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If there’s one team that owes their players and fanbase a blockbuster trade between now and Week 1, it’s the Dallas Cowboys.
After their embarrassing Wild Card Round playoff loss to the Green Bay Packers, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said his team would have an “all-in” approach. Fast forward to June, however, and Dallas has yet to make a single big splash in the trade or free agent markets.
The good news is that Dallas still has three months to make an impact move (or two). Ideally, they’d find at least one more impact player on offense to help take the pressure off of Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb.
FanSided’s Cody Williams proposed a fascinating trade idea that has Dallas acquiring 2021 first-round pick Kadarius Toney from the Kansas City Chiefs in exchange for a 2025 sixth-round draft pick:
“The simple truth of the matter is that the Chiefs are only motivated to move Toney if two things are true. First, they have to believe that the former Giants first-rounder is a lost cause and, secondly and related to that, Kansas City also thinks that the cap savings they would get by trading him would be more valuable than having him on the roster.
As for the Cowboys, the impetus for such a trade would be trying to be the team that can realize the undeniable and immense talent of Toney, without question. Dallas, however, could be uniquely motivated to want to pursue that gamble in a trade with Kansas City. After all, in Toney’s one game against America’s Team while he was still in New York, he torched his then-NFC East rival with 10 catches for 189 yards while adding a seven-yard rush for good measure.”
Kadarius Toney and Skyy Moore’s 4th quarter touchdowns in Super Bowl LVII pic.twitter.com/b1etUAWRjN
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Toney has won a pair of Super Bowl rings with Kansas City, but the No. 20 pick of the 2021 NFL Draft has been a big-time bust up to this point. Through three seasons, the ex-New York Giant has just 82 receptions for 760 yards and three touchdowns.
Kansas City signed former 1,000-yard receiver Marquise ‘Hollywood’ Brown and used their first-round pick on Texas Longhorns star Xavier Worthy. So Toney’s role will be minimal if he’s on the KC roster in 2024, meaning he could definitely use another fresh start.
Dallas Cowboys Could Unlock Kadarius Toney’s Potential
Since trading Amari Cooper to the Cleveland Browns in 2022, the Dallas Cowboys have lacked a game-changing No. 2 wideout to help Lamb and Prescott. Brandin Cooks is better suited as a WR3, so the Cowboys should definitely consider the idea of landing Toney.
He didn’t pan out in New York and hasn’t put it together in Kansas City. But perhaps Toney would reach his ceiling on a Dallas offense that churns out a top-10 scoring unit every year, especially if Mike McCarthy were to utilize him more than Andy Reid.
ESPN Leaks Strange Rumor As To Why Cowboys Have Yet To Extend QB Dak Prescott
Dak Prescott (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
An NFL insider has provided surprising new details on the contract negotiations between quarterback Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys.
The soon-to-be 31-year-old Dak Prescott is entering the final season of a four-year, $160 million extension he signed in the 2021 offseason. Owner and de facto GM Jerry Jones almost always gets extensions done with his star players well ahead of time, so it’s quite noteworthy that No. 4 has yet to sign a new deal.
Speaking on “SportsCenter”, ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reports that contracts negotiations are “complicated because” Prescott carries a $61 million cap for the 2024 season. Fowler explains that Dallas wants to “tread carefully” in negotiating the next deal.
“Well, the Cowboys want to re-sign Dak Prescott. I continue to hear that talks and negotiations have been a little passive but they have told Dak directly that they want him there long term. It’s just complicated because he’s got a $61 million cap hit on the final year of his deal, a new contract is gonna have to be a huge number. So they want to tread carefully a little bit, as my understanding. If you jump out, you make an offer, if it’s not where it needs to be initially then things get complicated.
“They’ve already negotiated with him three or four years ago and that took a year and a half. So it’s a long process. And they know it’s gonna take a while so it’s something they’re probably slow playing. It’s a little bit of a stare off. But I think sometime this summer, this will heat up because it has to and you know he wants to stay a Cowboy but he is prepared for the notion that he could be a free agent next year. Like he’s open to that reality because things haven’t really launched off yet.”
Dak Prescott isn’t the only Cowboy who’s entering the final year of his contract. Head coach Mike McCarthy has one year left on the five-year deal he signed in 2020, and wide receiver CeeDee Lamb is heading into the final season of his rookie contract.
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On top of that, superstar pass-rusher Micah Parsons is eligible for a contract extension after completing year three of his rookie deal. But surprisingly, Jones has yet to extend any of these four as training camp draws closer.
Dak Prescott & Cowboys Could Be Headed For A Divorce
Jerry Jones has never parted ways with a franchise-level quarterback in his prime during his near-40-year run as the owner of the Cowboys. Troy Aikman stayed here until he retired, and Tony Romo was only released because Prescott emerged as the new franchise sta QB during his injury absence.
Dak Prescott knows he can easily receive $50 million-plus on his next NFL contract. If the Cowboys aren’t willing to pay it, another QB-needy team (Las Vegas Raiders, anyone?) will happily pay it.
Prescott has lacked postseason success (a 2-5 record) up to this point of his career, but teams will be more than happy to pay top dollar for a QB who puts up top-10 stats annually.
