‘We Will Trade!’ Dallas Cowboys’ Jerry Jones Reacts: NFL Deadline Truths

‘We Will Trade!’ Dallas Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones Reacts: NFL Deadline Truths

FRISCO - “We will trade!” Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said on Thursday here inside The Star during his team’s practice, his three-word utterance a sign of …

Virtually noting. … as we have tried to explain all week as the Oct. 31 trade deadline approaches … and indeed, as we have tried to explain in our 34-year term of covering the Cowboys and becoming the original experts at the game of “Translating Jerry.”

But wait, you in Cowboys Nation (and more, you in the unwashed national media who still don’t speak the language) … didn’t he just get done saying that the 4-2 Cowboys are happy with their roster and will therefore not initiate trade talks with other teams?

The Two Jerrys

Jerry did say that. And it was nonsense then, as we pointed out at the time, just as it is now.

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So … “We will trade!” Is that a “change in policy”? Of course not - because the former philosophy was completely bogus.

So … “We will trade!” Is that a promise to be active in the coming days? Nope, even though Jerry’s “Little Rock Salesman Word Salad” - accidentally or otherwise - leaves that impression.

What he was doing with that three-word declaration was “reacting.” Reacting to what?

His own previous and contradictory statement indicating that he likely will not trade! Jerry is reacting to Jerry!

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“We will trade” was meant to be a general statement about his historical nature as a wild-catter (that’s oil-and-gas lingo) as he later noted, saying, “I’m by nature ‘active.’ I’m by nature a risk-taker. … We will trade. Make no mistake about it. We will make a deal, but it’s certainly got a high bar because I like our team.”

“Translating Jerry”? He’s saying, “We will (not be afraid to) trade.”

OK. Is it all clear now? Nope. It’s not. Because on the practice field on Thursday he kept taking … and did another 180.

“I don’t see anything heated up to a level that would cause something to happen,” Jones said. “If we don’t do anything at this trade deadline, we’ve got a team, in my mind, that can get us where we want to go.”

Wow. Put a shovel under Jerry’s shoe as he does this many 180s, all in a row and quickly enough, and the “wild-career” almost drilled himself an oil well right there on the practice field.