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Dallas Cowboys

The Cowboys did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B-.

by psicosis6878yahoocom · 2025 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 4 steals · 5 reaches
Value C+
Need B-
Trades C-
Future A

The Cowboys spent real capital to be 32 picks early on Trevor Etienne, and the board is going to hold them to it.

Marshall Jr. at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster. The wide receiver spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. The dealing tilted against them, just enough to notice.

They left with cornerback solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

Nothing here to lose sleep over, and plenty to feel decent about.

Pick-by-Pick

R2.30 · Pick 62 · Trevor Etienne · RB · rank 94
Trevor Etienne at pick 62 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R3.28 · Pick 92 · Shilo Sanders · S · rank 78
They read the board right and Shilo Sanders was the payoff at slot 92. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R4.30 · Pick 126 · Jason Marshall Jr. · CB · rank 104
The board fumbled Jason Marshall Jr. all the way to the Round 4 slot, and they scooped it up. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R5.12 · Pick 140 · Jasheen Davis · DL-EDGE · rank 152
They went early on Jasheen Davis in Round 5, Pick 12, and the value did not follow. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R5.25 · Pick 153 · Akheem Mesidor · DL-EDGE · rank 166
Akheem Mesidor in the 153rd overall pick is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
R5.30 · Pick 158 · Jaishawn Barham · LB · rank 173
They liked Jaishawn Barham enough to skip the value, taking him in No. 158. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R6.16 · Pick 176 · Steve Linton · LB-EDGE · rank 179
No edge and no loss on Steve Linton in Round 6, Pick 16; it is a wash and a sensible one. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
R6.30 · Pick 190 · Noah Daniels · CB · rank 175
Noah Daniels in pick 190 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R7.25 · Pick 217 · Korey Foreman · DL-EDGE · rank 223
No drama and no debate, Korey Foreman went about where he belonged in the Round 7 slot. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
R7.28 · Pick 220 · Deontae Lawson · LB · rank 244
Deontae Lawson at pick No. 220 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R7.30 · Pick 222 · Jalen Catalon · S · rank 213
Nice patience on Jalen Catalon, who had no business lasting to No. 222. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.