NFL execs shared their thoughts on the Cowboys’ draft class, holding out the team’s first 3 picks as examples of a much-improved roster.

Most of Cowboys Nation has come away from the 2025 NFL draft guardedly optimistic about their team’s nine-player haul. Even into the later rounds, Dallas appears to have picked up some talented prospects who may legitimately help new head coach Brian Schottenheimer improve upon last year’s dismal 7-10 record.

There has been, however, no small amount of concern about the wide receiver position: specifically, a secondary threat to line up opposite CeeDee Lamb. Seemingly an area of real need heading into the draft, the Cowboys didn’t take a wide receiver at all, their big board shuffled significantly when the Panthers selected Arizona wideout Tetairoa McMillan with the No. 8 overall pick.

Now fans- and many analysts- are scrambling to figure out who the Cowboys can add from the veteran ranks either through a trade or just a free agency signing, with names like George Pickens, Xavier Legette, and Amari Cooper popular ones at the suggestion box.

But there’s a decidedly different tone within the C-suites of the NFL’s franchises. The Cowboys may have had to go to Plan B when they took Alabama guard Tyler Booker in the first round, but executives sharing their unfiltered thoughts with The Athletic didn’t share the concern over the WR2 spot in Dallas.

“I don’t know why everyone wants them to take a receiver so bad when they have one they are paying $34 million a year,” one exec said, per Mike Sando. “There are always wideouts out there, and you have a guy that demands coverage.”

As for the Booker pick, another exec called him “the best guard in the draft.” A third noted, “Booker is huge, and he can knock people back, but he does run out of gas some.”

Sando points out that both Booker and second-round edge rusher Donovan Ezeiruaku were team captains in college, highlighting an apparent emphasis from Schottenheimer to focus on character just as much as stats or skills with his first draft class.

But that’s there, too, particularly with Ezeiruaku.

“They get a pass rusher opposite Micah Parsons who can actually win with speed,” one of the execs said. “Their pass rush is going to be a pain in the ass to deal with.”

The Cowboys’ third-round pick, cornerback Shavon Revel, Jr., also received a few mentions from the front-office types.

“We liked the corner they took,” said one. “He can change the angle of the ball arriving, like Seattle used to do with those taller corners.”

Revel, who missed most of East Carolina’s 2024 season with an ACL tear, may actually prove to be one of the biggest steals of the draft. One of the execs quoted believes Revel “might have gone in the back end of the first round if he’d never gotten hurt.”

Booker, Ezeiruaku, and Revel had all been ranked in Dane Brugler’s “The Beast” in the top 7 at their respective positions. Six of the Cowboys’ nine total draft picks were ranked in their positions’ top 20, and all but one (seventh-round defensive tackle Tommy Akingbesote) were top-25.

So yes, another name wide receiver would be nice. But the Cowboys don’t seem to be panicking about their roster in the wake of a very successful and highly-graded draft.

The rest of the league certainly seems to believe they did all right.

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