{"id":246016,"date":"2025-09-22T09:39:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T09:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/246016\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T09:39:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T09:39:15","slug":"do-cowboys-feel-urgency-to-swing-trade-for-defensive-playmaker-jerry-jones-responds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/246016\/","title":{"rendered":"Do Cowboys feel urgency to swing trade for defensive playmaker? Jerry Jones responds"},"content":{"rendered":"

CHICAGO \u2014 Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones<\/a> said earlier this week that he\u2019s open for business when it comes to potentially using future draft picks to acquire some defensive help before the deadline.<\/p>\n

Being open doesn\u2019t mean being urgent, however \u2014 no matter how necessary it seems externally after the team\u2019s 31-14 loss to the Chicago Bears on Sunday.<\/a> <\/p>\n

\u201cThat implies that being urgent, I can create an opportunity to use them,\u201d Jones said about potentially trading picks. \u201cThat usually doesn\u2019t work that way at all.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s only been three weeks, but there have been some concerning developments about the Cowboys\u2019 defense so far. <\/a>They had a successful start against the Eagles, but followed that up by allowing over 500 yards and 37 points to the New York Giants in Week 2.<\/a> The Cowboys pledged that they would fix the miscommunication issues that plagued them against the Giants. While that didn\u2019t seem to be a major issue on Sunday, the overall result wasn\u2019t better. The Cowboys allowed all 31 points in just three quarters vs. the Bears.<\/p>\n

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The Cowboys also struggled to get after quarterback Caleb Williams. Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer said on 105.3 The Fan (KRLD-FM) before the game that he thought there were some areas of the Bears\u2019 protection they could exploit. Left tackle Braxton Jones looked like it could be one of those areas. He had allowed a pressure on just over 15% of every pass-blocking snap in the first two weeks, according to NextGenStats. <\/p>\n

Against the Cowboys, Jones didn\u2019t allow a single pressure, becoming only the fourth left tackle to accomplish that feat in a game this season. <\/p>\n

Jerry Jones indicated that the lack of pass rush was more about the defense as a whole.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it compromised us with our four-man front up there today, of course,\u201d Jones said. \u201cWe want to try and get there in this defense with that four-man rush. We weren\u2019t getting there. Plus, we weren\u2019t covering, and that\u2019s a bad combination. That\u2019s what happened to us out there today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jones was then asked if they needed to pressure more. He agreed, but also said, \u2018We\u2019ve got to get better. I\u2019m confident we will.”<\/p>\n

The overhanging storyline about the lack of pressure is, of course, the Micah Parsons trade before the season.<\/a> Parsons had over 12 sacks in all four of his Pro Bowl seasons with the Cowboys. He has 1\u00bd so far in three games with the Green Bay Packers.<\/p>\n

The Cowboys acquired two first-round picks in the Parsons trade. Jones said they could use some of that capital, or some of their existing picks, to acquire other players. He\u2019s open to it, just not urgently inclined based on the first three weeks of the season.<\/p>\n

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