COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE D+

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Dallas Cowboys

The Cowboys robbed the room for Wheatley. Final grade: D+.

by GRM · 2026 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 5 steals · 3 reaches
Value B
Need B+
Trades F
Future A+

The trade table was where it all came apart. The Cowboys shipped out far more than they hauled back, and no amount of spin dresses up the bill.

They are betting Jamison-Travis proves the room right and everyone else wrong. For all the activity, quarterback went untouched, which is hard to explain. Landing Wheatley that late papers over a lot of smaller sins.

They went 6 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and quarterback is still a hole.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.12 · Pick 12 · Mansoor Delane · CB · rank 8
In the 12th overall pick they get a lockdown presence outside at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R1.30 · Pick 30 · Sonny Styles · LB · rank 21
In the 30th pick they get a three-down second-level presence at a price that makes it sweeter. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.12 · Pick 44 · Derrick Moore · DE-EDGE · rank 64
A real head-scratcher, Derrick Moore in the Round 2 slot is miles ahead of his ranking. It adds depth where they could use a little.
R3.28 · Pick 92 · Jacob Rodriguez · LB · rank 74
Jacob Rodriguez at pick No. 92 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R3.30 · Pick 94 · Elijah Sarratt · WR · rank 75
The board fumbled Elijah Sarratt all the way to slot 94, and they scooped it up. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R4.3 · Pick 103 · Treydan Stukes · CB · rank 93
They let Treydan Stukes come to them and pounced at pick 103. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R4.12 · Pick 112 · Zakee Wheatley · S · rank 85
You do not let a safety like Zakee Wheatley reach pick 112 and blink. They did not. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
R4.40 · Pick 140 · Beau Stephens · OG · rank 154
They went early on Beau Stephens in the 140th pick, and the value did not follow. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R5.12 · Pick 152 · Kage Casey · OT · rank 155
No drama and no debate, Kage Casey went about where he belonged in the 152nd overall pick. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R5.37 · Pick 177 · Josh Cameron · WR · rank 183
Josh Cameron in the Round 5 slot is fair value, right on his grade. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R5.40 · Pick 180 · Bobby Jamison-Travis · DT · rank 205
Bobby Jamison-Travis at slot 180 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R7.2 · Pick 218 · Noah Whittington · RB · rank 219
A straight-up fair deal on Noah Whittington at pick No. 218, value and slot in agreement. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
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