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If the Cowboys win their next two games, their chances of making a trade will increase significantly.
From trading a first-round pick to the Raiders for Amari Cooper in 2018 to acquiring Jonathan Mingo for a fourth-round pick last year, Dallas has made six trades in-season in the weeks leading up to the deadline over the last seven years. Could 2025 bring the seventh in eight years?
“We have thought all along that if we see a way to improve this year with a trade at the deadline, then we’ll take advantage of it,” Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones said following a press conference about the upcoming 101st East-West Shrine Bowl. “That’s what we positioned for to start this year, was to have ammunition to do things if we have an opportunity.”
That’s not anything new from Jones, who has said several times during the last few weeks that the Cowboys are open for business if the right deal comes across the table. That said, nothing is in the works at present.
“I don’t have a trade in mind right now, at all,” Jones said. “That comes about right now if someone is on the phone calling.”
If the Cowboys were to make a transaction before the deadline, it’s highly likely that they would look to acquire a player that could help their defense, which currently ranks last in the NFL in yards allowed per game. Jones added that if the Cowboys were to look in that direction, it would be a move that looks not just at the 2025 season, but beyond too.
“If there is a trade that would help the defense, we’re in position to make that trade…” Jones reiterated. “[It] doesn’t mean we’re going to make one, but we certainly had in mind when we started this season that we were going to have ammo to be more flexible in terms of what we do with the roster as we move along this year, and of course as we get into the next couple of years.”
The team is hopeful of getting Jalen Cropper back on the practice squad.
After filling in on special teams, third-year wide receiver Jalen Cropper has been released. The move comes with the expected returns of superstar receiver CeeDee Lamb and electric playmaker KaVontae Turpin right around the corner.
According to Todd Archer of ESPN, the Cowboys are hopeful that Cropper will pass through the wire waiver and return to the team as a member of the practice squad.
Cropper appeared in three games this season and returned three punts for 27 yards and two kickoffs for 38 yards.
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