{"id":6414,"date":"2025-10-16T09:21:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T09:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/6414\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T09:21:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T09:21:17","slug":"dallas-cowboys-news-trade-deadline-decisions-dependent-on-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/6414\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Cowboys news: Trade deadline decisions dependent on record"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cowboys may be expecting two players back on what\u2019s been a struggling defense so far in 2025. Linebacker DeMarvion Overshown<\/a> could be back after the team\u2019s bye Nov. 9 after a serious knee injury last year. Rookie cornerback Shavon Revel Jr.<\/a> may make his debut in the next month or so as he finishes rehabilitation on a torn ACL suffered in college.<\/p>\n

But what if Jones and company don\u2019t wait for those two players to make their debut? Dallas is armed with extra draft picks thanks to the Micah Parsons trade<\/a> – an extra first-round pick in the 2026 and 2027 NFL Drafts – and more cap space.<\/p>\n

Jones revealed the team is weighing their options ahead of the Nov. 4 deadline.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will weigh what are the likelihood of the players we\u2019ve got coming back, how will they impact where that will put this team as opposed to should we add a player in a trade?\u201d Jones said. \u201cAnd I don\u2019t have a trade in mind at all. And that comes about right now if someone is on the phone calling.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dallas could be active at the trade deadline. Here are six targets they should consider:<\/p>\n

Edge Danielle Hunter<\/a>, Houston Texans<\/a><\/p>\n

Hunter\u2019s been one of the best and most productive pass rushers in the league for a decade. He\u2019ll turn 31 years old later this month but he\u2019s shown no signs of slowing down with age. The Texas native has four sacks through five games this year and ranks eighth league-wide in sack percentage, per NFL Next Gen Stats<\/a>. His pass-rush get-off time is 0.84 seconds which is also top-10 league-wide.<\/p>\n

Dallas\u2019 defense needs help against both the run and pass. Hunter\u2019s the type of edge rusher who can assist in both areas. He\u2019s on pace for career-highs in tackles for loss as well as sacks this season.<\/p>\n

What may make this worth it for Houston is the long-term outlook for the franchise. They have contract extensions looming for franchise cornerstones Will Anderson Jr. and C.J. Stroud amid a 2-3 start to the 2025 season. Their playoff chances aren\u2019t looking good and it\u2019d be worth getting value for Hunter, who is only on the books through next season (with three void years tacked on to his contract).<\/p>\n

CB Trent McDuffie<\/a>, Kansas City Chiefs<\/a><\/p>\n

This one will definitely require one of those extra first-rounders. McDuffie\u2019s been a top-10 cornerback in the NFL since 2023 and is arguably the best slot cornerback in the league. He\u2019s spent more time outside for the Chiefs in 2024 and 2025 and is certainly usable in that alignment.<\/p>\n

McDuffie is playing on the fourth year of his five-year rookie contract. Dallas already has two high-priced cornerbacks on the roster in DaRon Bland and Trevon Diggs and adding McDuffie would make this the most expensive cornerback room in the league once he\u2019s on his fifth-year option. But he\u2019d also give the team a huge boost in coverage which it needs; Dallas ranks last in the NFL in expected points added (EPA) per pass allowed, per SumerSports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kansas City\u2019s developed plenty of great cornerbacks over the years. They could bet on their infrastructure to develop another corner and\/or use a first-rounder on a player at the position.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cowboys may be expecting two players back on what\u2019s been a struggling defense so far in 2025.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6415,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,932,104,103],"class_list":{"0":"post-6414","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-dallas","9":"tag-dallas-cowboys-news","10":"tag-dallas-headlines","11":"tag-dallas-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6414","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=6414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}