The Dallas Cowboys did not add a wide receiver in the NFL Draft, but owner and general manager Jerry Jones is not ruling out an addition before the season starts.
The Cowboys are going into the season with Jalen Tolbert as the No.2 option for Dak Prescott. However, according to NFL Network's Kevin Patra, Jones hinted at the fact that the Cowboys could be eyeing a late offseason move.
"It definitely was a big-time thought, but the train has not left the station if improvement is needed from what we've got on campus," Jones old reporters. "I'm looking at the same sheet maybe you got in front of you that I have in front of me and it shows our No. 114 pick trade to Carolina for Jonathan Mingo. Well, we've obviously known that.
"My point is that (Cowboys EVP) Stephen (Jones) says it best, it's a year-round deal, but we don't have to be through at receiver in any way," Jones continued. "As a matter of fact, as we got on into the draft, the likelihood of creating competition if we did go out and did something that's important to us in free agency, started making the depth we've got on the roster right now with our possible twos and threes that might be competitive there if we brought someone that was obvious to everybody that he's your second man. So, I'm just giving you the benefit of the mentality there. But definitely the idea that we could, if the opportunity comes up, if we want to, can address this in free agency."
The Cowboys' options in free agency this late into the offseason are limited. Keenan Allen and Amari Cooper headline the available receivers. The Cowboys were seemingly interested in a receiver early in the draft, but perhaps the way the board fell, they pivoted.
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Micah Parsons' reaction when the Carolina Panthers selected Tetairoa McMillan at No.8 hinted at the Cowboys' desire to draft him early.
"That was supposed to be our pick," he exclaimed during a Bleacher Report live stream.
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