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Dallas Cowboys

The Cowboys won the night they stopped Lawson from sliding. Grade: B+.

by Cowboys fan! · 2025 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 8 steals · 4 reaches
Value B+
Need B
Trades A+
Future B-

The rest of the league will want that one back. Deontae Lawson tumbling to the Cowboys in Round 5, Pick 36 is a gift they did not have to think twice about.

Every board in the league had Carroll lower, and that gap is the story. The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend.

The cornerback spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.17 · Pick 17 · Mason Graham · DT · rank 6
In the 17th overall pick they get a disruptive interior force, outstanding value to boot.
R2.17 · Pick 49 · Jalon Walker · LB · rank 22
A top-tier linebacker at a bargain, Jalon Walker in Round 2, Pick 17, plain and simple. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R3.12 · Pick 76 · Kaleb Johnson · RB · rank 40
Kaleb Johnson in the 76th pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R4.16 · Pick 117 · Jordan James · RB · rank 54
Taking Jordan James in pick 117 is close to grand larceny; a running back that good had no business lasting this long. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R5.11 · Pick 148 · Jake Majors · C · rank 94
A offensive lineman of that caliber at slot 148 is the definition of value, full stop. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R5.31 · Pick 168 · Connor Colby · OG · rank 176
A reach on Connor Colby in pick No. 168; the board had better options right there. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R5.33 · Pick 170 · Quinn Carroll · OT · rank 256
Quinn Carroll in No. 170 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R5.36 · Pick 173 · Deontae Lawson · LB · rank 82
They will replay Deontae Lawson at the Round 5 slot for years; that is how good the value is. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R6.11 · Pick 186 · Jaylin Noel · WR · rank 147
They robbed the room for Jaylin Noel here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R6.16 · Pick 191 · Zane Durant · DT · rank 178
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Zane Durant in Round 6, Pick 16. The roster fit checks out.
R6.34 · Pick 209 · Joey Slackman · DL · rank 288
This one needs a full-page explanation: Joey Slackman in No. 209, miles early. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R7.31 · Pick 247 · Jamaree Caldwell · DL · rank 293
A real head-scratcher, Jamaree Caldwell in slot 247 is miles ahead of his ranking. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
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