B-
Dallas Cowboys
The Cowboys did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B-.
by D.HAWK ·
2026 NFL Draft
· 9 picks
· 3 steals
· 3 reaches
Nobody else had Harold Perkins Jr. anywhere near the Round 3 slot. The Cowboys did, by 37 spots, and that gap is the whole story.
If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through wide receiver. That Boettcher pick is the receipt they will wave around later.
All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but wide receiver.
Pick-by-Pick
In slot 12 they get a lockdown presence outside at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
A straight-up fair deal on CJ Allen at pick 31, value and slot in agreement. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
A.J. Haulcy at Round 2, Pick 31 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Value said wait; Harold Perkins Jr. in the 92nd overall pick says they were not listening. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
They paid a round early for Tyreak Sapp in No. 112, more than the board wanted. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Trey Moore in the Round 5 slot is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
A reasonable price with a little left over, Marlin Klein in Round 5, Pick 37. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Bryce Boettcher at pick 180. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Nice patience on Keyshaun Elliott, who had no business lasting to the 218th overall pick. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.