Hours earlier than the NFL commerce deadline Tuesday, the slumping Dallas Cowboys despatched a 2025 fourth-round decide to the Carolina Panthers for second-year WR Jonathan Mingo and a 2025 seventh-round decide, per NFL Community’s Tom Pelissero.
The commerce for Mingo underscores Dallas proprietor and basic supervisor Jerry Jones’ incapacity to construct a group. His poor administration of the group is mirrored by the Cowboys’ present state.
After a loss in Week 9 to Atlanta, Dallas is 3-5 and trails the Washington Commanders (7-2) and Philadelphia Eagles (6-2) within the NFC East. Even with a monumental midseason turnaround, profitable the division looks like a protracted shot for Dallas, which faces Philadelphia at house in Week 10, adopted by a sport at house in opposition to Houston (6-3) and one other at Washington.
Mingo, whom the Panthers chosen thirty ninth total in 2023, was listed as a backup on Carolina’s preliminary 2024 depth chart however climbed the ranks after WR Adam Thielen suffered a hamstring harm in Week 3 and WR Diontae Johnson was traded to the Baltimore Ravens.
Regardless of incomes 5 begins this season, Mingo has solely 12 receptions, 121 receiving yards and no touchdowns.
The commerce seems to be drastically worse when contemplating Jones, in an look on 105.3 The FAN Tuesday morning, recommended QB Dak Prescott would seemingly be positioned on injured reserve due to a hamstring harm suffered in Week 9, forcing him to overlook at the very least 4 video games.
When buying a younger receiver, it is essential that he develops alongside the group’s franchise quarterback to construct chemistry. Putting Mingo’s improvement within the arms of backup QB Cooper Rush for an prolonged time frame is a recipe for catastrophe.
Mingo, who had solely 418 yards receiving final season, is just not a difference-maker. If Jones is making ready to rebuild, why not use that fourth-round decide on a weapon within the 2025 draft? Dallas has a latest historical past of drafting effectively within the fourth spherical.
Cowboys traded away a 4th for WR Jonathan Mingo throughout a misplaced season with an injured QB & a possible soon-to-be fired HC
take into accout, gamers they’ve drafted within the 4th:
QB Dak Prescott
LB Anthony Hitchens
DL Dorance Armstrong
TEs Jake Ferguson & Dalton Schultznow no 2025 4th https://t.co/EzkJdLM5pC
— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) November 5, 2024
For the Panthers, a fourth-round choice for Mingo is unimaginable worth. Carolina now holds eight picks within the first 5 rounds of the 2025 NFL Draft.
Dallas, in the meantime, appears adrift in a misplaced season that would get a lot worse.
