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How well do you think the Cowboys addressed their needs in the 2025 NFL Draft?
What a difference a week makes! Well, at least we hope it does. That’s where so many fanbases sit following the 2025 NFL Draft, wondering how this year’s crop of rookies will help their teams’ fortunes next season and beyond. That may be even truer for the Dallas Cowboys than other franchises thanks to their heavy reliance on the draft for roster improvement.
Shortly before last week’s festivities, we broke down the Cowboys’ needs after about a month of free agency. Follow the link for the details, but here was the list at that time:
Since then, Dallas has added nine new players through the draft and several others as undrafted free agents. They even signed a veteran OT, Hakeem Adeniji, when everyone was too busy getting ready for last Thursday night to really notice. Now, with roughly three months to go until the start of training camp, how do those roster needs look?
No surprise that an already-stacked position didn’t get any attention in the draft, or even from the UDFA signings. The Cowboys are ready to rock with this group and just have to figure out who will best fill the blocking and coverage duties from among their depth players.
Nobody expected Dallas to go with an interior lineman in the first round, or even before Day 3, but it really wasn’t that surprising when they selected Tyler Booker on Thursday night. Now, instead of hoping for the likes of Brock Hoffman, Robert Jones, and Saahdiq Charles to keep the line solvent, we’re looking for Booker to help push the line back to its 2014-2016 form. If that happens, it will make everyone on offense better in the same way Zack Martin, Tyron Smith, and Travis Frederick did during their prime.
It wasn’t a big need going in and, naturally, didn’t get any attention. The Cowboys seem content with Malik Hooker and Donovan Wilson as veteran starters and a young but experienced trio of backups in Juanyeh Thomas, Markquese Bell, and Israel Mukuamu. Like with Booker at guard, they could’ve made a pick here to elevate the group but were already adequately staffed for next season.
Dallas had already used a fifth-round pick to acquire Joe Milton III via trade, so they had already made their Day 3 move at quarterback. With Dak Prescott and Will Grier already on the roster, the position was stocked except for another arm for training camp, something they can solve with a low-cost free agent.
Similarly, Dallas felt covered here going into the draft. They could’ve had Tyler Warren at the 12th pick but instead went with Booker, showing...
