Assigning values to the various draft-day targets often carries over to re-evaluating a team’s existing players. We’ve got a few new perspectives on current Cowboys leading off this edition of News and Notes, including a former league exec who reveals that he doesn’t believe CeeDee Lamb is a true No. 1 receiver. We also have fresh takes on Dorance Armstrong as a possible trade-high candidate and Chauncey Golston as an under-the-radar up-and-comer.
Meanwhile, we’ll take a look at how the Jalen Hurts deal affects Dak Prescott in his future negotiations with the Dallas bean-counters and how what happened to Prescott may just influence how the Eagles treat Hurts moving forward. Tony Pollard heads home to lead a youth football camp, Micah Parsons gets a case of tax-day sticker shock, and The Star is open for players’ voluntary participation. All that, plus a new gaming platform with a Cowboys twist, and a heavy metal mini-residency will be dictating at least one weekend of the team’s preseason schedule.
Lamb may be the Cowboys’ top target in the pass game, but that doesn’t make him a true No. 1 receiver, says the former NFL executive. He’s “really good,” but a No. 1 is someone the opponent is “sweating” about, worried that he’ll take over the game. “There are maybe about four or five number-one receivers,” Lombardi says, “and that’s it. Everybody else is a two.” That said, he’s not sure Beckham is even a two and says the Cowboys are better off not having overpaid to land him in free agency.
Hurts’s new AAV is a 27.5% increase over the one that came with Prescott’s current deal, which was considered a whopper just two years ago. The market will likely be reset again as soon as Lamar Jackson, Justin Herbert, or Joe Burrow get to the front of the line. Prescott himself is up for an extension soon, according to the team itself, but it’s only going to get more expensive the longer they wait.
Rookie money running around in the open field is one thing. But when a franchise QB (who’s getting market-setting money) gets hurt, the loss is felt significantly more. Prescott’s role in the offense changed after he signed his extension, as the team looked to protect its sizable investment by limiting his rushes outside the pocket. Now Philadelphia will have to decide if they really want their $255 million man being the run-first quarterback…
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