COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE D-

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Dallas Cowboys

The Cowboys cashed the board's mistake on Cook: D-.

by ForeSite · 2025 NFL Draft · 13 picks · 4 steals · 5 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades F
Future B-

You can lose a draft before you make a pick. The Cowboys did it at the trade table, overpaying to chase players the board did not price nearly as high. Too much went sideways, and the D- is the honest tally.

That linebacker hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. Every board in the league had Howell lower, and that gap is the story.

With linebacker and tight end unsolved, spending premium capital on edge rusher is the choice that costs them. Landing Cook that late papers over a lot of smaller sins.

Add it up and it is a weekend the front office will hope everyone forgets, linebacker very much included.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.26 · Pick 26 · Ollie Gordon II · RB · rank 25
In the Round 1 slot they get a centerpiece for the ground game. A real need, handled.
R1.27 · Pick 27 · Denzel Burke · CB · rank 20
In the 27th pick they get a potential shutdown corner at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.7 · Pick 39 · Emery Jones Jr. · OT · rank 34
Emery Jones Jr. at No. 39 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R2.17 · Pick 49 · Mykel Williams · DE-EDGE · rank 40
Mykel Williams slid further than he should have, and slot 49 is lovely value for the edge rusher. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R2.21 · Pick 53 · Tre Harris · WR · rank 73
Tre Harris at pick No. 53 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R2.26 · Pick 58 · Tate Ratledge · OG · rank 58
No drama and no debate, Tate Ratledge went about where he belonged in Round 2, Pick 26. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R3.17 · Pick 81 · Jaxson Dart · QB · rank 62
A quarterback of that caliber at pick 81 is the definition of value, full stop. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R3.26 · Pick 90 · Nazir Stackhouse · DT · rank 100
They paid up for Nazir Stackhouse at the 90th pick when waiting would have done the job. The roster fit checks out.
R4.17 · Pick 113 · Jonah Coleman · RB · rank 125
The board had cheaper options than Jonah Coleman at slot 113, and it noticed. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R4.26 · Pick 122 · Cashius Howell · LB-EDGE · rank 143
They bypassed pressing needs at linebacker and tight end to take Cashius Howell, an edge rusher that was not the priority.
R5.26 · Pick 154 · Tommi Hill · CB · rank 136
A top-tier cornerback at a bargain, Tommi Hill in No. 154, plain and simple. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R6.26 · Pick 186 · Brady Cook · QB · rank 156
Somehow Brady Cook was still sitting there in the 186th overall pick, and they pounced on premier quarterback value. A need, and now a little less of one.
R7.18 · Pick 210 · Thor Griffith · DT · rank 231
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Thor Griffith well ahead of where he belonged. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
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