{"id":116756,"date":"2025-11-03T08:05:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T08:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=116756"},"modified":"2025-11-03T08:05:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T08:05:19","slug":"%f0%9f%9a%a8%f0%9f%8f%88-insider-report-cowboys-willing-to-trade-their-ex-first-round-pick-before-the-deadline-shocking-move-could-shake-up-the-entire-locker-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=116756","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udea8\ud83c\udfc8 INSIDER REPORT: Cowboys willing to trade their ex\u2013first-round pick before the deadline \u2014 shocking move could shake up the entire locker room!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"has-video wp-caption \">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2243455801-e1762127087555.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2243455801-e1762127087555.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2243455801-e1762127087555.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2243455801-e1762127087555.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Jerry Jones Dallas Cowboys\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" data-img-load-time=\"1194\" data-dom-ready-time=\"2022\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0NFL\u00a0trade deadline is only a couple days away, with the buzzer sounding on Tues. Nov. 4. As the deadline approaches, the\u00a0Dallas Cowboys\u00a0seem to be as aggressive as any team in the league, with the America\u2019s Team intent on upgrading its squad on the defensive side of the football.<\/p>\n<p>Even though the Cowboys have one of the best offenses in the NFL right now, with star quarterback\u00a0Dak Prescott\u00a0having one of the best seasons of his career, the team hasn\u2019t been able to recover defensively since trading superstar linebacker\u00a0Micah Parsons\u00a0to the\u00a0Green Bay Packers\u00a0before Week 1.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\">That said, the Cowboys have been scouring the league looking for defensive upgrades, with the team seemingly willing to trade a former first-round draft pick.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Cowboys Willing to Trade Defensive Tackle Mazi Smith<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_5582074\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5582074 visible\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2191128942-e1762127189120.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Mazi Smith Dallas Cowboys\" width=\"780\" height=\"437\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5582074\" data-lazy-load=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2191128942-e1762127189120.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>GettyMazi Smith #58 of the\u00a0Dallas Cowboys.<\/p>\n<p>The Cowboys\u2019 efforts to make trade and improve defensively have fallen flat. However, that could change over ahead of the NFL trade deadline, as the team is reportedly willing to make defensive tackle\u00a0Mazi Smith, according to\u00a0Ian Rapoport of NFL Network.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\">The Dallas Cowboys have been in just about every trade article known to man, and this one is no exception. While they might not pull off\u00a0another blockbuster\u00a0like when they dealt\u00a0Micah Parsons\u00a0at the end of August, they are in the market for a pass rusher, sources say. Arden Key, the Dolphins\u2019\u00a0Jaelan Phillips\u00a0and\u00a0Bradley Chubb, and the Raiders\u2019\u00a0Malcolm Koonce\u00a0are among the edge rushers who could be traded. Dallas also appears to be open to trading 2023 first-round DT\u00a0Mazi Smith, who has only played in five games this season.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\">It remains to be seen whether any teams bite on trade offers from the Cowboys, but they might get teams a bit more intrigued with the willingness to add a promising young player, even if it is a player from the defense that they are trying to improve.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Will Cowboys Make a Move Ahead of the NFL Trade Deadline?<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_5582078\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5582078 visible\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2239415021-e1762127470190.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Bradley Chubb Miami Dolphins\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5582078\" data-lazy-load=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2239415021-e1762127470190.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/figure>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5582078\" class=\"wp-caption-text\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span>Bradley Chubb #2 of the Miami Dolphins.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\">There seems to be no shortage of notable defensive players around the NFL that could be available ahead of the NFL trade deadline on Nov. 4. The Cowboys are fully aware of this and are doing everything in their power to acquire a potential game-changer for their defense to help make a playoff run during the second half of the 2025 campaign.<\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\">The real question is whether any of these potential defensive game-changers will be traded ahead of Tuesday\u2019s deadline and which player will the Cowboys have the opportunity to get their hands on.<\/p>\n<p>Among the players mentioned frequently ahead of the NFL trade deadline are\u00a0Trey Hendrickson\u00a0(Cincinnati Bengals),\u00a0Bradley Chubb\u00a0(Miami Dolphins),\u00a0Malcolm Koonce\u00a0(Las Vegas Raiders) and\u00a0Jaelen Phillips (Miami Dolphins). There\u2019s a chance that one of these players could be Dallas bound before the buzzer sounds on the deadline.<\/p>\n<p>Las Vegas Raiders superstar defensive end\u00a0Maxx Crosby\u00a0has also been a trade target for the Cowboys, Las Vegas has been adamant about keeping him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0NFL\u00a0trade deadline is only a couple days away, with the buzzer sounding on Tues. Nov. 4. 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