Jerry Jones and the Dallas Cowboys are rumored to be willing participants ahead of the NFL’s Nov. 4th trade deadline.
One might believe the Cowboys’ 44-24 blowout loss to the Denver Broncos on Sunday might persuade Jones to be aggressive in the coming days leading up to the deadline, but the Cowboys’ owner told reporters Week 8’s disappointing performance won’t have any impact on the team’s decision-making process.
“A loss is discouraging but as far as my temperament, if I saw a proposition for us to help this team, no matter what this score was today, I would look at it on the merits of this team. If you’re talking about trading for a player or trading a player, I’d completely look at it on the merits of this team, both for next week or the weeks after or for the longer term,” Jones told reporters following the Cowboys’ loss. “No, today would not affect decisions on trading for a player.”
Denver produced 426 total yards during Sunday’s wire-to-wire win over Dallas to improve its winning streak to five in a row. Cowboys QB Dak Prescott threw two interceptions and was sacked twice by a Broncos defense that leads the league with 36 sacks.
The Cowboys gave up a season-high 44 points. Dallas came into Week 8 ranked second-to-last in the NFL in both total defense and points allowed.
Jones hasn’t been shy about the possibility of the Cowboys making a move in advance of the trade deadline. The Cowboys clearly need assistance on defense. Their defensive shortcomings have only magnified after they traded Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers just prior to the start of the regular season.
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