After all the “we like our guys” talk and “only so much pie” explanations, the Cowboys just couldn’t help themselves when trade deadline day hit.
With a 3-5 record, tons of A-list injuries, and a starting quarterback headed to the shelf for at least a month, most Cowboys fans had come to accept that the 2024 season is probably a wash, and a rebuild (of at least some sort) is coming. As such, offloading brand-name players on expiring contracts seemed far more likely than doing the kind of last-minute deals that genuine playoff contenders hope will push them over the hump come January.
But owner Jerry Jones has zigged when everyone else had decided it was finally time to just zag, mere minutes after promising Dallas radio station 105.3 The Fan that he’d be “buying, not selling” at the deadline.
The Cowboys are trading with the Carolina Panthers to acquire wide receiver Jonathan Mingo, as reported Tuesday by NFL Network insider Tom Pelissero.
Dallas will receive Mingo and a 2025 seventh-round draft pick from the Panthers; Carolina will receive a 2025 fourth-round draft pick from the Cowboys.
Panthers to trade WR Jonathan Mingo & 2025 7th-round draft pick to Cowboys for 2025 4th-round pick. (via @TomPelissero, @RapSheet) pic.twitter.com/UhvKXIfEo3
— NFL (@NFL) November 5, 2024
The Ole Miss product was one of the Cowboys’ 30 pre-draft visitors in 2023.
Mingo ended up going to the Panthers in the second round, taken 39th overall. He started 14 games for Carolina last season as a rookie, recording 43 receptions for 418 yards. This season has been rough; the 23-year-old has 12 catches for 121 yards through nine games.
He has two years remaining on his rookie contract.
At 6-foot-2 and 220 pounds, Mingo joins a wide receiver room in Dallas led by CeeDee Lamb, who suffered a shoulder sprain in the team’s most recent loss and is considered week-to-week. Veteran Brandin Cooks has hinted that his return is imminent; Jalen Tolbert, Jalen Brooks, KaVontae Turpin, and Ryan Flournoy make up the rest of the Cowboys’ WRs.
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