We have been saying they can trade for one for a while now. The Dallas Cowboys have a need at linebacker and nobody wants them to enter the NFL draft that way. So a trade makes sense. Burn a pick, fill the hole, and allow yourself to draft freely. It is very logical.
You can (obviously) apply this logic across an entire roster. There are different levels of needs so nothing is completely identical, but the point is that filling a spot with an existing player instead of using a draft pick during the draft itself
to do it is one way to approach things that can be beneficial. Look at how the Cowboys did it at wide receiver with George Pickens last year, although that trade occurred after the draft and not before it.
There is a new veteran option available at cornerback
On Friday it was reported that the Indianapolis Colts and cornerback Kenny Moore mutually agreed to seek a trade partner for him. Hello.
Moore has bee a stable part of Indianapolis’ defense for almost a decade now. He is hardly someone who could be viewed as a long-term answer for the Cowboys, but he could provide an answer at the position for 2026 and therefore eliminate the intense need (as things currently stand) at cornerback in the here and now.
Say something absurd happens like Caleb Downs legitimately falling to the Cowboys at 12 overall (one NFL insider believes this is possible). Dallas could take him (we would riot if they didn’t) and pivot to the best player available at 20 and have cornerback at least addressed for the upcoming season. This is just one hypothetical, but you get the point.
For what it’s worth the finances of Moore’s current contract situation are worth monitoring. He is hardly coming in at league minimum to whoever does decide to trade for him.
Indianapolis owes Moore $10 million in base salary and per-game bonuses this season, which it would save if he is traded. But that sum likely complicates efforts to trade him as a team would have to take on that salary. A pre-June 1 trade would save the Colts more than $7 million in salary cap space.
The price point associated with Moore is such that it seems unlikely that any NFL team will give up much. Perhaps this is a situation where the league will just wait the Colts out and see if they cut Moore outright, perhaps after June 1st.
At that point it would certainly make more sense than right now. This is worth discussing, but probably not something that should be legitimately pursued.
