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9:57 a.m.: Cowboys owner Jerry Jones announced Tuesday morning that quarterback Dak Prescott will likely go on injured reserve because of a hamstring injury. That apparently isn't enough for Jones and Dallas to believe the season is over, as the Cowboys have reportedly made a deal to get some help.

According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, the Cowboys are acquiring wideout Jonathan Mingo from the Carolina Panthers. Here are the reported conditions, according to Schefter:

Dallas acquires: WR Jonathan Mingo, seventh-round pick
Carolina acquires: Fourth round pick

The years in which this selection will be made have not yet been announced.

Mingo, a second-round pick out of Ole Miss last season, played little role in the Panthers' poor offense. He has just 12 catches on 26 targets in nine games this season, with Bryce Young and Andy Dalton making up the Panthers' revolving door of quarterbacks. He has yet to catch a touchdown in his career.

9:15 a.m.: Ask anyone who knows anything what the Detroit Lions would do before the draft and you'll likely get a strong consensus: strengthen the pass rush.

If Detroit has a weakness, it's defense, and those problems were made worse when the Lions lost Aidan Hutchinson for the season. The Lions wasted no time at the deadline to address that deficiency, inking Cleveland to a deal for one of the best pass rushers available.

No, not Myles Garrett. But Detroit reportedly acquired veteran rusher Za'Darius Smith in a trade with the Browns for next to nothing.

Detroit acquires: DE Za'Darius Smith, 2026 seventh-round pick
Cleveland acquires: 2025 fifth-round pick, 2026 sixth-round pick

Smith is in the midst of a rebound season. His five sacks are just half a sack below his total from a season ago, and it looks like he'll be better able to keep up with the production he showed from 2019 to 2022, when he averaged 12 with Green Bay and Minnesota sacks per season (not counting the 2021 season). in which he only played one game).

9 a.m. ET: It's not just Election Day in America; The NFL trade deadline is also just around the corner.

The last real chance for teams to advance to the final stretch is Tuesday before the 4:00 p.m. ET deadline. There has already been some activity in the weeks and days so far, but the deadlines are spurring action and teams across the league have the chance to strike in the second half of the season.

We'll be following it all here with the latest news, rumors and analysis on every major move made before Tuesday afternoon's deadline.