Cowboys consider blockbuster trade after losses pile up as Patriots deal was accepted
When it comes to the Dallas Cowboys, you have to expect the unexpected. So, if the team gets out to a slow start in 2024, could they look at a blockbuster trade? To answer that …
When it comes to the Dallas Cowboys, you have to expect the unexpected.
So, if the team gets out to a slow start in 2024, could they look at a blockbuster trade?
To answer that question, we have to consider what that means for this year’s Cowboys team.
Would they be buyers or sellers if the season got off to a slow start?
After all, they are allegedly “all-in”.
There’s no real way to know which way the front office would sway right now, as there is precedent for them doing both.
In 2020, the Cowboys were sellers, trading veteran Everson Griffen to the Lions amid a 2-5 start.
Back in 2018, Dallas started the season at just 3-4.
The offense was averaging just 202 passing yards and 20 points a game.
Their solution was trading a first-round pick for Wide Receiver Amari Cooper, and a playoff run followed.
We also saw Dallas turn around and trade Cooper four years later, though not in-season.
The point here is the Cowboys could look to make another trade based on their early season results.
If they do that, who are the names to watch?
Here we’re going to look at one player Dallas could ship out in a selling move, and two buyer’s moves to help the team improve.
Say Bye-Bye to CeeDee?
This would cause quite a stir, don’t you think?
In all seriousness, Cowboys fans should prepare for the possibility that the front office sees more value in moving Lamb for a slew of draft picks than risk losing him in free agency.
This is especially true if the season does not go as planned.
In a world where Dallas is winning games, they would not consider this in all likelihood.
However, with Lamb on the last year of his deal and no extension in sight, they’d be silly not to listen if the playoffs were out of sight.
Trading Lamb mid-season does not automatically mean losing him for good either.
The two sides have a good relationship, which has been stressed by Lamb this off-season.
The Cowboys trade Lamb, net a first-round pick, and more in the process, and court him heavily in free agency if he does not reach an extension with that team.
Dallas gets a draft pick haul to compete in 2025, Lamb can chase a ring this season, and the two sides then reconnect on a well-deserved contract in the off-season.
