Jerry Jones says Cowboys are ‘in play’ to make another trade for this season

The Dallas Cowboys only have five picks in next year’s NFL Draft, but that doesn’t seem to bother Jerry Jones.

During one of his weekly radio appearances on 105.3 The Fan in Dallas on Tuesday morning, the Cowboys owner and general manager expressed that he has more interest in improving this year’s roster than concern over limited future picks.

The Cowboys recently restructured the contracts of defensive tackle Kenny Clark, tight end Jake Ferguson and cornerback DaRon Bland to create more salary-cap space.

While that space can also be carried over into next season, Jones sounded very interested in potentially using it this year.

“That does show that we have really viable, serious room financially to make a trade if we wanted to right now,” he said of the restructures.

Jones added that “generally speaking,” the Cowboys are “in play” to make a move and that it would probably come on defense.

More help might be necessary at pass rusher or cornerback, but inside linebacker could also be a possibility depending on how the group performs early in the season and its overall health.

Regarding not making a trade for an offensive player, Jones said the Cowboys’ “big move” was adding tackle Broderick Jones two weeks ago.

The Cowboys sent the Pittsburgh Steelers a third- and sixth-round pick for Jones and a fourth-round pick. He has been competing with Terence Steele for the starting right tackle job. Steele is expected to remain the starter, and Jones is likely to be the team’s swing tackle.