{"id":772145,"date":"2026-02-24T00:19:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T00:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/772145\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T00:19:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T00:19:14","slug":"dallas-cowboys-are-open-to-trading-one-of-their-first-round-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/772145\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Cowboys are \u2018open\u2019 to trading one of their first round picks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Dallas Cowboys are letting teams know they are open for business. On Monday at the NFL combine, Stephen Jones said the team is \u201copen\u201d to moving one of their first-round picks for a player.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Being open for business also comes with a caveat for Jones and the Cowboys\u2014it has to be for the right player and the right fit. When the Cowboys traded away Micah Parsons, they desperately wanted defensive tackle Kenny Clark to be a part of that deal. Before acquiring Quinnen Williams at the trade deadline, the Cowboys already had their sights set on him in the offseason as a player they wanted in the building.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Cowboys won\u2019t just trade for anyone, and they have also shown restraint, avoiding overpaying in recent history. There are a few names floating around that could make sense to move a first-round pick for that would help fill a need for Dallas. Maxx Crosby has made his feelings known about the current state of the Las Vegas Raiders and could want out. Could 12th overall move the needle enough, along with a future draft pick, to acquire the star defensive end?<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">How about in the secondary? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloggingtheboys.com\/dallas-cowboys-draft\/197307\/mock-draft-daniel-jeremiah-trent-mcduffie-trade-hypothetical\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL Network\u2019s Daniel Jeremiah threw out a trade scenario<\/a> where Dallas gets Trent McDuffie from Kansas City in exchange for the Cowboys\u2019 second pick in the first round (20th overall). McDuffie would give Christian Parker a chess piece to move around at the nickel position or on the outside.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Just because a trade doesn\u2019t happen before the draft doesn\u2019t mean the Cowboys can\u2019t move one of the picks on draft night. The Philadelphia Eagles were able to acquire A.J. Brown from the Tennessee Titans during the first round, which seemed like an underpay for someone of Brown\u2019s talent at the time. Teams can get desperate on draft night and could raise the value of Dallas\u2019 first-round picks the further this process goes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Obviously, they could move a pick during the draft to get more picks. They would have to see how the board is playing out, but with two picks and no day two ammunition, that could make the most sense for a trade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Dallas has shown they are confident in their ability to draft players, so it\u2019s very likely they stick and pick with both selections in the first round. But if the right opportunity presents itself to make the team better, it\u2019s good to know the front office is willing to negotiate and use their draft picks as bargaining chips.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dallas Cowboys are letting teams know they are open for business. On Monday at the NFL combine,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":354984,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2066],"tags":[230,229,257,437,436,2461,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-772145","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas-cowboys","8":"tag-cowboys","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-dallas-cowboys","11":"tag-dallas-cowboys-draft","12":"tag-dallas-cowboys-news","13":"tag-dallascowboys","14":"tag-football","15":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116122745069850489","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=772145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/354984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=772145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=772145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=772145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}