B+
Dallas Cowboys
The Cowboys robbed the room for Jackson. Final grade: B+.
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2025 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 10 steals
· 1 reaches
You could see the war room lean forward. Ja'Quinden Jackson at Round 6, Pick 11 is the sort of fall that does not happen, except it just did. No fireworks, but a solid B+.
Kight has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. A whole weekend of picks and cornerback is somehow still a want.
A workmanlike haul that should hold up just fine.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick No. 11 they get a featured back, and a steal at that. A real need, handled.
The board fumbled Tate Ratledge all the way to slot 63, and they scooped it up. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
They will replay T.J. Sanders at No. 72 for years; that is how good the value is. The roster fit checks out.
Steal is underselling it; Isaiah Bond at pick 73 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Taking Jay Higgins in Round 4, Pick 31 is close to grand larceny; a linebacker that good had no business lasting this long. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Deone Walker at the 149th overall pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
They barely believed it either: Parker Brailsford still on the board at the Round 5 slot. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Somehow Jaeden Roberts was still sitting there in the 170th pick, and they pounced on premier offensive lineman value. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
A slide stopped in pick 171, with Simeon Barrow Jr. worth more than the price. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
You do not let a running back like Ja'Quinden Jackson reach the Round 6 slot and blink. They did not. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Amari Kight at the 209th pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
