The Cowboys are staring at a 3-5 record after their 33-30 overtime loss to the Arizona Cardinals in Week 8, and that kind of slide naturally pushes the conversation toward Jerry Jones and the trade deadline. With Nov. 10 closing in, Dallas is once again being mentioned as a team that could make one of Jones’ signature big swings.
One name now tied to the Cowboys is Cardinals edge rusher Josh Sweat. ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler and Dan Graziano surfaced the connection in their latest roundup of trade chatter, and Fowler pointed out that Dallas could be looking for help on the pass rush front even though it has not yet pulled the trigger on any move there.
“Cardinals edge rusher Josh Sweat has been linked to Dallas, which could be in the pass rush market but hasn’t made any moves there yet,” Fowler says. “The sense I get from teams in the edge rusher market is that Sweat would prefer a new deal as part of a trade -- or at least a sweetener, such as a raise on his $18.1 million salary this year or next.”
That contract detail may be the sticking point. Fowler also noted, “He’s in the second year of a four-year, $76 million contract, so wanting it reworked so early in the deal could be a hurdle to a trade.”
Still, the fit is easy to understand. Edge rusher has been a position Dallas has had its eye on for a long time, and with the deadline approaching, the Cowboys are in the middle of the kind of situation that tends to put them in the rumor mill.
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