The Pittsburgh Steelers traded former first-round pick Broderick Jones to the Dallas Cowboys on Saturday. This came off the heels of the Georgia product playing deep into preseason games as he worked his way back from a neck injury and missed the entirety of spring workouts.
It also came after the Steelers declined to pick up his fifth-year option and drafted his replacement in the form of Max Iheanachor. Once that sequence of actions happened, Jones’ days in Pittsburgh were numbered.
Jones spoke to
the media for the first time as a member of the Cowboys and was asked what he believed didn’t work with him and the Steelers.
“For me, I would just say bouncing around, just not being able to get my feet set,” Jones said via John Machota of The Athletic. “That was a challenge for me. Coming in [to Dallas], hopefully I can stick to one side. Compete for that, get comfortable, get familiar with it, get familiar with who I’ll be playing next to and go from there.”
Jones originally replaced Chuks Okorafor at right tackle in 2023 and spent the entire 2024 season at that spot. In 2025, he moved to left tackle after the Steelers drafted Troy Fautanu. He played both right and left tackle in preseason this year.
Now, Jones will compete with Terrance Steele to be the Cowboys starting right tackle, while the Steelers will roll forward with Fautanu, Iheanachor, and Dylan Cook as their offensive tackles.
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