COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B

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

by Daunte61 · 2025 NFL Draft · 14 picks · 10 steals · 2 reaches
Value A-
Need B
Trades B
Future B-

The war room fell hard for Taylen Green, and it showed at No. 189: 76 picks ahead of a board that had other ideas.

Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Mondon Jr.. That cornerback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the cornerback spot they never got to.

Pick-by-Pick

R2.13 · Pick 45 · Nick Emmanwori · S · rank 17
Nick Emmanwori in the 45th pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R2.20 · Pick 52 · Derrick Harmon · DT · rank 33
Somehow Derrick Harmon was still sitting there in pick 52, and they pounced on premier interior defensive lineman value. A need, and now a little less of one.
R2.25 · Pick 57 · Omarion Hampton · RB · rank 19
They will replay Omarion Hampton at Round 2, Pick 25 for years; that is how good the value is. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Jayden Higgins · WR · rank 77
They paid a round early for Jayden Higgins in the Round 3 slot, more than the board wanted. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R3.12 · Pick 76 · Jihaad Campbell · LB · rank 40
A top-tier linebacker at a bargain, Jihaad Campbell in No. 76, plain and simple. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R4.8 · Pick 109 · TreVeyon Henderson · RB · rank 61
They barely believed it either: TreVeyon Henderson still on the board at pick No. 109. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R4.11 · Pick 112 · Elic Ayomanor · WR · rank 98
Elic Ayomanor slipping to No. 112 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R4.16 · Pick 117 · Luke Kandra · OG · rank 111
Luke Kandra at the 117th overall pick is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the offensive lineman. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R4.25 · Pick 126 · Mason Taylor · TE · rank 102
Mason Taylor in the 126th pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. The roster fit checks out.
R4.29 · Pick 130 · Savion Williams · WR · rank 115
Savion Williams in slot 130 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R5.13 · Pick 151 · DeMonte Capehart · DT · rank 155
DeMonte Capehart in Round 5, Pick 13 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R5.30 · Pick 168 · Smael Mondon Jr. · LB · rank 109
Circle this one: Smael Mondon Jr. at pick 168 is a fall that decides a draft. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R6.14 · Pick 189 · Taylen Green · QB · rank 265
Value said wait; Taylen Green in pick No. 189 says they were not listening. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R7.34 · Pick 248 · Bryce Foster · C · rank 194
You do not let an offensive lineman like Bryce Foster reach the Round 7 slot and blink. They did not. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.