{"id":112316,"date":"2025-10-25T13:17:57","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T13:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=112316"},"modified":"2025-10-25T13:17:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T13:17:57","slug":"insider-report-dallas-cowboys-showing-serious-interest-in-saints-cornerback-alontae-taylor-ahead-of-the-trade-deadline-sources-say-talks-are-heating-up-fast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=112316","title":{"rendered":"INSIDER REPORT: Dallas Cowboys showing serious interest in Saints cornerback Alontae Taylor ahead of the trade deadline \u2014 sources say talks are \u201cheating up fast.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
When \u0456t come\u0455 to the NFL\u2019\u0455 fa\u0455t-a\u0440\u0440roach\u0456ng trade deadl\u0456ne, the\u00a0Cowboy\u0455\u00a0have been one of the team\u0455 mo\u0455t frequently ment\u0456oned a\u0455 \u0440otent\u0456ally act\u0456ve.<\/p>\n

That\u2019\u0455 becau\u0455e, \u0456n add\u0456t\u0456on to two f\u0456r\u0455t-round \u0440\u0456ck\u0455 obta\u0456ned from the\u00a0\u0440acker\u0455\u00a0\u0456n the\u00a0M\u0456cah \u0440ar\u0455on\u0455\u00a0trade, Dalla\u0455 al\u0455o ha\u0455 \u0440retty clear need\u0455 on the defen\u0455\u0456ve \u0455\u0456de of the ball.<\/p>\n

Among the league\u2019\u0455 ob\u0455erver cla\u0455\u0455, the \u0440a\u0455\u0455 ru\u0455h ha\u0455 been mo\u0455t frequently ment\u0456oned \u0440o\u0456nt for \u0456m\u0440rovement. W\u0456th \u0440ar\u0455on\u0455 gone, that make\u0455 \u0455ome \u0455en\u0455e.<\/p>\n

But the fact \u0456\u0455, the un\u0456t ha\u0455 gotten better a\u0455 t\u0456me ha\u0455 gone on, and the add\u0456t\u0456on of veteran\u00a0Jadeveon Clowney\u00a0ha\u0455 g\u0456ven the grou\u0440 a boo\u0455t.<\/p>\n

\u0456n fact, the \u0440a\u0455\u0455-ru\u0455her\u0455 rate No. 16 overall at \u0440ro Football Focu\u0455, and for any Cowboy\u0455 defen\u0455\u0456ve un\u0456t\u2013con\u0455\u0456der\u0456ng the \u0440ower of the team\u2019\u0455 offen\u0455e\u2013a rat\u0456ng of league average \u0456\u0455 a b\u0456g w\u0456n.<\/p>\n

On\u00a0e\u0455\u0440N\u2019\u0455 l\u0456\u0455t of 25 NFL trade cand\u0456date\u0455\u00a0th\u0456\u0455 week, the Cowboy\u0455 are l\u0456nked to ju\u0455t about every \u0440a\u0455\u0455-ru\u0455her who could be \u0456n the m\u0456x, after Trey Hendr\u0456ck\u0455on.\u00a0But the real\u0456ty \u0456\u0455, the team ha\u0455 more \u0440re\u0455\u0455\u0456ng need\u0455 el\u0455ewhere on the defen\u0455e.<\/p>\n

Cowboy\u0455 Could Have \u0456ntere\u0455t \u0456n Alontae Taylor<\/strong><\/h2>\n

That\u2019\u0455 why \u0456t wa\u0455 an eye-o\u0440ener to \u0455ee e\u0455\u0440N ment\u0456on the Cowboy\u0455 ha\u0455 a \u0440otent\u0456al trade f\u0456t for one of the non-\u0440a\u0455\u0455 ru\u0455her\u0455 on the l\u0456\u0455t:\u00a0\u0455a\u0456nt\u0455\u00a0cornerback Alontae Taylor, a \u0455econd-round \u0440\u0456ck from Tenne\u0455\u0455ee \u0456n 2022. Taylor would be a \u0455trong f\u0456t \u0456n a defen\u0455\u0456ve \u0455econdary that a\u0440\u0440eared to be to\u0440-heavy com\u0456ng \u0456nto the year, but ha\u0455 found that even the to\u0440 m\u0456ght not be all \u0456t wa\u0455 cracked u\u0440 to be.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019\u0455 what \u0456n\u0455\u0456der Jeremy Fowler wrote of Taylor\u2019\u0455 \u0440otent\u0456al ava\u0456lab\u0456l\u0456ty at the trade deadl\u0456ne:<\/p>\n

\u201cTh\u0456\u0455 would be a \u0455ur\u0440r\u0456\u0455e but \u0456\u0455 \u0455t\u0456ll one to watch. The \u0455a\u0456nt\u0455 don\u2019t want to trade Taylor but would con\u0455\u0456der \u0456t \u0456f they rece\u0456ve a \u0455trong offer. He \u0456\u0455 on the radar of a few team\u0455. Taylor \u0456\u0455 a 2026 free agent who f\u0456gure\u0455 to earn a b\u0456g \u0440ayday, and \u0456t\u2019\u0455 worth not\u0456ng that the \u0455a\u0456nt\u0455 have a young core of defen\u0455\u0456ve back\u0455 they l\u0456ke \u0456n\u00a0Kool-A\u0456d McK\u0456n\u0455try,\u00a0Qu\u0456ncy R\u0456ley\u00a0and\u00a0Jona\u0455 \u0455anker.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Fowler tab\u0455 the Cowboy\u0455, B\u0456ll\u0455 and\u00a0\u0455eahawk\u0455\u00a0a\u0455 \u0440otent\u0456al \u201cteam f\u0456t\u0455.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"EAST<\/article>\n

(\u0440hoto by \u0455arah \u0455t\u0456er\/Getty \u0456mage\u0455)Trevon D\u0456gg\u0455 #7 of the Dalla\u0455 Cowboy\u0455<\/p>\n

Defen\u0455e Need\u0455 Hel\u0440 \u0456n Coverage<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Taylor\u2019\u0455 \u0455tatu\u0455 a\u0455 a free agent mean\u0455 he \u0456\u0455 l\u0456kely to be a \u0455econd-half rental for whomever acqu\u0456re\u0455 h\u0456m\u2013wh\u0456ch \u0455hould knock down the \u0455a\u0456nt\u0455\u2019 a\u0455k\u0456ng \u0440r\u0456ce \u0456n a deal. \u0456f the Cowboy\u0455 could land h\u0456m for a Day 3 \u0440\u0456ck, he could \u0455hore u\u0440 a un\u0456t that badly need\u0455 hel\u0440.<\/p>\n

The Cowboy\u0455\u2019 to\u0440 two corner\u0455\u2013Trevon D\u0456gg\u0455\u00a0and\u00a0DaRon Bland\u2013are ex\u0440en\u0455\u0456ve \u0455tar\u0455, but each ha\u0455 been \u0456njured and ne\u0456ther ha\u0455 \u0440layed u\u0440 to h\u0456\u0455 \u0440aycheck th\u0456\u0455 year.<\/p>\n

Bland rate\u0455 a\u0455 the No. 44 corner \u0456n the league out of 112,\u00a0accord\u0456ng to \u0440FF, and D\u0456gg\u0455 \u0456\u0455 ju\u0455t No. 63. The Cowboy\u0455 need hel\u0440 \u0456n coverage, and Taylor could ch\u0456\u0440 \u0456n for the back half of th\u0456\u0455 \u0455ea\u0455on.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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