owner and general manager Jerry Jones said, , that the only way he would consider making a deal prior to the trade deadline, which is 4 p.m. ET on Nov. 1, was if there was an All-Pro or Hall of Fame-level game-changer available, like Pro Hall of Famer Deion Sanders. Jones signed "Prime Time" as a free agent before the 1995 season to cement the third and final championship during his ownership."Is that Deion out there?" Jones rhetorically replied with a grin prior to his team's 24-6 win against the on Sunday when asked about making trades. "If we had a shot like that, it would be different. I don't see that happening.
Dakota Mathias Jersey "However, Jones' actions have spoken louder than his words, as he showed Tuesday that the 5-2 Cowboys are open for busine s when they traded for defensive tackle . DAL DT #95 The Cowboys have one of the best defenses in football, and head coach Mike Carthy earlier this season that "You want your defense to be the thermostat because the thermostat regulates the game. They're going to keep us in striking distance because of just the way they're playing." Cowboys defense this seasonNFL RankPPG Allowed14.92ndTotal YPG Allowed305.36thPa s YPG Allowed185.14thRush YPG Allowed120.120thSacks29*1stTakeaways12T-5thHowever, their run defense has appeared to be their Achilles heel, so Jones made a move to patch up that hole by with the Raiders to acquire the 6-foot-2, 320-pound Hankins."We feel he's an excellent fit for us, we can't bolster our run defense enough," Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy Wednesday. "He's an excellent addition."Following that deal, here are a few trades the Cowboys should consider making before next week's deadline. Free agent wide receiver . will not be mentioned below since he would be a free agent signing, not a trade acquisition. BAL ILB #58 Jones mentioned not being interested in making a move unle s it was for a high-caliber player. Well, Bears linebacker Roquan Smith fits that requirement, and he would be somebody who would fill both short-term and long-term needs in defensive coordinator Dan Quinn's unit alongside linebacker .The eighth overall pick in the 2018 leads the NFL in tackles this season with 78, the most by any Bears player through the first
Philadelphia 76Ers Jeresy seven games since at least 1987, as far back as Pro Football Reference data goes for tackles. His 602 career tackles since 2018 rank as the second-most in the NFL in that span behind only future Hall of Famer and current linebacker (651).Smith put together an all-round dominant performance in the Bears' 33-14 Week 7 road win on "Monday Night Football" against the . He totaled 12 tackles, a sack and an interception, wreaking havoc all night long whether or not or was the opposing quarterback. That effort stands alone as the only game this season that anyone in the entire NFL has had double-digit tackles, a sack, and interception. Adding a tackling machine like Smith would pay big dividends for the Cowboys' eventual Week 16 re-match against the currently undefeated , a team that runs the football on 53.1% of their offensive plays (third-highest rate in the NFL) while averaging 156 rushing yards per game (sixth-most in the NFL). The Monday after that lo s, Quinn said the entire defense was " " after mi sing eight tackles, their second-most in a game this season, in the 26-17 defeat on "Sunday Night Football." A deal this big will have long-lasting ramifications on the Cowboys in terms of their defensive structure and their salary cap, but Smith's impact
Moses Malone Jersey on that structure, particularly Parsons' positioning, makes the investment worthwhile. The reigning Defensive Rookie of the Year has thrived this season, ranking in the top five of nearly every pa s-rushing metric in 2022.Micah Parsons this seasonNFL RankPre sures361stSacks7.0T-2ndTFL8T-3rdQB Hits13T-5thOne of the biggest factors allowing Parsons to tee off on opposing quarterbacks at such a high level this season is his shift to becoming more of an every-down edge rusher by playing 75.7% of his snaps on the defensive line. Coming out of Penn State, he was viewed as an inside linebacker, and he played at that spot on 55.2% of his snaps as a rookie.When Cowboys defensive end mi sed 10 games with a broken foot from Weeks 2-12 last season, Parsons totaled nine of his 13 sacks as a rookie in that span while lining up along the defensive line 49.4% of the time. This season, the Cowboys signed four-time Pro Bowl linebacker to a one-year, $2 million deal after the 30-year-old mi sed a combined 21 games due to injuries acro s the 2020 and 2021 seasons. Barr was a player Quinn he had been "bothering just about everyone in the organization about for a long time" to add to his defense because of the plan he had in place for the former Minnesota Viking. It was a plan that likely entailed Parsons being freed up to shift his focus toward transforming into a sack machine, and that's what he has become. He is the fourth-fastest player to reach 20.0 career sacks (23 games) since sacks became an official statistic in 1982.Micah Parsons career snap alignment*20212022Inside linebacker55.2%23.5%Defensive line41.2%75.7%Defensive back3.6%0.8%Imagine if the Cowboys had an in-his-prime, 25-year-old inside linebacker along with Barr for this season? Plus, with them anchoring the middle of the defense for many seasons down the line, Parsons would be able to remain in his game-altering role as an
Zhaire Smith Jersey edge player.Now, for the part about keeping Smith around long-term. The reason Smith is even being considered as a player who could be had in a trade is because he a month before this season
Dwight Howard Jersey after failing to come to terms on an extension as he entered the final season of his rookie deal. He went so far as to say, "The new front office regime doesn't value me here, and they've refused to negotiate in good faith."Knowing Smith resents his current front office gives the Cowboys an in to see if Bears first-year general manager Ryan Poles would be willing to deal their defensive anchor in order to accelerate their rebuild. He's already pulled the trigger on jettisoning one of his other top defenders, sending defensive lineman to the Philadelphia Eagles .As for the Cowboys' cap space in 2023, they're currently projected to have $14.3 million according to . They can also add $11.9 million in space solely by cutting running back before June 1 next offseason, as his six-year, $90 million contract will be out of guaranteed money. The Cowboys wiping their soon-to-be 32-year-old left tackle 's eight-year, $97.6 million deal off their books prior to June 1, 2023 would return $9.6 million in cap savings as well. Smith has not played in a regular season game this year because of a .Adding Roquan Smith to a defense that already has Parsons and cornerback would position Dallas to have an All-Pro-caliber playmaker at all three levels of their defense for years to come. How far will Dallas go this season? Confe
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