B+
Dallas Cowboys
The Cowboys cashed the board's mistake on Bowman Jr.: B+.
by cowboys22220 ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 16 picks
· 15 steals
· 0 reaches
Thirty-one other rooms let Billy Bowman Jr. slide, and the Cowboys were the ones holding the card at the 170th overall pick. Highway robbery.
They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast. That quarterback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.
The Cowboys paired the rookies with proven help, Jonathon Cooper leading the way.
A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.
Pick-by-Pick
In the Round 1 slot they get a weapon on the perimeter, outstanding value to boot. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
They barely believed it either: Walter Nolen still on the board at pick No. 44. A need, and now a little less of one.
The board had JT Tuimoloau higher than Round 2, Pick 27, and the edge rusher fell to them anyway. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
They will replay TreVeyon Henderson at pick 76 for years; that is how good the value is. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Darien Porter slipping to slot 85 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Value with a capital V on Isaiah Bond in the 92nd pick, a genuine coup. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Jeffrey Bassa at No. 150 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
The board fumbled Billy Bowman Jr. all the way to the 170th overall pick, and they scooped it up. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
A top-tier tight end at a bargain, Terrance Ferguson in pick 172, plain and simple. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Ajani Cornelius in No. 173 lands just on the right side of the ledger. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
A quiet steal in the 174th pick: Dorian Strong for less than the market said. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
They read the board right and Quincy Riley was the payoff at the Round 6 slot. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
A tidy bit of business in Round 6, Pick 12, where Jaylen Reed graded well above the range. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
Phil Mafah in slot 211 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
You do not let a wide receiver like Dont'e Thornton Jr. reach pick No. 213 and blink. They did not. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
They robbed the room for Cam Jackson here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.