The Dallas Cowboys finished a strong offseason, and for now, the team takes a break until training camp later next month. While the players wrapped up the latest phase of team activities, the front office was certainly busy.
Dallas signed four players on Friday and made three corresponding roster moves, including placing backup center Matt Hennessy on injured reserve with a neck injury. Of the names added to the team, one name does stick out. The Cowboys signed former second-round pick of the New York Jets, Denzel Mims. With Parris Campbell’s retirement, Dallas added a veteran wideout at the bottom of the roster to get through the summer. However, is there reason to think Mims could stick around longer? Let’s weigh in on whether Mims could make the team.
Mims has always been on the Cowboys’ radar. He once starred in-state at Baylor, where he posted two 1,000-yard seasons over his collegiate career. Mims’ size and speed (4.38 40-yard dash) had many teams interested during the draft process, including Dallas, which had him in for a pre-draft visit ahead of the 2020 draft. Once Dallas lucked into CeeDee Lamb in the first round, Dallas set their sights elsewhere in the second round, and Mims landed in New York.
A combination of factors went wrong, sending Mims on a negative trajectory with the Jets. First, he sustained an injury that delayed his NFL debut until Week 7 of his rookie season. In his second season, he had lost 20 pounds due to sickness, and the coaching staff apparently lost faith in him, relegating Mims to a reserve role.
Distrust between him and the coaches, and his lack of production, led to him being traded to the Detroit Lions in 2023. Since then, Mims is now on his seventh professional football team, which includes stops in the UFL. Clearly, the odds are stacked against him to make the Cowboys’ roster, but if he did, what is he up against?
Dallas signed four players on Friday and made three corresponding roster moves, including placing backup center Matt Hennessy on injured reserve with a neck injury. Of the names added to the team, one name does stick out. The Cowboys signed former second-round pick of the New York Jets, Denzel Mims. With Parris Campbell’s retirement, Dallas added a veteran wideout at the bottom of the roster to get through the summer. However, is there reason to think Mims could stick around longer? Let’s weigh in on whether Mims could make the team.
Mims has always been on the Cowboys’ radar. He once starred in-state at Baylor, where he posted two 1,000-yard seasons over his collegiate career. Mims’ size and speed (4.38 40-yard dash) had many teams interested during the draft process, including Dallas, which had him in for a pre-draft visit ahead of the 2020 draft. Once Dallas lucked into CeeDee Lamb in the first round, Dallas set their sights elsewhere in the second round, and Mims landed in New York.
A combination of factors went wrong, sending Mims on a negative trajectory with the Jets. First, he sustained an injury that delayed his NFL debut until Week 7 of his rookie season. In his second season, he had lost 20 pounds due to sickness, and the coaching staff apparently lost faith in him, relegating Mims to a reserve role.
Distrust between him and the coaches, and his lack of production, led to him being traded to the Detroit Lions in 2023. Since then, Mims is now on his seventh professional football team, which includes stops in the UFL. Clearly, the odds are stacked against him to make the Cowboys’ roster, but if he did, what is he up against?
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