COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE D-

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Dallas Cowboys

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

by GRM · 2026 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 2 steals · 6 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades F
Future B-

Every swap seemed to tilt away from the Cowboys, and the value they bled adds up to real damage. Too much went sideways, and the D- is the honest tally.

The cost of the Stephens reach is exactly the players who went right after him. They punted on quarterback, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

On value alone, Sarratt makes the weekend a net positive. The Demario Davis pickup adds a known quantity to a class of unknowns.

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

Pick-by-Pick

R1.12 · Pick 12 · Arvell Reese · LB · rank 7
In pick No. 12 they get a sideline-to-sideline linebacker. The biggest hole, addressed.
R1.20 · Pick 20 · Akheem Mesidor · DE-EDGE · rank 37
In the 20th overall pick they get a quarterback's worst nightmare, reach and all. Need was not the driver here.
R2.1 · Pick 33 · Dillon Thieneman · S · rank 27
A reasonable price with a little left over, Dillon Thieneman in Round 2, Pick 1. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
R2.18 · Pick 50 · Christen Miller · DL · rank 59
They jumped the gun on Christen Miller, taking him earlier than his grade liked. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R3.28 · Pick 92 · Treydan Stukes · CB · rank 74
Steal is underselling it; Treydan Stukes at No. 92 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R4.12 · Pick 112 · Elijah Sarratt · WR · rank 77
You do not let a wide receiver like Elijah Sarratt reach slot 112 and blink. They did not. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R4.36 · Pick 136 · Beau Stephens · OG · rank 160
Beau Stephens at the 136th pick is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R5.12 · Pick 152 · Skyler Gill-Howard · DT · rank 152
By-the-book stuff, Skyler Gill-Howard at slot 152 squarely in line with his ranking. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R5.37 · Pick 177 · Keagen Trost · OT · rank 186
The board had cheaper options than Keagen Trost at the Round 5 slot, and it noticed. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R5.40 · Pick 180 · Red Murdock · LB · rank 197
Red Murdock at No. 180 is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R7.2 · Pick 218 · Kaelon Black · RB · rank 226
They paid a round early for Kaelon Black in pick 218, more than the board wanted. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
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