{"id":420669,"date":"2026-08-30T00:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T00:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/420669\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T00:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T00:34:09","slug":"cowboys-acquire-former-first-round-pick-broderick-jones-from-steelers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/420669\/","title":{"rendered":"Cowboys acquire former first-round pick Broderick Jones from Steelers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cowboys took care of a glaring need along their offensive line<\/a> by trading two 2027 draft picks (a third- and a sixth-rounder) to the Pittsburgh Steelers for tackle\u00a0Broderick Jones and a fourth-round pick, two people with knowledge of the deal told The Dallas Morning News.<\/p>\n

In a corresponding move, the Cowboys released wide receiver\u00a0Denzel Mims.<\/p>\n

The acquisition of Jones, a 2023 first-round pick from Georgia, solves the problem.<\/p>\n

Jones lost his starting job in the\u00a0offseason when the Steelers drafted Max Iheanachor from Arizona State in the first round. Jones played the majority of the 2025 season at left tackle before suffering a neck injury in Week 12 that led to spinal fusion surgery.<\/p>\n

In late July, Jones was cleared to practice and worked at right and left tackle during training camp. He\u2019s played in all three preseason games for the Steelers, leading the team in offensive snaps in the first and second games. He started the final preseason game Thursday against Buffalo, participating in 37 snaps.<\/p>\n

With the Cowboys, his experience at playing both tackle spots makes him the perfect candidate as the swing tackle. He’s started 38 games in his career at either right or left tackle.<\/p>\n

After the Cowboys lost the preseason finale to the Saints on Friday, coach Brian\u00a0Schottenheimer was asked if his team had its swing tackle.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, I think we feel good about our tackle group,\u201d he said. \u201cI think I want to see the film, see how\u00a0Nate did. Nate and Drew have been competing, but I want to see the film. But I thought we had a couple of really good days. We\u2019re using those guys in a little different way as well. But I hope so.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cowboys took care of a glaring need along their offensive line by trading two 2027 draft picks…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":420670,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1638,102,104,103,93042,88229],"class_list":["post-420669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-brief","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-tp-dallas-cowboys","tag-tp-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}