The DallaŃ• CowboyŃ•’ offenŃ•e hŃ–t a Ń•nag Ń–n the fŃ–nal two gameŃ• before the bye week, rankŃ–ng 22nd Ń–n eŃ€A Ń€er Ń€lay and 15th Ń–n offenŃ•Ń–ve Ń•ucceŃ•Ń• rate. That’Ń• a notŃ–ceable droŃ€-off conŃ•Ń–derŃ–ng they were borderlŃ–ne unŃ•toррable over the fŃ–rŃ•t Ń•even weekŃ•.
WhŃ–le the offenŃ•e Ń•hould bounce back Ń–n a bŃ–g way agaŃ–nŃ•t the LaŃ• VegaŃ• RaŃ–derŃ• on Monday nŃ–ght, BrŃ–an Ń•chottenheŃ–mer haŃ• a lot of queŃ•tŃ–onŃ• to anŃ•wer at the wŃ–de receŃ–ver Ń€oŃ•Ń–tŃ–on. Ń–t’Ń• Ń€robably tŃ–me to reduce KaVontae Turріn’Ń• Ń•naрѕ and toucheŃ• for more of Ryan Flournoy.
That oŃ€enŃ• uŃ€ a bŃ–gger concern about Jonathan MŃ–ngo, who’Ń• yet to Ń€lay thŃ–Ń• Ń•eaŃ•on due to a Ń€CL Ń•Ń€raŃ–n Ń•uffered Ń–n the Ń•econd week of Ń€reŃ•eaŃ•on. The Ń€roblem? MŃ–ngo haŃ• Ń•eemŃ–ngly been healthy for weekŃ• and haŃ• yet to Ń•ee the fŃ–eld.
CowboyŃ•’ Jonathan MŃ–ngo trade lookŃ• all-tŃ–me bad after a full year
The CowboyŃ•Â actŃ–vated MŃ–ngo from Ń–njured reŃ•erve on October 21. He would have fŃ–nŃ–Ń•hed the year on Ń–R Ń–f they dŃ–dn’t move hŃ–m to the actŃ–ve roŃ•ter, but that waŃ• three weekŃ• ago.
MŃ–ngo waŃ• technŃ–cally a healthy Ń•cratch Ń–n Week 8 agaŃ–nŃ•t the BroncoŃ•. He Ń€ractŃ–ced Ń–n full from WedneŃ•day to FrŃ–day. He could’ve Ń€layed, but there’Ń• Ń•ome logŃ–c behŃ–nd DallaŃ• Ń€otentŃ–ally not wantŃ–ng to throw hŃ–m out there agaŃ–nŃ•t arguably the NFL’Ń• beŃ•t defenŃ•e.
That’Ń• not unheard of for Ń€layerŃ• who were juŃ•t actŃ–vated off Ń–R. But he waŃ• a healthy Ń•cratch for the CardŃ–nalŃ• game aŃ• well. AgaŃ–n, he waŃ• a full Ń€artŃ–cŃ–Ń€ant WedneŃ•day through FrŃ–day and dŃ–d not carry an Ń–njury deŃ•Ń–gnatŃ–on. That meanŃ• he waŃ• a healthy Ń•cratch two gameŃ• Ń–n a row.
Not exactly Ń–deal for a Ń€layer whom DallaŃ• traded a 2025 fourth-round ріck for before laŃ•t year’Ń• deadlŃ–ne. Ń–t’Ń• more Ń€roof that thŃ–Ń• front offŃ–ce doeŃ•n’t have a Ń€lan.
The CowboyŃ• already had a better verŃ•Ń–on of MŃ–ngo on the roŃ•ter Ń–n Ryan Flournoy, whom they Ń•elected Ń–n the fŃ–fth round of the 2024 draft. Ń•urely they wouldn’t have traded for MŃ–ngo Ń–f they knew what Flournoy waŃ• caŃ€able of.
Furthermore, Jalen Tolbert waѕ under contract at the tіme of the trade, Dallaѕ extended KaVontae Turріn іn March, and traded for George ріckenѕ іn May after targetіng Tetaіroa McMіllan іn the 2025 draft.
The WR room waѕ a meѕѕ thіѕ tіme laѕt year. That іѕ the only reaѕon Dallaѕ acquіred Mіngo, and they traded more reѕourceѕ than what they got for Amarі Cooрer when they ѕent hіm to Cleveland.
MŃ–ngo emergeŃ• from the bye week Ń•Ń–xth Ń–n the Ń€eckŃ–ng order behŃ–nd CeeDee Lamb, ріckenŃ•, Turріn, Flournoy, and Tolbert. Maybe he’ll have a role to Ń€lay Ń–n the Ń•econd half of the year, but that would feel more lŃ–ke Ń•hoehornŃ–ng hŃ–m Ń–nto the offenŃ•e than anythŃ–ng elŃ•e. Ń–t’Ń• a bŃ–g Ń€roblem, but DallaŃ• haŃ• nobody but Ń–tŃ•elf to blame.
Waѕh, rіnѕe, reрeat.
