As the Dallas Cowboys try to work their way through another tough contractual situation with standout wide receiver George Pickens, they have decided to add another name to the room by adding veteran deep threat Marquez Valdes-Scantling with a one-year deal.
This move was met with some confusion among Cowboys diehards, and receiver Jonathan Mingo may join the fanbase in mutual confusion. Mingo has found targets hard to come by since coming to Dallas via trade, and this move is only going to make things more complicated for the former LSU star.
Valdes-Scantling is continuing to get some professional offers because he continues to make plays deep down the field as a vertical field-stretcher. The fact that he can do that puts him in direct competition with Mingo, and it may be what seals a spot in the wide receiver rotation.
Just a few years after being a Top 50 pick, there's a very real chance that Mingo is not going to be on a roster in 2026. What a colossal miss for the Cowboys, Carolina Panthers, and Jerry Jones.
The Dallas Cowboys may say goodbye to Jonathan Mingo with Marquez Valdes-Scantling signing
The Cowboys' decision to trade a fourth-round pick for Mingo, who was traded after just 1.5 seasons with the Panthers and failing to find the end zone, has proven to be a lose-lose move for both sides. Carolina used the pick on a third-string running back in Trevor Etienne, while Mingo has done next to nothing.
Mingo has caught just six passes with the Cowboys and still has not found the end zone. Between a lack of separation at the line of scrimmage and some drops that will frustrate fans to no end, Mingo is starting to run out of room as a professional player.
Ryan Flournoy and KaVontae Turpin are not more talented than Mingo as wide receivers, yet both of them are completely locked in ahead of Mingo on the depth chart. Now with a like-for-like replacement in MVS coming to town, Mingo has been kicked to the proverbial curb.
Between the Cowboys signing Valdes-Scantling and using a seventh-round pick in the 2026 NFL Draft on East Carolina wide receiver Anthony Smith, Dallas seems to be ready to move on from a trade that just didn't work. From being overdrafted in the second round to being bumped for MVS, Mingo's NFL career has not gone according to plan.
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