Cowboys are advised to trade their third-round...

Cowboys are advised to trade their third-round bust-Finanacial Drought

Cowboys set to trade their third-round bust-Finanacial Drought in view

It could be a bit like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic, but with the Dallas Cowboys and the upcoming offseason, every

little bit will help. Not only will the team have to figure out its direction after yet another colossal postseason failure, but it will

likely dole out very large new contracts to the very players implicated in the failure. With that in mind, the Cowboys are being

advised by the contract experts at Spotrac to save about a million bucks while they can in a move that would see the Cowboys’

Jalen Tolbert traded.

The team selected Tolbert in the third round of the 2022 draft. Although he showed signs of being ready to play as the No. 2

wide receiver at times during the season, quarterback Dak Prescott never seemed to trust him, and he ended up finishing with

22 receptions on 36 targets for 268 yards.

This season, Tolbert’s Pro Football Focus score of 56.5 placed him just 103rd out of 128 graded receivers.

Moving Tolbert might aid the Cowboys, who are in severe need of cap room, according to Spotrac. The website included the

following as “cap-clearing possibilities”: “Trade WR Jalen Tolbert, freeing up $943k of cap.” Although Tolbert has

demonstrated he can play WR2 in some situations, the Cowboys cannot afford to wait around.

Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb Need New Contracts

The Cowboys’ efforts to control their payroll as the extensions for Prescott, wide receiver CeeDee Lamb, and edge rusher Micah

Parsons approach might include trading for Tolbert.

It was a bit of a roller coaster at times, but the Cowboys secured another NFC East crown with a strong finish down the line, as

Spotrac’s Mike Ginnitti noted. Though there are a few free agency gaps to fill and a possible cap casualty or two, this offseason

will primarily be devoted to taking care of their own, namely QB Dak Prescott, WR CeeDee Lamb, and ED Micah Parsons.

Dallas has about $11 million less cap room heading into the offseason than it did before.

However, as the playoffs started, things only got worse, and the roller coaster kept going with a huge collapse in the defeat to

Green Bay. The Cowboys find themselves in a difficult situation where they must give credit to players who, despite their

historic playoff collapses, were among the best in the league during the regular season.