Trade Deadline 2025 - Nov. 4

[Micah Prescott]

From what I've seen so far this season, no team is dominant.

This is the perfect season for Jerry to go all in.

Whatever it takes should be the mindset this season.

Not improving the defense would just waste Dak's MVP season.

Every team is beatable this season.

The Cowboys are not far off from being right up there with the top teams of both AFC and NFC.

I just do not think they can flip this current defense around like that mid-season. That would have to be like 3 trades and probably firing the coaching staff and rehiring a new one. The defense is SO BAD they can not defend the pass at all.

260 passing yards given up per game ranks #32 in the NFL. Dead last. It is a dumpster fire. I just do not think it is possible to flip something that awful around in the middle of the season.

Just improve from bad to tolerable.
The offense will be do the heavy lifting.

I also think if the Cowboys run defense will be good, that's better than being good on pass defense and bad on run defense.

The run defense have always hurt the Cowboys since that 2018 loss to the Rams in the playoffs.

It's also easier to fix the pass defense compared to fixing the run defense.

Again, just go from bad to tolerable.

We give up 141 rushing yards per game, that is 30th overall. Still extremely poor. Rico Dowdle had his dream game vs Dallas.


I'll put like this, last season Dallas had the worst defense in the history of the franchise, and we just removed the best player Micah Parsons from that

That said, I am glad we didn't give Micah QB money, I think our defense would still suck if he was here now, and we'd be broke. But this is the year we have to tough out before cashing in on him.

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[Mr B]

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I would rather the Cowboys trade one of the picks for Crosby than taking another chance drafting a defensive lineman at the end of the 1st round.

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I would rather the Cowboys trade one of the picks for Crosby than taking another chance drafting a defensive lineman at the end of the 1st round.

Agree 100%

But I do think it would take more than just one of the picks.

Trading BOTH would be like Parsons for Maxx straight up, so we can't do that. But we might have to throw in another player.

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I would rather the Cowboys trade one of the picks for Crosby than taking another chance drafting a defensive lineman at the end of the 1st round.

Agree 100%

But I do think it would take more than just one of the picks.

Trading BOTH would be like Parsons for Maxx straight up, so we can't do that. But we might have to throw in another player.

I was speaking with someone here a couple of days ago (Cactus I think) and we were talking about how the Raiders will never trade Crosby. If anything simply because of the cap hit they would have to absorb by trading him.

Also like you said IF (huge if) they did it would likely take 2 FRP’s and a player. They might as well have kept Micah if they were going to do that.

Trey Hendrickson still makes more sense. You just have to realize that he’s not as good as Crosby or Micah. He’s also older (30 years old). Because of that though he would likely only cost 1 FRP.

[Micah Prescott]

I would rather the Cowboys trade one of the picks for Crosby than taking another chance drafting a defensive lineman at the end of the 1st round.

Agree 100%

But I do think it would take more than just one of the picks.

Trading BOTH would be like Parsons for Maxx straight up, so we can't do that. But we might have to throw in another player.

I was speaking with someone here a couple of days ago (Cactus I think) and we were talking about how the Raiders will never trade Crosby. If anything simply because of the cap hit they would have to absorb by trading him.

Also like you said IF (huge if) they did it would likely take 2 FRP’s and a player. They might as well have kept Micah if they were going to do that.

Trey Hendrickson still makes more sense. You just have to realize that he’s not as good as Crosby or Micah. He’s also older (30 years old). Because of that though he would likely only cost 1 FRP.

Yeah I'd be on board with Hendrickson, but I do think pretty much any 30 year old player is too old to warrant a 1st round pick. Unless it's a QB.

[Otis Driftwood]

Agree 100%

But I do think it would take more than just one of the picks.

Trading BOTH would be like Parsons for Maxx straight up, so we can't do that. But we might have to throw in another player.

I was speaking with someone here a couple of days ago (Cactus I think) and we were talking about how the Raiders will never trade Crosby. If anything simply because of the cap hit they would have to absorb by trading him.

Also like you said IF (huge if) they did it would likely take 2 FRP’s and a player. They might as well have kept Micah if they were going to do that.

Trey Hendrickson still makes more sense. You just have to realize that he’s not as good as Crosby or Micah. He’s also older (30 years old). Because of that though he would likely only cost 1 FRP.

Yeah I'd be on board with Hendrickson, but I do think pretty much any 30 year old player is too old to warrant a 1st round pick. Unless it's a QB.

A FRP for a rental?

Nope.

[Micah Prescott]

I was speaking with someone here a couple of days ago (Cactus I think) and we were talking about how the Raiders will never trade Crosby. If anything simply because of the cap hit they would have to absorb by trading him.

Also like you said IF (huge if) they did it would likely take 2 FRP’s and a player. They might as well have kept Micah if they were going to do that.

Trey Hendrickson still makes more sense. You just have to realize that he’s not as good as Crosby or Micah. He’s also older (30 years old). Because of that though he would likely only cost 1 FRP.

Yeah I'd be on board with Hendrickson, but I do think pretty much any 30 year old player is too old to warrant a 1st round pick. Unless it's a QB.

A FRP for a rental?

Nope.

Exactly.

This is kind of a unique situation were we think maybe we could have a shot at something simply because every other team in the NFL is mid like us. So let's go ahead and take a risk. But a FRP for someone that might last 3 seasons at best? No way.

Perhaps a 2nd though...


I also think it would take much more than one competent pass rusher to boost this defense from "horrible" to "average". We need like 3 players for that.

[Mr B]

Yeah I'd be on board with Hendrickson, but I do think pretty much any 30 year old player is too old to warrant a 1st round pick. Unless it's a QB.

A FRP for a rental?

Nope.

Exactly.

This is kind of a unique situation were we think maybe we could have a shot at something simply because every other team in the NFL is mid like us. So let's go ahead and take a risk. But a FRP for someone that might last 3 seasons at best? No way.

Perhaps a 2nd though...


I also think it would take much more than one competent pass rusher to boost this defense from "horrible" to "average". We need like 3 players for that.

They need 1 more interior run stopper, 1 elite LB (in addition to getting Overshown back), and they need a pass rusher. They also need a play making safety.

[Mr B]

Well it seems the Cowboys are really looking for any impact defensive player, not specifically a pass rusher.

Who would make the most sense?

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[Micah Prescott]

Well it seems the Cowboys are really looking for any impact defensive player, not specifically a pass rusher.

Who would make the most sense?

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They are definitely hunting for pass rush, but I am worried that it is actually the wrong place to look. We have 15 sacks on the season, that ranks 16th overall, right in the middle. We aren't -THAT- bad at pressure. Probably most people assume that first simply because of Micah leaving to GB.

I mean, we could use help with pass rush for sure, but I think maybe our biggest weakness is secondary. They might be just banged up though. Malik Hooker is injured and Bland was out a couple games. Diggs has just sucked though.

[Mr B]

I tried to post this yesterday but Tapatalk was tripping.

This is the guy I really want thenCowboys to trade for. He’s 28 and adding him would give the Cowboys a really good DT rotation with Osa/Clark/Simmons. He’s not a pass rusher but building from the inside out is what I’d prefer.

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