A 3-3 start to the season would be great for some football teams around the league, but for the Dallas Cowboys, it seems like a major disappointment, even being just a game back of the division lead.
A team that is within striking distance, you would think, should have no plans of looking to trade players, but rather look to add like the Jets did with Davante Adams and the Bills did with Amari Cooper.
Jerry Jones made it clear that this team will not be active at the trade deadline, but if they lose the next two games, Jones won’t take calls and unload some players if they fall to 3-5?
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Heck, the Jets are under .500, made a move and tried to win now, yet Jerry Jones is to busy threatening to fire radio hosts and crying because his way isn’t working.
With all that said, it might get to the point where the Cowboys look to deal some players for draft capital. Teams will probably call and look to see if they can get some players if this team continues to fall on their face.
All these media folks like Colin Cowherd trying to tell us the Dallas Cowboys should deal Micah Parsons.
Dude, I am just as upset at this team as the next, but trading a generational player? Come on man. Sure they would get another first round pick and have two in next years draft, but is that enough to fix the offense?
They would likely draft another wide receiver and a running back to pair with Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb. They are not trading Parsons, but the few players below could be on the way out.
Brandin Cooks
We have to keep it real, here. If this offense continues to struggle when he returns soon, this team will get calls for Cooks.
The Cowboys could offload the remainder of Cooks’s contract, or perhaps even take on a chunk of it in order to facilitate a trade for a better draft pick. Some team desperate for help at the receiver position might pay up.
Brandin Cooks is making progress, he said in the locker room recently, and will be ready when his minimum four-game stint is complete. #Cowboys https://t.co/FWNb1hguQ4
— Patrik [No C] Walker (@VoiceOfTheStar) October 15, 2024
Cooks was not off to a good start anyway. He like the rest of the offense, has performed. Cooks has just nine receptions on 19 targets, the same number of receptions as KaVontae Turpin.
At this point, why hold onto him? They won’t get a ton in return, but for a team that is making a push near the trade deadline, Cooks would probably work in a lot of other offenses.
Safety
The Cowboys have a number of players in the secondary, and you would think teams would call about the only place this team has depth, at safety.
As of right now, the Cowboys have been playing safeties Donovan Wilson and Malik Hooker more than anybody not named Trevon Diggs on the defense this season. While Dan Quinn got a lot of these safeties on the field in different ways, Mike Zimmer doesn’t seem to have the same types of intentions.
It might be time for Donovan Wilson to sit.
— Marcus Mosher (@Marcus_Mosher) September 22, 2024
Wilson and Hooker would not get much in return, but for a team that needs some help on the backend, I bet teams will call and see if Dallas wants to unload on of them if things start to unwind for this team.
If Jerry does not let either of them go, look for Markquese Bell, Juanyeh Thomas or Israel Mukuamu go. Israel can play pretty much anywhere in the secondary. Not saying he is great by any stretch, but if a teams are hurting that badly, he may go.
When this team loses the next two games, Jerry is going to be getting calls and he will continue to tell us that he did nothing wrong when we all know how bad he failed this team during the offseason.
The problem here is you make the assumption the Cowboys can resign Parsons when he hits free agency. Some team is going to offer him $35-40 million a year. Is it realistic for the Cowboys to invest half their cap space in just three players? If Parsons leaves via free agency, the Cowboys get a mid-to-late round compensatory pick. Additionally, I have no issue trading Cooks but when the top receivers are only netting 3rd round picks, you’ll be lucky to get a 6th round pick for Cooks. I’m fine trading Cooks, Wilson, and even Lance. But the return in draft capital might be three 6th or 7th round picks. Long-term, Parsons brings the most return and I personally don’t think Parsons is worth $30-40 million a year. The money you save can sign you decent DT, a decent edge rusher and a decent RB1. This team has too many holes and weaknesses to throw $60 million at Dak, $35 million at Parson and his podcast and $30 million at Cee Dell Lamb. They need to build the whole roster.
The problem here is you assume they will sign a decent DT, a decent Edge or a decent RB1 with the money they save….where have you been the last 7 years that you have missed that Jerry Jones doesn’t sign decent, good, or great players. The ONLY time he gets good players is when they get drafted and have no choice but to stick around for a few years until their rookie contracts are up, then it’s back to the bargain basement players that people have on their practice squad or not on any roster at all. I like your thought, however, we all know Jerry is not doing that.