If you’re looking for a grand plan in Dallas’ defensive backfield, keep looking.

At 3-4-1 with the No. 31 pass defense (258+ yards per game allowed), the Cowboys are out of ideas and into hypotheticals, like dialing the 2-6 Dolphins about Minkah Fitzpatrick and pretending that one star safety patches years of roster neglect.

Per USA Today’s Angel Torres, the pitch is simple: send a 2026 second-rounder and a 2027 sixth to Miami for the five-time Pro Bowler and three-time All-Pro. It’s the kind of short-term Band-Aid that screams Cowboys: splashy name, big headline, minimal self-reflection.

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On paper, Minkah makes sense.

He stabilizes the back end, actually tackles, and plays with range Dallas hasn’t had since… well, since they convinced themselves everything would be fine without it. He’s also relatively workable on the cap. Four years, $73.6M through 2026, with a $4.5M 2025 cap hit before it jumps to $18.8M in 2026 (Spotrac). Translation? You can fit him now and worry later – another Cowboys specialty.

And the Dolphins? Coming off a win yet still trending toward a sell-off, Miami might cash out before Minkah turns 30 next season. That “win-now” glow in Dallas suddenly looks more like “save-now.”

Meanwhile, the Cowboys’ injury roulette keeps spinning.

Trevon Diggs to IR, more nicks across a paper-thin depth chart, and a pass rush that can’t matter if coverage keeps springing leaks. But sure, let’s pretend a single safety cures bust-prone drafts and a revolving door of “value” DB signings.

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Even Jerry Jones basically telegraphed the move.

“It would be a defensive player… but not a pass rusher,” he told The Athletic. So yes, a back-end splash fits the brief—and the brand.

Will Minkah fix everything? No. Will he make Dallas better now? Almost certainly. And that’s the problem. The Cowboys keep renting solutions while the bill for ignoring the secondary keeps coming due – by Nov. 4 and beyond.