CONFIRMED DEAL: To strengthen the lineup, the Dallas Cowboys  and Pittsburgh Steelers have officially reached an agreement on a $250 million “Massive WRs upgrade.”

Cowboys Trade Proposal Flips CeeDee Lamb for 2 Potential Star WRs

It is possible, however outlandish it might seem now, that the Cowboys and wide receiver CeeDee Lamb will continue their game of contract chicken into NFL training camp, have it morph into a holdout from Lamb and ultimately create so much negative energy that Cowboys brass finally decides to chuck it all in and simply trade Lamb elsewhere.

Longshot, no doubt. But also possible.

Lamb did not show up for mandatory practices last week, and could be fined around $100,000 for the decision. Those fines will continue if he goes into training camp without a new deal, at which time it is a safe bet that Lamb will continue to be a no-show holdout.

As long as the tumult continues, there will be the chance—however slim—of a trade. It is in that spirit that Bleacher Report put forth a post titled, “4 Trade Packages for CeeDee Lamb That Cowboys Couldn’t Deny amid NFL Holdout,” featuring packages from the Patriots, Steelers, Chargers and Packers. And while the offers are all interesting in their own way, we can safely assume that the Cowboys could, certainly, deny each one for a player of Lamb’s caliber.

Cowboys Could Get 2-for-1, Plus a Pick

The Packers offer is probably the best of the bunch, because it offers the Cowboys—who are decidedly thin at receiver behind Lamb—two players who have the potential to develop into stars. The offer goes:

Cowboys get Romeo Doubs or Christian Watson, plus Jayden Reed and a 2025 second-round pick

Packers get CeeDee Lamb

The appeal for the Cowboys is obvious. Both Doubs and Watson have shown the potential to be No. 1 receivers in the NFL. Doubs caught 59 passes for 674 yards and eight touchdowns last year, and Cowboys fans surely remember the six catches for 151 yards and a touchdown he put up against Dallas in the playoffs.

Watson has a higher ceiling and is one of the fastest players in the league (4.37 40-yard dash in college). But Watson has been plagued by hamstring injuries in his career, which has been limited to 20 games in two seasons.

Reed is the bigger prize, as he excelled from the slot in his rookie season and would fill Lamb’s role, only without the mega-contract.

Here’s what writer Brad Gagnon had to say about it: “We’re presenting the idea of Dallas landing one primary slot guy to more directly replace Lamb (Jayden Reed) along with one of two talented but generally disappointing outside figures.