COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE D+

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Dallas Cowboys

The Cowboys lost the trade table, and the D+ tells the story.

by GRM · 2026 NFL Draft · 14 picks · 5 steals · 5 reaches
Value B-
Need B+
Trades F
Future A+

They will call it conviction in the building and a reach everywhere else: Mikail Kamara, 41 picks early at No. 112.

They handed away value on the phones that the picks cannot earn back. Landing Price that late papers over a lot of smaller sins.

Wide receiver was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job. Stockpiling next year's capital is patient, if unglamorous, asset work.

In the end, a class the front office will want to grow past quickly.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.29 · Pick 29 · Avieon Terrell · CB · rank 17
In No. 29 they get a ballhawk on the outside, outstanding value to boot. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R1.30 · Pick 30 · Sonny Styles · LB · rank 21
In pick No. 30 they get the heartbeat of the defense at a price that makes it sweeter. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.6 · Pick 38 · Christen Miller · DL · rank 56
Christen Miller at Round 2, Pick 6 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R3.10 · Pick 74 · Zachariah Branch · WR · rank 60
A slide stopped in pick 74, with Zachariah Branch worth more than the price. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R3.16 · Pick 80 · Markel Bell · OT · rank 112
Markel Bell at the 80th pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R3.28 · Pick 92 · Treydan Stukes · CB · rank 96
By-the-book stuff, Treydan Stukes at the Round 3 slot squarely in line with his ranking. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R3.30 · Pick 94 · Jadarian Price · RB · rank 69
Jadarian Price at No. 94 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R3.31 · Pick 95 · Bryce Lance · WR · rank 90
Good price on Bryce Lance in pick 95, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R4.12 · Pick 112 · Mikail Kamara · DE-EDGE · rank 153
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Mikail Kamara. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
R5.12 · Pick 152 · Beau Stephens · OG · rank 159
Beau Stephens at Round 5, Pick 12 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R5.37 · Pick 177 · Dae'Quan Wright · TE · rank 181
No drama and no debate, Dae'Quan Wright went about where he belonged in pick No. 177. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R5.40 · Pick 180 · Bobby Jamison-Travis · DT · rank 212
They reached into another round for Bobby Jamison-Travis, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R6.33 · Pick 214 · Jeff Caldwell · WR · rank 189
The board fumbled Jeff Caldwell all the way to slot 214, and they scooped it up. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R7.2 · Pick 218 · Diego Pavia · QB · rank 241
A wild overpay on Diego Pavia in the 218th pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It fills a real need, too.
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