 172 · Simeon Barrow Jr. · DL · rank 181
Simeon Barrow Jr. in the 172nd overall pick is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R5.35 · Pick 174 · Barryn Sorrell · LB-EDGE · rank 328
Value said wait; Barryn Sorrell in No. 174 says they were not listening. A minor itch, scratched.
R6.12 · Pick 190 · Jeffrey Bassa · LB · rank 132
Steal is underselling it; Jeffrey Bassa at the 190th pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R6.13 · Pick 191 · Ollie Gordon II · RB · rank 176
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Ollie Gordon II at Round 6, Pick 13 is the proof. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R6.33 · Pick 211 · Jordan Hancock · S · rank 205
A tidy little value on Jordan Hancock in slot 211, a step better than break-even. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
R7.31 · Pick 249 · Bryson Eason · DT · rank 317
Bryson Eason in the Round 7 slot is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. The roster fit checks out.