COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B

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Dallas Cowboys

More right than wrong for the Cowboys, and a B to prove it.

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

Nobody else had Tyler Batty anywhere near No. 150. The Cowboys did, by 77 spots, and that gap is the whole story. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B.

However the rest shakes out, Milroe at that price is a win they earned. They punted on cornerback, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. Wide receiver was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.

Good work on the whole, with cornerback the one box left unchecked.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.12 · Pick 12 · Ashton Jeanty · RB · rank 2
In slot 12 they get a bell-cow for the offense, outstanding value to boot.
R2.13 · Pick 45 · Kenneth Grant · DT · rank 19
A top-tier interior defensive lineman at a bargain, Kenneth Grant in the 45th pick, plain and simple. It fills a real need, too.
R3.12 · Pick 76 · Gunnar Helm · TE · rank 68
Gunnar Helm in pick 76 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R4.15 · Pick 116 · Tory Horton · WR · rank 113
Fair-plus on Tory Horton, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R5.11 · Pick 150 · Tyler Batty · DE-EDGE · rank 227
This one needs a full-page explanation: Tyler Batty in the 150th overall pick, miles early. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R5.13 · Pick 152 · Cody Simon · LB · rank 136
Cody Simon slid further than he should have, and the Round 5 slot is lovely value for the linebacker. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R5.31 · Pick 170 · Jalen Milroe · QB · rank 101
Jalen Milroe at pick No. 170 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R5.33 · Pick 172 · Chase Lundt · OT · rank 173
Chase Lundt in the Round 5 slot is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R5.35 · Pick 174 · Dont'e Thornton Jr. · WR · rank 185
Dont'e Thornton Jr. at the 174th overall pick jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R6.12 · Pick 190 · Cam Jackson · DT · rank 230
A big swing on Cam Jackson at Round 6, Pick 12, well ahead of any board in the building. A need, and now a little less of one.
R6.33 · Pick 211 · Ollie Gordon II · RB · rank 175
Somehow Ollie Gordon II was still sitting there in pick 211, and they pounced on premier running back value. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R7.31 · Pick 249 · Shilo Sanders · S · rank 276
They reached a country mile for Shilo Sanders at No. 249, and the board is aghast. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
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