Jerry Jones on trade deadline after huge Cowboys win over Rams: 'Doesn't look like we'll be doing anything'

Outside of a couple rough games, the Dallas Cowboys have had a pretty good season thus far. They whipped the LA Rams on Sunday 43-20. The Cowboys currently sit at 5-2 overall and the roster seems in good enough shape for the liking of owner Jerry Jones. With the October 31st trade deadline rapidly approaching, he let everyone know he doesn’t plan to be making any moves. “It doesn’t look like we’ll be doing anything,” Jones said in a tweet posted by Jon Machota of The Athletic.

It’s not that surprising, considering how the Cowboys have looked at times this year. They’re currently allowing 287.4 yards per game on defense, ranking them third in the NFL in that stat. The Cowboys defense looked its most dominant against the New York Giants (40-0) and their awful offensive line, which has looked like one of the worst in NFL history thus far. While the franchise has shown plenty of upside, they’ve also been exposed against their elite competition (please see San Francisco dominating them 42-10).

So, it might not exactly be the message that Cowboys fans want to hear. But like it or not, that’s how it’s going to be. It’s tough to tell which Dallas team will show up. Will it be the team that has shown Super Bowl upside? Or the one that once again disappoints when the lights are the brightest against tougher competition? Cowboys fans are surely hoping they avoid the same disappointing early exits of the past few years. They lost in the Wild Card in 2021 and 2022 to the San Francisco 49ers.

Cowboys trade rumors

One of the biggest names the Cowboys were linked to in online trade rumors was Tennessee Titans star running back Derrick Henry. Henry was the subject of several trade rumors before the deadline, but he put all those questions to bed recently when he let everybody know that he’s happy to be a Titan. Henry currently has 425 rushing yards and three touchdowns on 98 carries. He’s one of the greatest backs to ever suit up in the league, but the odds of that trade actually happening were actually quite slim.

One more realistic option that was circling the rounds online before the trade deadline was the possibility of Arizona linebacker Kyzir White coming to Dallas. The Cowboys have been dealing with the neck injury to linebacker Leighton Vander Esch, so they clearly could use some help at the position.

White leads the Cardinals in tackles and ranks second on the team in tackles for loss. He’s the signal-caller for the middle of the Arizona defense, but his comments about Dak Prescott would have made for an awkward locker room conversation when bringing him in.