The Dallas Cowboys seemingly got the message that they weren’t nearly good enough last season. Jerry Jones has largely avoided doing anything foolish, and the Cowboys have emerged as one of the winners of the offseason as a result. But winning the offseason only means so much. At the end of the day, Dallas needs it to coalesce on the field, which starts fully with mandatory OTAs, set to begin on June 1. And those offseason workouts could very well be the beginning of the end for several notable Cowboys players.
With the stellar offseason additions that the Jones family made in Dallas, in addition to a new defensive outlook with coordinator Christian Parker, there are going to be roster changes. That means some familiar Cowboys will be pushed out, and these five players stand out as the likeliest candidates (for now) to end up on the wrong side of the
WR Jonathan Mingo
Sorry to bring up the painful reminder that Jerry Jones traded a fourth-round pick to the Panthers for Jonathan Mingo (and a seventh-rounder), but it is a thing that happened. And not shockingly given the state of the receiver’s stock when the Cowboys made the trade, he’s not done much since joining this offense. To put a point on it, he has six catches for 71 yards (on just 21 targets) with Dallas.
Just given that lack of usage and production, it’s not a stretch to say that the Cowboys don’t seem entirely committed to Mingo in any capacity. But why he comes into the forefront at OTAs now is that he might not even be a depth piece that this offense needs any longer with how things have shaken out in the receiver room.