Dallas City News

Cowboys get WR help in trade for Jonathan Mingo – Tommy Yarrish, DallasCowboys.com

The Dallas Cowboys bolstered their wide receiver depth for now and in the future.

The Cowboys acquired wide receiver Jonathan Mingo via a trade with the Carolina Panthers. Dallas is sending a 2025 fourth-round pick to Carolina for Mingo and a 2025 seventh-round pick.

The corresponding move is a release of cornerback Andrew Booth, who was acquired via trade during this year’s training camp in Oxnard.

Mingo was the 39th overall pick in the 2023 NFL draft, and in 24 career games has caught 55 passes for 539 yards and has yet to score his first career touchdown. The 6’2, 220 pound wideout gives the Cowboys a big target that still has two years remaining on his rookie contract after the 2024 season, and Mingo gets a fresh start to his career in Dallas.

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones mentioned on his weekly 105.3 The Fan radio show this morning that the Cowboys would likely be acquiring a wide receiver that they liked coming out of college. Now, they’ve got him.

“We’re going to bring a receiver in more than likely today that we really have thought a lot of and wanted to draft him,” Jones said. “And so we’re going to get a chance to get him.”

Mingo played four seasons at Ole Miss, where he caught 112 passes for 1,758 yards and 12 touchdowns, and received 2nd-team All-SEC honors in his senior season. At the combine in Indianapolis, Mingo ran a 4.46 second 40-yard dash, tallied a 39.5” vertical, and a 10’ 9” broad jump.

NFL trade deadline 2024 winners and losers – Robert Zeglinski, USA Today

Dallas’ acquisition of Mingo from Carolina is receiving mixed reviews from the media.

Loser: Jerry Jones, for trying to maximize the Dallas Cowboys’ disappointing pile of trash

Unfortunately, Dak Prescott is on injured reserve. The Cowboys’ offensive line can’t reliably block anyone, the defense is inept, and the players have likely tuned out lame-duck coach Mike McCarthy en route to a middling 3-5 record. Now would have been the time for the Cowboys to pack it in for the season and regroup for next year. If Dallas was going to do anything at this trade deadline, it should’ve been selling (though to be fair, it didn’t really have much to sell).

Instead (DEEP BREATH), owner Jerry Jones traded a fourth-round draft pick (these players are supposed to be starters) for Jonathan Mingo, a receiver with 12 catches for 121 yards in 19 career starts. Dearest readers, the Chiefs got potential Hall of Famer DeAndre Hopkins for less! From a team management standpoint and the context of the Cowboys’ season actively going down in flames, this might be the worst trade Jones has ever made. Period. End of story.

I’m not shocked Jones did it, given his well-established precedent of foolishness, but I am, nonetheless, quite flabbergasted. I’m so sorry to all of the Cowboys, Los Angeles Lakers, and New York Yankees fans out there. Stay strong.

Commanders acquire CB Marshon Lattimore via trade with Saints – Zach Selby, Commanders.com

For anyone who missed the news, Dan Quinn and the Washington Commanders added to their defense.

The Washington Commanders have acquired cornerback Marshon Lattimore via trade with the New Orleans Saints, pending a physical.

Washington has sent a third-, fourth- and sixth-round pick in the 2025 draft to the Saints in exchange for Lattimore and a 2025 fifth-round pick.

Lattimore, the No. 11 overall pick by the Saints in 2017 draft, has appeared in 97 games with as many starts. He has 405 tackles in his eight-year career to go with 15 interceptions, 88 pass breakups and five forced fumbles. Two of Lattimore’s interceptions were returned for touchdowns.

Lattimore has been voted to four Pro Bowls in his career, including three straight from 2019-21. His first Pro Bowl appearance came after his rookie season in 2017, when he was named the Defensive Rookie of the Year for recording five interceptions (one returned for a touchdown), 18 pass breakups and 53 tackles. According to Pro Football Focus, Lattimore allowed a catch rate of just 53.8% and zero touchdowns.

From 2019-21, Lattimore recorded six interceptions, 44 pass breakups and 187 tackles. During that span, the Saints were a top 15 team in passing yards allowed in 2020 and 2021. They also held quarterbacks to the fourth lowest passer rating in each of those seasons.

DeMarvion Overshown has been one of the few bright spots for the Cowboys in 2024 – Matt Lenix, Blogging the Boys

The Cowboys 2023 class can be saved if Overshown turns into a superstar.

Although the Cowboys didn’t win last Sunday, Overshown, again, had a case for being the team’s best player on defense. He put up seven tackles with three tackles being for a loss, which is a season high for Overshown. Two months into the season, Overshown’s play isn’t exciting just because he’s producing. It’s how he’s looked doing it. Yes, the Cowboys run defense is still bad overall as it’s ranked 31st in the league.

However, Overshown continues to show the ability to flow sideline to sideline with no hesitation and speed. He shoots through gaps extremely fast, and he attacks as soon as he reads a play, which is very key against the run. That’s the type of guy you want on the second level of your defense. Now, if the Cowboys got better play on the interior of their defensive line, that would keep offensive lineman from getting to the second level and putting a hat on Overshown, and he would have free reign to roam and make plays.

For the season, Overshown is second on the Cowboys with 56 tackles. He also has two sacks, five tackles for loss, two pass breakups, and a forced fumble. This is exactly what Dallas could have hoped for after his ACL injury. Veteran Eric Kendricks is the alpha dog in the linebacker room.

However, he’ll likely be a one-year rental, which makes Overshown the perfect kind of player to build around on the Cowboys defense for the foreseeable future along with All-Pro Micah Parsons. Speed, the ability to read and diagnose plays, and an aggressive play style are all a part of Overshown’s tool bag. He’s already a fantastic player, and he’s only going to improve as time goes on.