Jerry Jones says Cowboys don't plan to initiate any trade talks ahead of deadline

The NFL trade deadline is rapidly approaching. With that, teams will look to offload players who they don’t feel can help them anymore and will add last-minute pieces to make a run. However, don’t expect the Dallas Cowboys to be overly aggressive at the deadline, according to Jerry Jones.

The Cowboys owner and general manager explained that Dallas isn’t currently planning on initiating any trade talks at the deadline.

“It’ll have to come our way,” Jerry Jones said. “I don’t want to preclude it in any way, but it always does. … That’s not showing a lack of aggressiveness, that’s just that’s where it starts. I like where we are with our personnel today, so I’m not thinking in any way that we need to upgrade our roster.”

Of course, this doesn’t mean that Dallas won’t make a trade. Instead, it means that Dallas won’t bring up a trade possibility with another team. However, other teams could still approach them.

Part of why Jerry Jones is so confident in his team is likely Dallas’ record to this point in the season. Even though there are games he would have liked to play better in, Jones is still happy with where the Cowboys are overall to this point in the season.

“I would’ve liked to have played better against the 49ers,” Jones said. “You see a team step up and play like Minnesota did and their quarterback did? [San Francisco] can be had. 4-2? I will take it, for sure,” Jones said. “But we have better football ahead of us.”

Jerry Jones says penalties should even out for both teams in games

NFL referees often face scrutiny from fans, players, and coaches. Jerry Jones also has his own thoughts on how games should be appreciated, including that penalties should more or less be even in games.

“Penalties are a big part of this,” Jones said. “Generally, in a given game, if the officiating is ‘what’s good for the goose, good for the gander,’ is the same for both sides, offense [and] defense, then you really haven’t had a game outcome change. And that one the other day [against the Chargers], we all got it equally.”

Jerry Jones is referring to Dallas’ game against Los Angeles on Monday Night Football. In that game, the Cowboys ended the game with 11 penalties for 85 yards while the Chargers had nine penalties for 79 yards.

It’s an interesting thought that penalties should be fairly equal. However, it is also clearly important to call every penalty that referees see, even if the amount on one team is uneven.