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Todd Archer
FRISCO, Texas — The NFL draft is 2 days away, however the Dallas Cowboys are nonetheless taking a look at methods to enhance apart from the ten present picks they’ve over seven rounds on Thursday by way of Saturday.
Proprietor and normal supervisor Jerry Jones stated after Tuesday’s predraft information convention that the Cowboys are engaged on “fairly substantive trades” relating to gamers, though he supplied no specifics apart from saying they’re taking calls with groups.
The Cowboys have made trades for quarterback Trey Lance, broad receiver Jonathan Mingo, broad receiver Brandin Cooks and cornerback Stephon Gilmore lately however haven’t made a blockbuster deal because the midseason addition of Amari Cooper on the commerce deadline in 2018. Earlier this offseason the Cowboys made trades for linebacker Kenneth Murray Jr. (Tennessee Titans) and cornerback Kaiir Elam (Buffalo Payments).
The Cowboys have greater than $37 million in wage cap house, in keeping with NFLPA figures, though a piece of that may go to draft picks, observe squad additions, harm settlements and incentives.
Jones has lengthy had a historical past of constructing draft-day trades. Since Jones took over the Cowboys in 1989, the staff has made 72 trades. Their final commerce involving a first-round choose got here in 2021 once they moved all the way down to No. 12 general in a cope with the Philadelphia Eagles and nonetheless got here away with Micah Parsons.
The Cowboys and Parsons are engaged on a long-term extension that might make him probably they highest-paid non-quarterback within the NFL. Talking on the annual league assembly final month, Jones stated he and Parsons met for “5 – 6 hours” and got here to an settlement on the size of a deal, assured cash and general cash, however the finer particulars of the contract wanted to be labored out between government vice chairman Stephen Jones and Parsons’ agent, David Mulugheta.
“Imagine me, if we might signal Micah to a quantity we wished to signal him to, we might do it proper now,” Stephen Jones stated Tuesday. “However proper now there is a distinction in what we really feel like is the proper quantity and what he appears like is the proper quantity.”
Parsons has been concerned within the early portion of the Cowboys’ offseason program that started final week. Jerry Jones stated he’s “not shocked,” Parsons has been taking part and believes it’ll assist Parsons long-term.
“The idea right here is that we will get one thing executed and so he is aware of or ought to understand how essential his work is round right here and the way essential his being round right here working is to management,” Jerry Jones stated. “It is a massive deal. It is the primary purpose why I’ve form of taken a few of the perspective I’ve taken about this factor. Micah simply needs to be elevated in his management and can be, or it is going to be a downer when he will get his anticipated contract. It is going to be a downer if he doesn’t elevate management.”
