Jerry Jones Opens Trade Door for Cowboys Ahead of Deadline

Rewind back roughly 18 months and the Dallas Cowboys’ building strategy was straightforward. Draft and develop homegrown talent. Extend the success stories like quarterback Dak Prescott, wide receiver CeeDee Lamb and cornerback DaRon Bland. Draft and develop more to offset the cost of such contract extensions. Cost-effective holes might be bandaged via free agency and trade, but little else. As of early 2025, Cowboys team owner and general manager Jerry Jones’ talk was mostly just that: talk. His “all-in” assertion drew scrutiny for how little it seemed to align with his actions. He wasn’t living up to the risk-taking reputation…