Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones promised that his team would be active during the NFL trade deadline on Tuesday and although he lived up to that promise, the Cowboys might have been better off if he didn't.

It’s not the same splash the Cowboys made a few years ago when they acquired Amari Cooper before the trade deadline, but Dallas did make a move for a WR. Can confirm that Cowboys have acquired Jonathan Mingo & a 7th round pick from Carolina in exchange for a 4th.

After superstar pass-rusher Aidan Hutchinson went down for the season, the Lions had a gaping hole on their otherwise Super Bowl-caliber roster. Detroit legitimately had everything except for a difference-maker off the defensive edge, a place that some of the other NFC powers (and the AFC's heavyweights) could probably exploit in the postseason.