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Dallas Cowboys

The Cowboys won the weekend at the trade table. Grade: B+.

by Newly · 2026 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 4 steals · 5 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades A+
Future B+

When the story of this class is written, it opens with Quintayvious Hutchins at pick 152, a reach of 49 spots that the board flatly disagrees with.

They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast. That McNeil-Warren pick is the receipt they will wave around later.

The quarterback spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.20 · Pick 20 · Arvell Reese · LB · rank 7
In pick No. 20 they get a three-down second-level presence, and a steal at that. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.15 · Pick 47 · Dani Dennis-Sutton · DE-EDGE · rank 83
This one needs a full-page explanation: Dani Dennis-Sutton in No. 47, miles early. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R3.14 · Pick 78 · Emmanuel McNeil-Warren · S · rank 51
Taking Emmanuel McNeil-Warren in the Round 3 slot is close to grand larceny; a safety that good had no business lasting this long. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R3.28 · Pick 92 · Treydan Stukes · CB · rank 96
Treydan Stukes in slot 92 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R4.12 · Pick 112 · Tim Keenan III · DT · rank 152
They reached a country mile for Tim Keenan III at Round 4, Pick 12, and the board is aghast. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R5.7 · Pick 147 · Dametrious Crownover · OT · rank 144
Good price on Dametrious Crownover in pick 147, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R5.12 · Pick 152 · Quintayvious Hutchins · DE-EDGE · rank 201
A wild overpay on Quintayvious Hutchins in slot 152, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
R5.37 · Pick 177 · Reggie Virgil · WR · rank 167
A slide stopped in Round 5, Pick 37, with Reggie Virgil worth more than the price. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R5.40 · Pick 180 · Kaleb Elarms-Orr · LB · rank 178
No drama and no debate, Kaleb Elarms-Orr went about where he belonged in the 180th overall pick. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R6.6 · Pick 187 · Justin Jefferson · LB · rank 203
Justin Jefferson in the 187th pick is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R7.30 · Pick 246 · Isaiah Nwokobia · S · rank 233
Isaiah Nwokobia in pick 246 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
R7.41 · Pick 257 · Adam Randall · RB · rank 275
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Adam Randall. A need, and now a little less of one.
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