Jerry Jones hints Cowboys have made trade ahead of Tuesday's deadline, declines to give details

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Giddy up, Cowboys fans: It looks like Dallas is making a move ahead of Tuesday’s NFL trade deadline..

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones intimated as much on Monday, telling Stephen A. Smith during an interview on Sirius XM Radio that “we certainly have made a trade.”

Ever the showman, Jones declined to share any details regarding the incoming move.

“A lot of action going on right now in terms of trading, we certainly have made a trade and we may make a couple more trades before that deadline,” Jones said, via the Dallas Morning News. “We’ve made one. We possibly could make two more, and I’m going to wait and let you read about that when we send the papers in tomorrow.”

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The big remaining questions are who the newcomer will be, what position does he play and what Dallas gave up in the deal.

Jones said on Monday the player would “address some of the things that have been our shortcomings.”

Defense certainly has been Dallas’ shortcoming through the first eight games of the season — the Cowboys play the Arizona Cardinals on Monday night — allowing 31.3 points per game (31st in NFL entering Week 9).

Pass rusher, of course, is an area of need following the decision to trade Micah Parsons to the Packers at the end of August. Veteran James Houston currently leads the team with 3.5 sacks, and defensive tackle Kenny Clark, who was part of the Parsons blockbuster, is the only other defender with more than one sack this year.

NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported on Sunday that Dallas indeed is in the market for a pass rusher.

One of the players possibly on the Cowboys’ radar (Jaelan Phillips) was dealt to the rival Philadelphia Eagles on Monday morning. The Titans’ Arden Key, the Dolphins’ Bradley Chubb and the Raiders’ Malcolm Koonce were other names to monitor, per Rapoport.

We have until Tuesday at 4 p.m. ET to find out what exactly Jones has up his sleeve.

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