The Dallas Cowboys have been very busy all through free company so far as they’ve added seven new names to their roster by Wednesday’s conclusion. The staff took a number of avenues in direction of buying gamers as they negotiated a few offers within the authorized tampering interval, introduced in a pair as soon as the brand new league 12 months hit, and even negotiated a few trades for some veterans.
The 2 veterans have been Kaiir Elam and Kenneth Murray of the Buffalo Payments and Tennessee Titans, respectively, and a part of why the trades have been executed in all chance was as a result of the NFL awarded compensatory picks on Tuesday which gave the Cowboys extra ammunition to mess around with.
The Cowboys held 10 picks within the 2025 NFL Draft earlier than the trades, and nonetheless maintain 10 picks however the picks modified a bit with the trades.
Right here is an up to date record of Dallas Cowboys draft picks
As famous, the Cowboys made two trades on Wednesday and despatched away two draft picks to get them completed. Whereas they acquired gamers in return the Cowboys additionally acquired picks as properly, which meant they solely dropped spots on their picks.
Within the Kaiir Elam commerce, the Cowboys picked up a 2026 sixth-rounder from Buffalo that is available in at quantity 204 total, however in addition they gave up their first fifth-round compensatory decide which is 170 total. For what it’s price, Dallas additionally gave up their seventh-round decide subsequent 12 months so hold that in thoughts, however meaning Dallas acquired Elam for dropping 34 spots from the choice that they gave up.
Shortly after within the Kenneth Murray commerce, the Cowboys gave up a sixth-round decide that was totally different from the one which they obtained from Buffalo. It was quantity 188 total, however Dallas did decide up one other seventh-rounder this 12 months that is available in at 235 total. That could be a drop of 47 spots with a purpose to purchase Murray.
2025 Dallas Cowboys Draft Picks, Up to date After Wednesday’s Trades
- 1st Spherical (twelfth total)
- 2nd Spherical (forty fourth total)
- third Spherical (76th total)
- fifth Spherical (149th total)
- fifth Spherical (171st total) [compensatory pick]
- fifth Spherical (174th total) [compensatory pick]
- sixth Spherical (204 total) [from Kaiir Elam trade]
- sixth Spherical (211th total) [compensatory pick]
- seventh Spherical (239th total) [from Kenneth Murray trade]
- seventh Spherical (247th total) [from Jonathan Mingo trade]
The primary 4 picks that Dallas has have been all their unique picks, however after that issues get slightly attention-grabbing from a proof standpoint.
Dallas nonetheless holds three of their 4 compensatory picks and now has the picks acquired within the Elam and Murray trades as properly. You’ll recall that the Cowboys gave up their unique seventh-round choice again within the first spherical of the 2024 NFL Draft once they made a commerce throughout the first spherical with the Detroit Lions. Dallas despatched the seventh-rounder in query at that time, however they picked one again up from the Carolina Panthers within the Jonathan Mingo commerce.
The Cowboys nonetheless maintain 10 picks within the draft and dropped down 34 and 47 spots with Day 3 picks with a purpose to land each Kaiir Elam and Kenneth Murray. That’s strong enterprise and logic and to be fairly sincere, precisely what we needed to see them do the second that the compensatory picks have been awarded. They did it the very subsequent day.
