tacoking'S MOCK DRAFT

Cowboys

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Draft Selections
Cam Ward Head Shot
PICK: 1 RND: 1 (DAL)
Cam Ward
QB Miami
Luther Burden III Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (DAL)
Luther Burden III
WR Missouri
Tahj Brooks Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (DAL)
Tahj Brooks
RB Texas Tech
Shemar Turner Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (DAL)
Shemar Turner
DL Texas A&M
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 168 RND: 5 (DAL)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
Jaeden Roberts Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (DAL)
Jaeden Roberts
OG Alabama
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (DAL)
Jake Majors
C Texas
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 186 RND: 6 (DAL)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Tim Smith Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (DAL)
Tim Smith
DL Alabama
J.J. Weaver Head Shot
PICK: 228 RND: 7 (DAL)
J.J. Weaver
LB-EDGE Kentucky
Trevor Etienne Head Shot
PICK: 248 RND: 7 (DAL)
Trevor Etienne
RB Georgia
Draft Picks Received
Cam Ward Head Shot
PICK: 1 RND: 1 (TEN)
Cam Ward
QB Miami
Tim Smith Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (DET)
Tim Smith
DL Alabama
J.J. Weaver Head Shot
PICK: 228 RND: 7 (DET)
J.J. Weaver
LB-EDGE Kentucky
Draft Picks Traded
Emeka Egbuka Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (TEN)
Emeka Egbuka
WR Ohio State
Jordan Hancock Head Shot
PICK: 209 RND: 6 (DET)
Jordan Hancock
S Ohio State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (ATL)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B
ValueC+ NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureC
The Cowboys bet the future on Ward. The board says B.

The Cowboys torched the value chart for J.J. Weaver, taking him 104 spots sooner than anyone had him slotted. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B.

They banked enough surplus on Winston Jr. to cover a lot of smaller sins. Cam Ward gives the offense a face and a plan, and the grade leans heavily on whether he hits. They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast.

Leaving cornerback unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but cornerback.

Pick Analysis
Pick1 Rnd1 Cam Ward
In the Round 1 slot they get the face of the franchise. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick12 Rnd1 Luther Burden III
In pick No. 12 they get a difference-maker at receiver at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick76 Rnd3 Tahj Brooks
They reached into another round for Tahj Brooks, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It fills a real need, too.
Pick148 Rnd5 Shemar Turner
They paid a round early for Shemar Turner in No. 148, more than the board wanted. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick168 Rnd5 Smael Mondon Jr.
Taking Smael Mondon Jr. in pick 168 is close to grand larceny; a linebacker that good had no business lasting this long. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick170 Rnd5 Jaeden Roberts
A tidy bit of business in slot 170, where Jaeden Roberts graded well above the range. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick173 Rnd5 Jake Majors
Jake Majors at the Round 5 slot is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick186 Rnd6 Kevin Winston Jr.
Kevin Winston Jr. in No. 186 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick225 Rnd7 Tim Smith
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Tim Smith well ahead of where he belonged. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick228 Rnd7 J.J. Weaver
J.J. Weaver in slot 228 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick248 Rnd7 Trevor Etienne
Somehow Trevor Etienne was still sitting there in pick 248, and they pounced on premier running back value. A need, and now a little less of one.