Game-Changer: Mingo’s Arrival Signals New Era for Dallas WRs
The trade deadline of 2024 wasn’t as silent as originally assumed for the Dallas Cowboys. Instead, the team went out to acquire some lacking talent. Specifically, the addition of Jonathan Mingo to the Cowboys wide receiver room. Although his stats seem average at best, there’s a bigger, underlying reason to acquire this trade. It has less to do with the 2024 football season and more to do with what happens after.
Cowboys Wide Receiver Room Adds Jonathan Mingo as a Future Play
The Youngest Wide Receiver Room in Football
Over the last few years, the Dallas Cowboys have been slowly acquiring young talent at wide receiver. With Brandin Cooks injured and CeeDee Lamb collecting his first real contract check, all of the other players in this room are still on their rookie contract. Many are still shaping into the wide receivers they can be in the future. But almost all of them have a lot of work to do.
Cooks, who is now able to move off of Injured Reserve, was a reliable WR2 for the few games he played this season. Yet, with this injury and with his contract up in a few months, he might not be a guaranteed return. Lamb is highly talented and the future of the Cowboys organization. Jalen Tolbert, another young receiver, is showing some promise this year. But outside of those three, there isn’t enough. Especially with Cooks still injured and Tolbert struggling with separation. So there’s an immediate need for Mingo coming into this Cowboys wide receiver room.
