B
Dallas Cowboys
The Cowboys did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B.
by willmclean04 ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 10 picks
· 4 steals
· 4 reaches
There is conviction, and then there is this. The Cowboys took R.J. Oben a full 171 picks ahead of where the board had him, an overdraft steep enough that it colors the whole weekend.
If one pick saves this weekend, it is Smith. That cornerback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.
Job largely done: wide receiver settled and 5 of 8 of the wish list covered.
Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.
Pick-by-Pick
In Round 1, Pick 12 they get a true top target at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Nothing to complain about; Jihaad Campbell went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Quinshon Judkins slipping to the Round 3 slot is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
JJ Pegues at pick 150 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. The roster fit checks out.
A big swing on Nazir Stackhouse at pick No. 170, well ahead of any board in the building. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Brashard Smith at the 172nd overall pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A need, and now a little less of one.
Value with a capital V on Ajani Cornelius in the 174th overall pick, a genuine coup. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
This one needs a full-page explanation: Miles Frazier in pick No. 190, miles early. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R.J. Oben at No. 211 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Taking Kobe Hudson in the Round 7 slot is close to grand larceny; a wide receiver that good had no business lasting this long. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.