A former NFL general manager believes that Davante Adams should be the Dallas Cowboys’ top trade target because of the way he would complement CeeDee Lamb.
“Ahead of Tuesday’s NFL trade deadline, let’s go get another No. 1 (like) it is (with) Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle (in Miami) and DeVonta Smith and A.J. Brown (in Philadelphia),” Mike Tannenbaum stated on ESPN’s “Get Up.” “They’ll overcome this obstacle with a guy like Davante Adams.”
This is not a novel idea, and the Cowboys would undoubtedly become one of the NFL’s finest teams if they were to produce a super-duo at wide receiver. Given Dallas’ issues in the red zone, Adams, a perennial Pro Bowl player, would undoubtedly be beneficial. Michael Gallup and Brandin Cooks have made sporadic contributions for Dallas, but Adams is undoubtedly a significant upgrade as a player.
Is Tannenbaum’s fundamental stance flawed? Naturally not. Exist any realities that Tannenbaum’s fundamental viewpoint ignores? Though Tannenbaum, who has worked in the league, knows such realities are inevitable in the real world, they are not the specialty of people in TV studios in Bristol or L.A.
Those truths? There are numerous…
*Raiders record: 3–4. Will they have dropped to 3-5 by Tuesday’s trade deadline, at which point they may consider themselves “sellers” and non-contenders”? Yes. However, what if they triumph at the Lions?
Owner Mark Davis recently stated to The Athletic, “We’re trying to win,” which may indicate that Las Vegas is unwilling to sell Adams.
*Adams has expressed his displeasure with the Raiders’ lack of success and with his role there loudly? Will he wake up this weekend wishing to be done with it?
*This season marks the wide receiver’s 31st birthday; how much is a team willing to give up for him? And wouldn’t the Packers want something similar in exchange for him, considering that the Raiders acquired him in 2022 and gave them a first- and a second-round pick?
In 2022, Adams agreed to a $140 million, five-year contract with the Raiders. Lamb is a $28 million APY receiver, and it is anticipated that he will soon sign a contract for more than $20 million APY. Is Dallas (or any other team) willing to pay two wide receivers a combined $50 million APY?
It is insufficient to ignore these crucial issues by merely quoting “Tyreek and Waddle” and “Brown and Smith.” While Waddle’s cap numbers for the next two years are between $7 and $8 million, Tyreek makes a lot of money in Miami. While Smith’s cap numbers for the next two years are between $5 and $6 million, Brown makes a lot of money in Philadelphia.
Lamb, too? Due to Dallas exercising their fifth-year option, Tannenbaum’s 2024 cap number is $18 million, indicating that he is well aware of the necessity of “let’s just go get.” It’s not as simple as the TV studios make it seem to pair Adams and Lamb.
