Kyler Fox and Mike Fisher report: Dallas bolsters its offensive line depth by acquiring the former Steelers standout, offering the injury-plagued tackle a high-stakes opportunity to revive his career under the Cowboys' spotlight.
FRISCO - The Dallas Cowboys aren't waiting until Week 1 to find out whether they have enough at offensive tackle.
Dallas is acquiring former first-round pick Broderick Jones and a fourth-round pick from the Pittsburgh Steelers in exchange for third- and sixth-round selections, adding another intriguing option to an offensive line that suddenly has a little more competition.
For Jones ... it's also a chance to restart a career that hasn't gone the way Pittsburgh envisioned when it traded up to select him No. 14 overall in the 2023 NFL Draft.
Jones became a regular starter for the Steelers, but his trajectory changed last November.
A neck injury suffered against the Chicago Bears in Week 12 ended his 2025 season and eventually required spinal fusion surgery.
His road back wasn't exactly straightforward.
Jones suffered a setback during his recovery this spring, raising questions about whether he would be ready for training camp. Pittsburgh declined the fifth-year option on his rookie contract shortly afterward, while the Steelers used the No. 21 pick in April on offensive tackle Max Iheanachor.
Jones eventually beat the timetable.
He was medically cleared in July and returned for training camp, but the former first-round pick no longer had a starting job waiting for him.
Instead, Jones spent August competing for snaps and working at both tackle spots as Pittsburgh sorted through its options under a new coach Cowboys fans know pretty well ... old pal Mike McCarthy.
The former Cowboys coach took over in Pittsburgh this offseason, meaning one of his first training camps since leaving Dallas included evaluating what the Steelers still had in Jones.
That evaluation ultimately ended with Jones heading to McCarthy's old team.
Now Dallas gets its opportunity to find out whether a change of scenery can revive a career that once carried much higher expectations.
And the Cowboys aren't exactly getting the 6-5, 311-pound former Georgia star for free.
Dallas is sending third- and sixth-round selections to Pittsburgh while receiving Jones and a fourth-rounder in return.
That's enough draft capital changing hands to make the Cowboys' intentions at tackle worth watching.
Head coach Brian Schottenheimer has praised Tyler Guyton on multiple occasions this offseason, including saying Friday that the young left tackle is playing at a “very, very, very high level.”
But as for Terence Steele?
Well … we'll save that conversation for a little later here at CowboysRoundtable.com.
Jones could very well end up serving as valuable depth behind both starters. At minimum, the trade gives Dallas another legitimate option at a position where having one tends to matter.
And somebody had to make room for him.
The Cowboys are releasing wide receiver Denzel Mims as the corresponding roster move, ending the former New York Jets second-round pick's stay in Dallas a little more than two months after signing with the team.
So Jones gets the roster spot ... but what he does with it could be a whole lot more interesting.
Three years after Pittsburgh traded up to make him a first-round pick, the Steelers are moving on. Dallas is betting there's still enough of that player left to make them regret it.
