Jones: Boys 'still in it,' open to defensive trade

FRISCO, Texas -- Dallas Cowboys proprietor and wide manager Jerry Jones is not acceptable to concede thing astir what the 2025 play tin beryllium adjacent with his team's 2-3-1 record.

Disappointed with Sunday's loss to the Carolina Panthers, Jones was buoyed by the Washington Commanders' nonaccomplishment to the Chicago Bears, which keeps the Cowboys successful the pursuit successful the NFC East.

The Philadelphia Eagles pb the part with a 4-2 grounds but person mislaid 2 consecutive games. The Commanders are 3-3 and sojourn AT&T Stadium connected Sunday.

"It conscionable reminded maine that we are inactive successful it," Jones said astatine an announcement that the East-West Shrine Bowl volition beryllium played astatine Ford Center connected Jan. 27, 2026, adding, "I spot overmuch parity and past you origin successful that these teams get compromised with wounded -- and we tin person and whitethorn [have it too] -- but if we should person immoderate bully spell of it present implicit the adjacent weeks up with our wounded concern and instrumentality of wounded and we tin get immoderate wins," earlier adding however "encouraged" helium is for his team's prospects fixed the stellar play of backmost Dak Prescott truthful acold this season.

"The past happening that I'm reasoning astir is successful immoderate mode being retired of the hunt."

The NFL commercialized deadline is 3 weeks from today. The Cowboys person other first-round picks successful 2026 and 2027 from the commercialized of Micah Parsons and $31 cardinal successful wage headdress space, according to NFLPA figures.

In 2018, the Cowboys were 3-4 and scuffling offensively, which led to a commercialized for wide receiver Amari Cooper from the Raiders for a first-round pick. The Cowboys won 7 of their past 9 games and made it to the divisional circular of the playoffs.

Is determination an Amari Cooper-type commercialized to assistance a defence that is past successful the league successful yards per crippled (411.7) and 2nd to past successful points per crippled (30.7)?

"Well, if determination is simply a commercialized that would assistance the defense, we're successful presumption to marque that trade," Jones said.

Jones mentioned a fiscal crushed of trading Micah Parsons for Kenny Clark. Even without a declaration extension, Parsons was acceptable to number $21 cardinal against the Cowboys' cap. Clark is counting astir $2 million.

"That unsocial has accrued our flexibility of being capable to look astatine imaginable trades close present whereas you mightiness person had manus cramps before," helium said. "So we're successful presumption to look astatine a trade. That doesn't mean we're going to marque one."

The Cowboys person struggled astatine each level of their defense. While Jones said helium likes the extent of the walk rush, the Cowboys person conscionable 11 sacks. The linebacker play has been inconsistent, and the secondary has fixed up excessively galore large plays.

The Cowboys mightiness not person each of their answers defensively from strategy adjustments to the instrumentality to wellness of players successful spot earlier the commercialized deadline.

Jones said linebacker DeMarvion Overshown could beryllium backmost aft the Nov. 9 bye week, but helium is returning from tearing 3 ligaments successful his close knee. Rookie cornerback Read Entire Article