The Dallas Cowboys are about to do something weird relative to their schedule. Up next for Dallas is a Monday Night Football game against the Arizona Cardinals. They will go on their bye immediately after, but when they return they will be playing on Monday night once more. That second game will be a road […] The Dallas Cowboys are about to do something weird relative to their schedule. Up next for Dallas is a Monday Night Football game against the Arizona Cardinals. They will go on their bye immediately after, but when they return they will be playing on Monday night once more. That second game will be a road contest against the Las Vegas Raiders and will actually mark the first-ever regular season trip for the Cowboys to Sin City. Believe me when I say that I know how this sounds, but the Cowboys should win these next two games. I am talking only from a practical and odds standpoint as the Cowboys are currently favored against Arizona and stand to be against Vegas soon enough. This is a team that hasn’t won consecutive games since Weeks 4 and 5 of the 2024 season, though. That means nothing in the grand scheme of our current moment, but it is interesting context nonetheless. Do you think the Cowboys can win these two in a row? If they do they will manage to get above .500 for the first time in forever and set up their intense run right before Thanksgiving. Let us know your thoughts in the comments below. See More: Dallas Cowboys Roster

Cowboys’ free agency options, injury updates at ailing safety position – Patrik Walker, DallasCowboys.com The Dallas Cowboys have become extremly thin at the safety position. More snaps for Jadeveon Clowney among changes for Dallas Cowboys defense, per Brian Schottenheimer – Clarence Hill, AllDLLS.com Brian Schottenheimer may look at the defensive end group as an area […] Cowboys’ free agency options, injury updates at ailing safety position – Patrik Walker, DallasCowboys.com The Dallas Cowboys have become extremly thin at the safety position. The current state of affairs of the injured safeties in Dallas and their respective prognosis: Thomas’ migraines are new to him, a fact he disclosed to me ahead of the trip to Denver, and he’s working desperately with the medical staff to try and figure out what treatment works to make them subside and ultimately disappear; and that includes trying a specialized type of goggles in practice, but none of it has resulted in him returning just yet. He’s now missed two games, and a third absence could very well be on the way when the Arizona Cardinals arrive. Hooker qualifies to return to practice under his 21-day window, having now been sidelined for four games, but head coach Brian Schottenheimer was definitive in declaring the veteran safety will not be permitted to touch the field again just yet, meaning he’ll need more time to rehab. As for Wilson, it’s been a battle over the past couple of weeks or more to remain available as he deals with injuries, elbow and shoulder, that finally shut him down in Week 8, and threatens to do the same this coming weekend, ahead of the bye. The situation is so dire that Reddy Steward, a nickel cornerback, was moved to safety alongside Bell against the Broncos, and it goes without saying that can’t be a long-term solution but, again, there are no other healthy safeties on the active roster other than Bell. Solution? There are a few, but since I am disallowed to name players under contract with other teams for possible trade scenarios (see? I can behave — sometimes), I’ll focus on free agency to avoid a tampering charge that potentially costs the Cowboys a draft pick, because it’s not as if I’m eyeing a Pennsylvania resident with a will of steel or anything. So, that said, on to free agency options but, be warned, they’re not plentiful; and that tracks, considering top-shelf safeties aren’t usually still available in free agency approaching the midpoint of the season. Honorable mentions: I wouldn’t consider these as serious options, for reasons that vary from age (Gipson is 35 years old) to poor production, but they bear a mention here. More snaps for Jadeveon Clowney among changes for Dallas Cowboys defense, per Brian Schottenheimer – Clarence Hill, AllDLLS.com Brian Schottenheimer may look at the defensive end group as an area where they need to make changes. Two weeks after searching for solutions and making some scheme changes, the Cowboys are doing it again after the Broncos amassed 426 yards. It was the fourth time they gave up more than 400 yards. It was the second time this season the Cowboys have given up more than 40 points and the second time they have allowed four touchdown passes. “No one is happy with the way we performed [against the Broncos],” said Schottenheimer. “It’s not acceptable. It’s not good enough. I would say both the staff and the players are aware that the standard was not met, so now what do you do? Be solution-oriented. “The solutions are making adjustments to scheme, changes to personnel — giving this guy a little bit more playing time and all that. Those things will play themselves out.” Look for more snaps for veteran defensive end Jadeveon Clowney to be among the changes, Schottenheimer told DLLS Sports. Clowney, 32, has yet to start a game and has been disappointed with a limited role since signing with the Cowboys three games into the season to help bolster the defense only to be used as a rotational piece among younger players with far less experience. This is the first time in his career he has come off the bench. Yet, Clowney has consistently graded high among the team’s defenders as the Cowboys have tried to round him in shape after being out of football since the end of last season with the Carolina Panthers. He did not attend minicamp or training camp and missed the entire preseason. Clowney, in his 11th year and a former first-round pick of the Houston Texans in 2014, was among the team’s highest rated defensive players against the Broncos as well, per Pro Football Focus. The dust has been knocked off and it’s time to ramp him him. “Clowney is back,” Schottenheimer told DLLS while offering one of few smiles about what he saw on tape from defense against the Broncos. The front office would be wise to get out in front of a contract extension with George Pickens. The Cowboys stole George Pickens. They sent a 2026 third-round pick and a 2027 fifth-round pick for Pickens and a 2027 sixth-round pick, and they are paying the wide receiver only $3.656 million this season. Pickens, though, is in the final year of his contract and due a substantial pay raise on a long-term deal. The question isn’t whether the Cowboys can afford him, but whether they should pay that much for a second wide receiver with huge needs on the defensive side of the ball. The franchise player designation for wide receivers is projected to be $28 million, and Pickens likely will get more than $30 million per season on the open market. The Cowboys have not engaged in contract extension talks with Pickens or his representatives, Ed Werder of ESPN reports. Would Dallas consider trading Pickens before Tuesday’s deadline if it can get more than it otherwise would get in compensatory picks? The Cowboys are 3-4-1 and rank 31st in total defense and 31st in points

The Dallas Cowboys are projected to hold, barring any future trades, two first-round picks during the 2026 NFL Draft. Dallas obviously has their own first-round pick, but thanks to the Micah Parsons trade struck with the Green Bay Packers just before the 2025 season began, the Cowboys also hold the Pack’s pick as well. Dallas […] The Dallas Cowboys are projected to hold, barring any future trades, two first-round picks during the 2026 NFL Draft. Dallas obviously has their own first-round pick, but thanks to the Micah Parsons trade struck with the Green Bay Packers just before the 2025 season began, the Cowboys also hold the Pack’s pick as well. Dallas also received Green Bay’s 2027 first-round pick and defensive tackle Kenny Clark in the deal. As the 2025 season rolls on we will be tracking the Cowboys’ first-round picks and updating this post every week. It goes without saying that we want Green Bay’s pick to be as close to the top of the order as possible, so from that standpoint we are rooting against the Packers all season. For reference all draft pick tabulations will come courtesy of Tankathon. Week 8 Update The Cowboys were humiliated by the Broncos while the Packers took care of Aaron Rodgers in Pittsburgh Current Cowboys Pick: 15th Current Packers Pick: 31st Week 7 Update The Cowboys and Packers both won in Week 7, although Green Bay almost lost which would have been lovely. Current Cowboys Pick: 13th Current Packers Pick: 31st Week 6 Update Dallas lost to the Panthers while the Packers were able to outlast the Bengals. Current Cowboys Pick: 12th Current Packers Pick: 29th Week 5 Update The Packers were on bye in Week 5 and the Cowboys took care of business against the Jets. Current Cowboys Pick: 14th Current Packers Pick: 24th Week 4 Update This was one of the more important weeks of the season in this whole discussion as Dallas and Green Bay played each other. Amazingly, as we all know, they tied. Current Cowboys Pick: 11th Current Packers Pick: 21st Week 3 Update Both the Cowboys and Packers lost their Week 2 games, the former to the Bears and the latter to the Browns. This marked the first loss of the season for Green Bay and we are obviously hoping for as many as possible. Current Cowboys Pick: 11th Current Packers Pick: 26th Week 2 Update The Packers played on Thursday night and had their way with the Commanders. Sunday saw the Cowboys pick up their first win of the season against the Giants, one that required every second of both regulation and overtime. Current Cowboys Pick: 13th Current Packers Pick: 32nd Week 1 Update The Cowboys lost to the Philadelphia Eagles in the season opener which put them at 0-1 to start. Green Bay dismantled Detroit in theirs and are the talk of the town. Current Cowboys Pick: 12th Current Packers Pick: 28th See More: Dallas Cowboys Draft

The Dallas Cowboys are back at home this week and playing their final game before the bye. It is a primetime event for Dallas as they will host the Arizona Cardinals on Monday Night Football, the first of two straight Monday night games (sandwiching the bye) that the Cowboys will play. Last week was a […] The Dallas Cowboys are back at home this week and playing their final game before the bye. It is a primetime event for Dallas as they will host the Arizona Cardinals on Monday Night Football, the first of two straight Monday night games (sandwiching the bye) that the Cowboys will play. Last week was a rough one for the Cowboys as they were dominated by the Denver Broncos. The Cardinals were on their own bye week so should be well rested. Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray has a sterling record at AT&T Stadium through all levels of his football career (high school, college, and the NFL) and holds a 9-0 record. Seriously. Dak Prescott, CeeDee Lamb, George Pickens, Jake Ferguson, Brian Schottenheimer and all of the other offensive contributors will do their best to stop that from happening, though. Below you will find our story stream for the contest that will contain all relevant articles in the lead up to and aftermath of what happens. Much was made last week about how the Cowboys were 0-7 in their previous meetings against the Broncos (they still haven’t beaten Denver since 1995). Things are sort of similar regarding Arizona. Dallas has lost seven of their last eight to the Cardinals with their lone win actually coming on a Monday night back in 2017.

Tuesday marked one week until the 2025 NFL trade deadline, and it is going to be interesting to see what the Dallas Cowboys choose to do (or not do for that matter). A topic of discussion as of late involving the upcoming deadline is wide receiver George Pickens. The Cowboys acquired Pickens in the offseason […] Tuesday marked one week until the 2025 NFL trade deadline, and it is going to be interesting to see what the Dallas Cowboys choose to do (or not do for that matter). A topic of discussion as of late involving the upcoming deadline is wide receiver George Pickens. The Cowboys acquired Pickens in the offseason for what was effectively their 2026 third-round pick. An argument could be made that the Pittsburgh Steelers feel some remorse about moving someone as talented as Pickens is proving once again to be, but the subject of remorse is sort of why we are chatting today. Ed Werder reported on Tuesday that Dallas has yet to have any conversations with Pickens about a potential extension with the club. Pickens has been a revelation of a player for the Cowboys. They would be significantly worse without him. An ideal world is one where he is catching passes from Dak Prescott and opposite of CeeDee Lamb for the foreseeable future. Context matters, though. Importantly, context about how the Cowboys have handled contract extensions matters. Context about who the team is in our current moment carries great weight as well. Dallas has handled extension talks with their superstars in rather poor fashion over the last few years. Dak Prescott (on multiple instances), and CeeDee Lamb, had to go through the ringer to get their deals and they came at the eleventh hour. Micah Parsons went through a similar process and the situation turned so contentious that the Cowboys traded him to the Green Bay Packers. In the team’s defense, they did immediately get long-term deals done with DaRon Bland, Tyler Smith, and Hunter Luepke following the Parsons trade, but who they have been for about a half decade now matters with Pickens. We know that the Cowboys are a middling team in 2025 and are unlikely to win the Super Bowl. Given the fact that Pickens is in a contract year at the moment and the trade deadline is approaching, the idea of trading him away and cashing out merits discussion. This is particularly true if you expect the Cowboys to handle extension talks with him with their typical shenanigans. There is nothing stopping the Cowboys from getting an extension done with Pickens now (speaking matter of factly). It makes sense that Pickens would want to wait at this point, given the success he has had so far this season, and use a potential open market to his advantage. This is another situation (like Prescott, Lamb and Parsons) where the Cowboys allowed leverage to slip away from them into the hands of their players. None of this is an advocating for trading Pickens. (I want the opposite personally). But what most of us want, ultimately, is for the Cowboys to have some sort of plan. Their lack of a true North Star has burned them many times in the last few years. In the same offseason that they traded for Pickens in a win-now sort of move, they traded away Parsons, putting the future more in focus. These things do not serve the same end goal. That is what matters most here. A plan has to be in place. If it is and they follow it, even if it is a plan we disagree with, then at the very least they are focusing all of their efforts and energy on one singular idea. What do you think that idea is, if we assume they are doing so? See More: Dallas Cowboys Rumors

The Dallas Cowboys fell to the Denver Broncos at Mile-High, but what did the rookie class do during the game that stood out? Check out how each rookie played in the defeat. OG Tyler Booker  (Game stats- Snaps: 74, Pass Blocks: 46, Pressures: 1, Sacks: 0, Penalties: 0) In pass protection, Booker’s technique did the […] The Dallas Cowboys fell to the Denver Broncos at Mile-High, but what did the rookie class do during the game that stood out? Check out how each rookie played in the defeat. OG Tyler Booker (Game stats- Snaps: 74, Pass Blocks: 46, Pressures: 1, Sacks: 0, Penalties: 0) In pass protection, Booker’s technique did the heavy lifting. He managed to stay stubborn inside, kept a sturdy base, and refused to turn his shoulders when Zach Allen tried to use his power against him. The right side sorted most of the traffic on stunts and Booker absorbed the penetrator and managed to re-fit to keep the B-gap shut. That kept the pocket intact for Dak from Bookers perspective although pressure came from elsewhere. Dallas yielded two sacks and Dak was, at times, running for his life. But for Booker, he allowed no sacks, quarterback hits, and only surrendered one pressure all day On the ground, it was more grind than glide. Dallas logged 31 rushing attempts for 108 yards (3.5 YPC) and punched in two scores. Booker helped create those redzone scores and his double-teams had real pop near the goal line. Denver did manage to shrink the run with effective backside chases. This wasn’t a lanes open everywhere night, but when the offense needed stubborn yards, the right-side B-gap was sturdy enough to keep the play moving, and score a touchdown. DE Donovan Ezeiruaku (Game stats- Snaps: 32, Total Tackles: 1, Pressures: 3, Sacks: 0, TFL: 0) Ezeiruaku showed up in Denver with a plan and the horsepower to run it. He varied his get-off, used his long arms to straighten the tackle, and kept his outside hip free so Bo Nix couldn’t scramble. On pressure downs he paired speed-to-power with a late inside counter, twice forcing hurried checkdowns. It wasn’t spotless. Denver’s tempo caught Ezeiruaku leaning more than once, a high-pad level on an early rush led to losing leverage, and an over-pursuit on one play opened a cutback that should’ve been closed. There was also a near-miss in the fourth quarter where he won the corner but his arc was too deep and let Nix step up. Those are rookie issues. CB Shavon Revel Jr. Non-Football Injury list RB Jaydon Blue (Game stats- Snaps: 11, Rush Attempts: 7, Rush Yards: 29, Avg: 3.6, Fum: 1) This one never got out of second gear for the rookie running back. Working behind the chains in Denver, Blue’s touches showed hesitation on inside runs, with not much daylight for him, and the back-breaker was a fumble in traffic that stalled a promising drive. The stats matched the general theme of his night, short gains, one big mistake, and looking unsure when he got to the line. The fumble isn’t a new chapter for Blue, it’s an old issue resurfacing. Ball security trailed Blue out of the Texas Longhorns, and yesterday we saw that same issue reoccur. He entered the league with a checkered history of putting it the ball on the ground. On 214 career carries, Blue was tagged with eight fumbles. Let’s hope we don’t see the same issues raise its ugly head any further into the season after the big mistake in Denver. LB Shemar James (Game stats- Snaps: 60, Total Tackles: 4, Pressures: 0, Sacks: 0, TFL: 0) Dropped in as the WILL, James did his best to match the Broncos’ intensity and find the running backs at the mesh point. On third down he showed veteran sense when he hit the B-gap the instant the back stayed in, forcing a hurried outlet, and kept Bo Nix from big scrambles. It wasn’t just speed, it was speed arranged with good timing. There were rookie problems that showed up, but they can useful teaching tools. He took one angle too flat on a swing to RJ Harvey and gave up huge extra yards, he also bit a half step into hard play-action that opened a mid-level window, and overran a split-zone crease once when his speed outran his brakes. What was interesting is we did see him adjust mid-game. The same concepts looked tighter in the fourth quarter than they did in the first, but by then things had got out of hand for the Dallas defense. OT Ajani Cornelius Inactive DT Jay Toia Inactive RB Phil Mafah Injured reserve WR Traeshon Holden Practice squad TE Rivaldo Fairweather Practice squad LB Justin Barron Practice squad DB Alijah Clark (Game stats- Snaps: 33, Total Tackles: 6, PBU: 0) When injuries stuck the Dallas defense, Clark was asked to moonlight at free safety, and the job got heavy fast. Early on he looked comfortable with a patient press, and a clean trigger on bubbles. Once he was made to stay deep, you saw the traits that got him on the field. Quick feet to midpoint routes, willingness to tackle, and a nose for screens that shut down free yards before they got rolling. The rough stuff came with the new angles and landmarks. Playing top-down at free safety demanded perfect depth and timing, and Clark’s eyes drifted into the backfield on hard play-action more than once, leaving him late to overlap the deep window. A couple of pursuit paths from depth flattened out near the sideline, which is fine when you’re a nickel, but costly as the last line defender. He had one open-field finish where he slid high, gifting extra yards after contact. CB Trikweze Bridges (Game stats- Snaps: 48, Total Tackles: 4, PBU: 2, INT: 1) The night actually opened with a jolt for Bridges who jumped on a short, errant pass and stole an early interception. It was a lucky pick,

The Dallas Cowboys have a poor roster right now. It is one of the reasons why they are 3-4-1 through their first eight games of this season. We can point the finger of blame in a number of directions. Matt Eberflus has overseen one of the worst defenses in franchise history to date. Brian Schottenheimer […] The Dallas Cowboys have a poor roster right now. It is one of the reasons why they are 3-4-1 through their first eight games of this season. We can point the finger of blame in a number of directions. Matt Eberflus has overseen one of the worst defenses in franchise history to date. Brian Schottenheimer showed a gross misunderstanding of things this past week. Dak Prescott finally blinked on his stellar season. Jerry Jones is low-hanging fruit in these conversations. One name that generally gets you shoved into a corner if you bring it up for criticism is Will McClay. We all know and revere the work that McClay has done relative to the Cowboys’ scouting and drafting process, but the shape of the roster what with how they have missed on so many draft picks sort of calls that into question. Is your faith in McClay wavering at all? Or are you holding strong? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below. See More: Dallas Cowboys Roster

Jerry Jones’ post game was interesting after Broncos loss – Shane Taylor, Inside The Star The Cowboys have resources to make this roster better, but their inconsistency has already put them in a tough spot to do so. What Jerry Said Jerry Jones is not happy that his team is 3-4-1 eight games into the […] Jerry Jones’ post game was interesting after Broncos loss – Shane Taylor, Inside The Star The Cowboys have resources to make this roster better, but their inconsistency has already put them in a tough spot to do so. What Jerry Said Jerry Jones is not happy that his team is 3-4-1 eight games into the season, but does anyone actually believe that he is not happy if he gets his media time? “I am not happy at all with winning three ball games. At all,” Jones said after Sunday’s loss in Denver. “Can we play better? Of course we can play better.” Jones said he will consider making trades if they can bring in players who will help the Cowboys contend. “If I saw a proposition for us to help this team, no matter what this score was today, then I would look at it on the merits of helping this team. And if you’re talking about trading for a player or trading a player, I would completely look at it on the merits of the team, both for next week or the weeks after or for the longer term,” Jones said. “Today would not affect a decision on trading for a player.” Let’s be real, trading for one player is not going to help this Cowboys defense, it starts at the top with the way that Matt Eberflus tries to run it without the personnel to do so, and then the roster is also an issue. It is truly amazing how many times players are running wide open on this defense, and trying to rush 4 and hoping James Houston and Donovan Ezeiruaku can create pressure is just not going to work. One trade is not going to help this defense, and yes, keeping Micah Parson would have probably helped, they would still have been below average at best. Schottenheimer: ‘Bigger changes’ coming after Cowboys bye week – Patrik Walker, DallasCowboys.com The Cowboys go from one opponent they have a bad history with to another in the Cardinals before their bye, needing a home win in the worst way now. When asked on Monday if he believed the Cowboys had any players, on either side of the ball, that played to the standard, his answer was as short as it was sharp, and he also included himself and his coaching staff in his criticism. “Not really,” he said. “I don’t think anyone coached well, either.” It was another defensive outing draped in production poverty, save for the interception by cornerback Trikweze Bridges on the opening drive but, even then, the Cowboys’ offense failed to get into the end zone despite having more than one chance at doing so with the goal line in sniffing distance — 1st-and-goal from the Broncos’ three-yard line — settling for a field goal. Penalties, a lot of them, on both sides of the ball, mixed with poor execution and some play calls that Schottenheimer and defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus most certainly want back, to torpedo any chances the Cowboys might’ve had at stealing one in the Mile High City. It was a mess of a showing by Dallas, and Schottenheimer promises some potentially major changes are on the way, but not this week — as they prepare to host the Arizona Cardinals on Monday Night Football ahead of their bye week. “There’s always reasons to change, and there will be change,” he said. “I can promise you that. I can show you that. We’ve already had meetings, and we’ve talked about those changes. We’re in the mode right now of where we’ve got kind of a one-game season.” It sounds as if Schottenheimer’s changes will require two weeks to install, hence the pause. “I just say that because we’ve got Arizona before the bye and, really, bigger changes to our style will happen over the bye week,” he added. “That’s when we get a chance to say, ‘OK, now we’re looking back at nine games. What were those issues and did we get them corrected?’ “No? Well, now we need to do this and we need to do that.” Cowboys trade buzz: Broncos loss proved Dallas has no business making big-time move – RJ Ochoa, Blogging The Boys Many of the Cowboys offseason moves on defense have not worked out so far, but waiting until this next offseason to revaluate still feels like the right decision compared to rushing into a trade. It goes without saying that “anything can happen” and that the Cowboys can rip off a bunch of wins and be in the proverbial tournament at regular season’s end. Crazier things have certainly happened. But the lack of fight and competition between Dallas and Denver on Sunday should serve as a sobering reminder as to the gap that exists between the Cowboys and the NFL’s current elite. There are trades that could certainly help this team, even acquiring Maxx Crosby would provide assistance for future seasons and therefore carries merit, but reality has to be faced that 2025 may not be the year. What would be particularly harmful for the short- and long-term of the Cowboys franchise would be some sort of panic trade as a result of how lopsided Sunday’s contest was. That would be reminiscent of the Mingo trade. Consider that the Cowboys dealt for Mingo last year right after falling to 3-5 on the season with their loss to the Atlanta Falcons. In addition to losing the game the Cowboys lost Dak Prescott for the rest of the season and were hurting for any kind of relevancy, to use the verbiage up top. They are teetering into that territory right now and

Sunday in Denver was a litmus test for the Dallas Cowboys. They set out to take on one of the NFL’s better teams in the Broncos, and while they are an AFC team and therefore a loss to them is the most minimal kind of defeat Dallas could ever suffer from a tie-breaking standpoint, the […] Sunday in Denver was a litmus test for the Dallas Cowboys. They set out to take on one of the NFL’s better teams in the Broncos, and while they are an AFC team and therefore a loss to them is the most minimal kind of defeat Dallas could ever suffer from a tie-breaking standpoint, the manner in which they lost matters greatly for overall context. Consider that hours before Dallas was humiliated a mile above sea level that another report surfaced around their intent to find a pass rusher to add to what they have going on these days. The Micah Parsons jokes write themselves and we will just acknowledge that and move on. No one is here to overreact to one loss. The difference between 3-4-1 and what would have been 4-3-1 isn’t massive enough to swing the pendulum, but that the amount of runway left for Dallas to get off the ground is diminishing and that they looked like they had no business even doing so given how they fared against a quality opponent in Denver, those things definitely swing it a bit. The Cowboys should avoid a big-time trade Last year the Cowboys were in the middle of one of their more toxic and chaotic seasons in some time, and that is really saying something. Right as the NFL’s trade deadline approached they sent their fourth-round pick away for the second time in as many years and to date received a player who was similarly productive. Jonathan Mingo has technically offered more than Trey Lance ever did, but the competition is a depressing one. It is unfortunate for Mingo that he is catching strays as being referenced here, we mean no offense, but that trade was very obviously the Cowboys desperately doing anything they could to try and maintain relevance in the lost season that was 2024. We are almost a year removed from that deal with the Panthers and Mingo has yet to provide any return on investment. In fact, the investment was so poor that the Cowboys were heavily linked to Tetairoa McMillan in the process leading up to the NFL draft. When Carolina took him the Cowboys were still so desperate for help at the position that Mingo plays that they traded for George Pickens. To be clear Pickens has been a revelation, but you can see how broken the overall process was which is the point. It goes without saying that “anything can happen” and that the Cowboys can rip off a bunch of wins and be in the proverbial tournament at regular season’s end. Crazier things have certainly happened. But the lack of fight and competition between Dallas and Denver on Sunday should serve as a sobering reminder as to the gap that exists between the Cowboys and the NFL’s current elite. There are trades that could certainly help this team, even acquiring Maxx Crosby would provide assistance for future seasons and therefore carries merit, but reality has to be faced that 2025 may not be the year. What would be particularly harmful for the short- and long-term of the Cowboys franchise would be some sort of panic trade as a result of how lopsided Sunday’s contest was. That would be reminiscent of the Mingo trade. Consider that the Cowboys dealt for Mingo last year right after falling to 3-5 on the season with their loss to the Atlanta Falcons. In addition to losing the game the Cowboys lost Dak Prescott for the rest of the season and were hurting for any kind of relevancy, to use the verbiage up top. They are teetering into that territory right now and if recent history is any indication they will do whatever they can to avoid fully falling into that space, like send a fourth-round pick away for no justifiable reason. Lessons have to be learned. Medicine has to be taken. Hopefully the Cowboys are cautious and understanding of these ideas heading into next week’s trade deadline. See More: Dallas Cowboys Rumors