C+
Dallas Cowboys
The Cowboys let Barron fall into their laps, and walked away with a C+.
by DAUNTE61 ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 19 picks
· 18 steals
· 0 reaches
You build a draft on nights like this. Jahdae Barron had no business being available in slot 150, and the Cowboys did the only sane thing and turned in the card. Call it a C+ and check back in two years.
On the needs board they went 8 of 8, with wide receiver the one that mattered most. It is a win-now wager, and the future is the stake.
Bottom line, the swing picks will decide whether this ages well.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 12th overall pick they get a difference-maker at receiver. Exactly the need they had to hit.
In No. 24 they get an island corner at a price that makes it sweeter. The biggest hole, addressed.
Somehow Ashton Jeanty was still sitting there in the Round 2 slot, and they pounced on premier running back value. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
The board fumbled Nick Emmanwori all the way to slot 76, and they scooped it up. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
A interior defensive lineman of that caliber at pick No. 94 is the definition of value, full stop. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
A top-tier linebacker at a bargain, Jalon Walker in pick 99, plain and simple. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
They robbed the room for Wyatt Milum here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
They will replay Jaxson Dart at Round 4, Pick 11 for years; that is how good the value is. The roster fit checks out.
Jack Bech in pick No. 118 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
They barely believed it either: Cam Skattebo still on the board at the 138th pick. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Savion Williams in pick 139 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Taking Jahdae Barron in No. 150 is close to grand larceny; a cornerback that good had no business lasting this long. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Steal is underselling it; Alfred Collins at the 154th overall pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Dylan Fairchild at slot 165 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Demetrius Knight Jr. in Round 5, Pick 31 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Circle this one: Ashton Gillotte at the Round 5 slot is a fall that decides a draft. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
You do not let a wide receiver like Tez Johnson reach the 181st pick and blink. They did not. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Mason Taylor at pick 190 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Tyler Shough at pick No. 249 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.