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Dallas Cowboys
The Cowboys jumped the board for Griffith and paid for it: F.
by JJONESSUX ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 38 picks
· 16 steals
· 18 reaches
The war room fell hard for Thor Griffith, and it showed at Round 5, Pick 18: 128 picks ahead of a board that had other ideas. There is no dressing it up: a F.
The Ransom steal is the beam this whole class leans on. They lost the exchange badly enough to drag the whole class down.
The Cowboys clearly valued win-now help, adding bodies who have done it before.
In short, a weekend the front office will want to forget in a hurry.
Pick-by-Pick
Mason Graham at pick 7 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It fills a real need, too.
In the 14th overall pick they get a lockdown presence outside. The biggest hole, addressed.
In the Round 1 slot they get a downhill hitter at safety, outstanding value to boot. Need was not the driver here.
Nice patience on Isaiah Bond, who had no business lasting to the 34th pick. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Kenneth Grant at Round 2, Pick 6 is money in the bank, a interior defensive lineman taken below his worth. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
They jumped the gun on Tyleik Williams, taking him earlier than his grade liked. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
A premium they did not need to pay, Ashton Gillotte a notch or two before his time. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
This one needs a full-page explanation: Dillon Gabriel in pick 66, miles early. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Dylan Fairchild slipping to the 72nd overall pick is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
They reached into another round for Jake Majors, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
They barely believed it either: Tyler Warren still on the board at the Round 3 slot. A need, and now a little less of one.
They reached a country mile for Hollin Pierce at pick No. 83, and the board is aghast. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
A wild overpay on Luke Kandra in slot 86, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
A tidy bit of business in No. 112, where Jack Bech graded well above the range. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
A running back of that caliber at pick No. 115 is the definition of value, full stop. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Malachi Moore at Round 4, Pick 15 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
Jayden Higgins at the Round 4 slot is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Circle this one: Nicholas Singleton at the 121st overall pick is a fall that decides a draft. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Jaylin Noel well ahead of where he belonged. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
DeMonte Capehart at slot 125 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Nazir Stackhouse. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
You do not let a safety like Kevin Winston Jr. reach pick 136 and blink. They did not. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
The board fumbled Chris Paul Jr. all the way to pick 151, and they scooped it up. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Value said wait; Thor Griffith in slot 156 says they were not listening. The roster fit checks out.
Gabe Jacas in No. 158 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
They talked themselves into Tyreak Sapp at Round 5, Pick 30, and the board did not agree. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
Bryce Foster in the 169th pick is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
DJ Campbell at the Round 5 slot is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Logan Jones in the 171st overall pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Theo Wease Jr. at pick No. 172 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Somehow Smael Mondon Jr. was still sitting there in pick 177, and they pounced on premier linebacker value. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Steal is underselling it; Lathan Ransom at the Round 6 slot is a heist with the alarm still ringing. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
A real head-scratcher, Miles Frazier in the 188th pick is miles ahead of his ranking. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
They will replay Sonny Styles at No. 189 for years; that is how good the value is. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
Rod Moore in Round 6, Pick 15 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.
A big swing on Savion Williams at the 206th overall pick, well ahead of any board in the building. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Taking Eli Stowers in slot 214 is close to grand larceny; a tight end that good had no business lasting this long. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Good price on Aubrey Burks in pick No. 252, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.