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The Cowboys’ owner sounds a lot more optimistic about his defense than most on the outside believe.
George Pickens’ future with the Cowboys
The Cowboys traded a third-round pick to the Steelers for Pickens, who they knew was heading into the final year of his contract. Pickens said that he would focus on his future after the season, setting up a “prove it” year. He proved himself last Sunday, and Jones took notice, pointing out that the Cowboys do have the cap space to be able to look at a future with Pickens if things continue to trend positively.
“He’s an exemplary teammate. He is exemplary in his work preparation, and you can see the results of that out there on Sundays, obviously. Reminds me a little of his weight has different contortions as he’s catching a ball. He can just catch the ball in any set of circumstance…” Jones said.
“I’m proud to tell you that we’ve got some outstanding structure in our cap space that will allow us to do a lot of things that I didn’t think when we finished this time last year that we might have the room to do some of these things we’re talking about doing. We got it.”
Help is on the way on the defensive side of the ball
The Cowboys currently rank 32nd in the NFL in yards allowed per game, and know that there’s things that need to be fixed on the defensive side of the ball. Still, Jones saw growth over the course of the game from Dallas on Sunday night despite the final score.
“If you felt it, even though they scored 40 points, our defense improved as that game went along right before your eyes,” Jones said. “And we did make some stops that were out there that were key stops against a fine offensive football team in Green Bay. So, I think your eyes didn’t betray you, and that we got better as that game went along. That’s what you’re looking for.”
Some of that help could be coming from the IR, NFI and PUP lists as early as this week. Now that Week 4 has passed by, players that were place on those lists at the start of the season are eligible to have their 21-day practice windows opened. Jones said the team will look at those possibilities this week.
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