COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE D

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Dallas Cowboys

The Cowboys finally solved quarterback, and it carried them to a D.

by rocknron68 · 2025 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 4 steals · 2 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. Put together, it is a D.

The whole projection now runs through Carson Beck; hit there and everything else looks smarter. They punted on tight end, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. Marshall Jr. has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced.

Landing Walker that late papers over a lot of smaller sins.

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

Pick-by-Pick

R1.5 · Pick 5 · Carson Beck · QB · rank 7
In the 5th overall pick they get their quarterback of the future. A real need, handled.
R1.30 · Pick 30 · Deone Walker · DL · rank 11
A interior defensive lineman of that caliber at the Round 1 slot is the definition of value, full stop. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R2.30 · Pick 62 · Tez Johnson · WR · rank 63
They paid sticker price for Tez Johnson in pick No. 62, and that is fine. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Dani Dennis-Sutton · DE-EDGE · rank 52
They let Dani Dennis-Sutton come to them and pounced at slot 68. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R3.5 · Pick 69 · Jamon Dumas-Johnson · LB · rank 76
No edge and no loss on Jamon Dumas-Johnson in pick 69; it is a wash and a sensible one. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R3.30 · Pick 94 · Jason Marshall Jr. · CB · rank 104
They paid a round early for Jason Marshall Jr. in Round 3, Pick 30, more than the board wanted. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R4.5 · Pick 101 · DJ Giddens · RB · rank 110
They paid up for DJ Giddens at No. 101 when waiting would have done the job. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R4.30 · Pick 126 · Noah Fifita · QB · rank 109
Noah Fifita slipping to the 126th pick is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R5.30 · Pick 158 · Marques Cox · OT · rank 155
Fair-plus on Marques Cox, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R6.30 · Pick 190 · Bru McCoy · WR · rank 180
A slide stopped in the 190th overall pick, with Bru McCoy worth more than the price. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R7.30 · Pick 222 · Marcus Carroll · RB · rank 229
They took Marcus Carroll at par in slot 222, which is nothing to complain about. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
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