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They did 11 midseason trade ideas. Click the link for the other 10. Here's the one involving the Cowboys.
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...rnwell?platform=amp&__twitter_impression=true
Miami WR DeVante Parker to Dallas
The details: The Miami Dolphins trade Parker to the Dallas Cowboys for 2019 sixth-round pick.
Let's start with a logical move. The Cowboys are absolutely bereft of wide receiver weapons for Dak Prescott. During Sunday's loss to the Houston Texans, Prescott's three top wideouts -- Cole Beasley, Michael Gallup and Allen Hurns -- caught three passes on nine targets for 17 yards. His fourth option, Tavon Austin, caught one pass for 44 yards on a play in which Prescott scrambled and made a desperate off-schedule throw. Prescott is struggling. His receivers are struggling. The Cowboys need to work on fixing both of these problems.
No team is dealing a star wideout at midseason unless they have Josh Gordon-sized red flags, so let's get the Cowboys a wide receiver with upside who has been held back by injuries. Parker was a breakout candidate before the 2016 and 2017 seasons, but things never quite launched for a variety of reasons. In 2016, the Dolphins threw the ball only 477 times, fewer than any team besides the Buffalo Bills. Prorate Parker's 56-744-4 line to a league-average number of pass attempts and you get something more like 67 catches for 891 yards and five scores, which seems more promising.
In 2017 and again in 2018, the issue has been injuries. Parker racked up 230 receiving yards in the first three weeks of 2017, admittedly mostly in garbage time, but then an ankle sprain cost him the better part of four games. He has missed time with a broken finger and a quadriceps injury this season, and while he seems close to returning, the Dolphins have run out of patience for their former first-round pick.
Miami is going to go forward with its expensive trio of wideouts, Danny Amendola, Kenny Stills and Albert Wilson, which makes sense. The Dolphins picked up Parker's fifth-year option before the season, which isn't surprising given their financial ineptitude, so the Cowboys would be acquiring Parker for a late-round pick in the hopes that he flourishes over the next year-plus. They could get out of Parker's $9.4 million salary in 2019 without penalty if Parker doesn't get hurt, which is the only reason they shouldn't take a flier on a wideout who has the sort of athletic traits the current group can't touch.
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...rnwell?platform=amp&__twitter_impression=true
Miami WR DeVante Parker to Dallas
The details: The Miami Dolphins trade Parker to the Dallas Cowboys for 2019 sixth-round pick.
Let's start with a logical move. The Cowboys are absolutely bereft of wide receiver weapons for Dak Prescott. During Sunday's loss to the Houston Texans, Prescott's three top wideouts -- Cole Beasley, Michael Gallup and Allen Hurns -- caught three passes on nine targets for 17 yards. His fourth option, Tavon Austin, caught one pass for 44 yards on a play in which Prescott scrambled and made a desperate off-schedule throw. Prescott is struggling. His receivers are struggling. The Cowboys need to work on fixing both of these problems.
No team is dealing a star wideout at midseason unless they have Josh Gordon-sized red flags, so let's get the Cowboys a wide receiver with upside who has been held back by injuries. Parker was a breakout candidate before the 2016 and 2017 seasons, but things never quite launched for a variety of reasons. In 2016, the Dolphins threw the ball only 477 times, fewer than any team besides the Buffalo Bills. Prorate Parker's 56-744-4 line to a league-average number of pass attempts and you get something more like 67 catches for 891 yards and five scores, which seems more promising.
In 2017 and again in 2018, the issue has been injuries. Parker racked up 230 receiving yards in the first three weeks of 2017, admittedly mostly in garbage time, but then an ankle sprain cost him the better part of four games. He has missed time with a broken finger and a quadriceps injury this season, and while he seems close to returning, the Dolphins have run out of patience for their former first-round pick.
Miami is going to go forward with its expensive trio of wideouts, Danny Amendola, Kenny Stills and Albert Wilson, which makes sense. The Dolphins picked up Parker's fifth-year option before the season, which isn't surprising given their financial ineptitude, so the Cowboys would be acquiring Parker for a late-round pick in the hopes that he flourishes over the next year-plus. They could get out of Parker's $9.4 million salary in 2019 without penalty if Parker doesn't get hurt, which is the only reason they shouldn't take a flier on a wideout who has the sort of athletic traits the current group can't touch.
