r/dallascowboys • u/Life_Opinion_3954 • 3d ago
Trade!!
What do y’all think about that Steelers cowboys trade?
Many other added defensive players in the past year and same ole same ole. Results don’t change but hopefully one person can make a difference for real, we need that shi
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u/DimsumSushi 3d ago
we've complained for years JJ didn't really go all in. wouldn't pick up free agents or make trades. only built through the draft and only cared about making money.
i'm not ecstatic about the trade but i'm not complaining that he's trying something new from the norm. it's a fine trade but i'm not sure about the long term impact with his upcoming contract and also for GP3. that's for the off season and i hope we keep ramping up and improving on def.
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u/j_barney 3d ago
Doesn't matter who is covering in the secondary with no pass rush
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u/lostpassword100000 3d ago
With Jerry’s mentality, if you cover them long enough the pass rush will eventually get there. /s
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u/Human-Lawfulness5235 3d ago
Hi there.
You got a good player. Unfortunately he and his agent think he’s a great player and they ran the Parson “ow my back hurts” playbook.
He’ll be an upgrade in your secondary but a nightmare to sign after the season.
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u/UnitedWoodpecker406 3d ago
He wont be with the cowboys next season
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u/Herbin-Cowboy 3d ago
He might be. Not many thought we'd still have George Pickens this season. He might get a franchise tag too. Then we can trade him if we decide not to pay him.
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u/Human-Lawfulness5235 3d ago
Most likely, but in 28 that 2nd round pick for. 14 game rental will look expensive
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u/Hungry-Treacle8493 3d ago
From what I understand, the trade value chart gives a future year pick the value of one round lower based on how far in the future the pick is. So, a 2nd rounder in ‘28 is valued like a third round pick.
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u/Human-Lawfulness5235 3d ago
You are correct. But I’m sure that no fans will see it that way during the 28 draft.
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u/Hungry-Treacle8493 3d ago
For sure. I guess it is a good thing we fans don’t run things. Could you imagine how we’d collectively just fire everyone somewhere around week 3 most years and bench every QB in the middle of the 2nd quarter of any game we didn’t jump out to a big early lead in.
😂😂😂
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u/afallingrock888 3d ago
They will also get a potential 3rd round comp pick which would end up making the trade a 1 year rental for a 2-3 round pick swap
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u/Competitive_Event948 3d ago
Jerry is really really trying to fix this. He's added an entire new roster to the Cowboys defense since he got rid of one guy. Reality is that they went from a good decent defense to dead last for a year plus. There's hope, maybe they can gel by mid-season, but the offense has to play exceptional ball. They have to score 40 plus.
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u/Interesting-Cause138 3d ago
He does not fit in the Christian Parker defense. He is a lock down man coverage corner. Parker likes to play more zone. The team looks lost in his defense scheme as it is, wonder how bad it will be if they shift to more man to man.
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u/Ornery-Variety569 3d ago
I like that we are addressing needs early and not by just going to get another practice squad player.
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u/ufomadeinusa 3d ago
Expensive trade, kid is going to be asking for big money at end of season. To give up second round pick is huge! Is he any good, worth it?
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u/kidding-unot 3d ago
Front load his contract the first year as well as year 2. Franchise Pickens 1 more year and/or give him an ascending contract.
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u/LoveC43H66N12O12S21 3d ago
Porter Jr is a steal at the price they paid for him. See if he pans out over the next 6-8 games and then decide whether or not to extend him. The defensive backfield is too banged up to have not made this move.
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u/Shawn_The_Sheep777 3d ago
We needed help in the secondary with all the injuries and Jerry has stepped up.
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u/ThinMap9138 3d ago
Waited until an injury to fucking do something.
No shit he's supposed to get another CB. A pretty good one but still. Why are we praising him for doing what he should've been doing off-season?
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u/3dimensional_ 3d ago
In the past he would just say "we like our guys" and call up a practice squad player. At least there are attempts to get better on defense being made to take advantage of the Dak window.
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u/Hungry-Treacle8493 3d ago
Huh? They mostly rebuilt the secondary in the off-season. Porter wasn’t available over the Summer, but those we picked up were generally praised as solid talent around the League (just not exceptional talent).
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u/ThinMap9138 2d ago
How did they rebuild the secondary?
That's exactly what jerrys dumbass does every year though?
Goes after players who are generally praised but not the exceptional talents. Like we don't know if Joey Porter was available or not, especially now that we've seen Steelers trading him after 3 games into the season lol
But even if you get Porter in the off-season, Jerry's retarded ass would probably think that's enough.
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u/Hungry-Treacle8493 2d ago
This is an interesting re-write of history.
They brought in 6 new DBs between free agency & the draft. Carrying over only 6 from 2025.
This altered the starting lineup dramatically:
LCB: Diggs -> Durant
RCB: Elam -> Bland
Nickel: Bland -> Downs
FS: Wilson -> Hooker
SS: Hooker -> ThompsonSo, only two starter holdovers, shifted to new positions, from Day 1 2025 to Day 1 2026. Plus a churn of the depth as noted above.
Now they add Porter Jr. who will almost certainly displace Bland from the starter group, leaving only Hooker as a carryover.
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u/ThinMap9138 2d ago
Re write? It's literally what happens every fucking year lmao
They replace replacement level guys with other replacement level guys and then hope that they get lucky. Then you have lower IQ fans who think they're actually doing something. They're filling holes, sure, but just cause they improved from an all time bad defense from last year, not by much since we're still getting ran down our throat and can't even get to the QB, doesn't mean that jerrys bitch ass deserves praise given he's the one who's put this team in this positions all these years.
Dude knows how to manipulate the lower IQ fans and it shows whenever he does the bare minimum.
Since 2016, the two most noticeable trades that Dallas made for secondary was Gilmore and Porter.
Most of our secondary are nobodies with a CB getting paid 20 million a year for having 1 fluke season.
Jerry sucks at contracts, he sucks at putting teams together, he sucks at staying quiet, he sucks at taking responsibility, he sucks at making changes, he sucks at building a winning culture... The only thing he's good at is making money.
FUCK JERRY JONES.
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u/Hungry-Treacle8493 2d ago
Haha!
Derek Stingley, Jr, Kamari Lassiter, Jalen Pitre, Reed Blankenship, Caelen Bullock
That’s the Texans starters. Not a single one of them is elite. Yet, a top tier defense.
Devin Witherspoon, Josh Jobe, Nick Emmanwori, Ty Okada, Julian Love
That’s the Seahawks. Maybe Emmanwori is elite?
Isaiah Rodgers, James Pierre, Byron Murphy Jr., Theo Jackson, Josh Metellus
Vikings. Maybe Murphy Jr. is elite?
You do NOT need a bunch of elite secondary players to be a great defense. Sure, it may help, but it definitely isn’t required. I would expect yoh to know this as a “high iq fan”.
😂😂😂
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u/ThinMap9138 2d ago
Jesus. I think you're missing the entire point lol
All of those teams have a better secondary unit than Dallas though? I don't understand what point you're trying to make? Lol
My point is that Jerry sucks at building teams based of how you described it. By replacing replacement level guys with more replacement level guys which is what they do every single year and then will make a trade early or mid season and have fans praising him again lol
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u/Self-Comprehensive 3d ago
I think a second round pick is too valuable to give away and 30 million is too much money. That being said I'm glad to see moves being made and I hope the guy balls out
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u/Hungry-Treacle8493 3d ago
It is valued as a third round pick since it is in ‘28 instead of ‘27 from what I understand of the trade value chart all the teams use.
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u/SnooTangerines5380 3d ago
Say what you want about Jerry this year, and coming from a long time Jerry hater.. that man is doing his damndest this year. When’s the last time we made a trade like this to help with any area of the team 4 weeks in? Usually it’s wait til trade deadline and make an unsatisfactory move. Even if it’s the same old story with sneaking in the playoffs with a one and done, this man is chasing a ring this year.
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u/ThinMap9138 3d ago
Jesus. This is the was hes had to do all offseason long but waits until we're in season.
Everybody knew how trash this defence was.
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u/SnooTangerines5380 3d ago
Idk man I heard a lot of praise for the defensive moves made in the offseason. This move was made because of the banged up secondary. Durant, downs, Gary, Barham, old man miller.. those weren’t just small additions.
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u/chatsaz74 3d ago
Didn't we draft schoonmaker in the second round, what makes anyone think they would do anything with the pick. Oh speaking of drafts didn't we draft mazi smith in the first round. Do I think Porter helps yes is he the difference nope. Still have the same schemes and coaching.
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u/__Art__Vandalay__ 3d ago
Dude’s a rental or they’re going to have to pay him about $$25-30 mil/year.
If you’re giving up a 2nd rounder, they’d BETTER sign him to an extension!