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Cowboys News: Trade talks are in full swing as the draft nears.
Cowboys ready for a financial move big, but that will depend on the players they have. CeeDee Lamb and Micah Parsons are expected to strike new deals that will re-establish their respective market positions. Dak Prescott holds all the leverage in his negotiations with the Cowboys, as the quarterback is entering the final year of his contract and cannot be franchised until the 2025 campaign. These three players plus earn just under $48 million per year at their current money. contract; Their new contracts could total $135 million per season.
The only way to pull this off is to cut elsewhere, which is why the Cowboys let one number of new starters left this season without a replacement. They will need to draft well and draft often to thrive with such a large roster, so moving down and adding two more picks makes sense. The No. 159 pick was originally theirs, but they traded him last year to use a sixth-rounder for Eric Scott, a safety who spent all of 2023 healthy and will enter age 26 before the season started.
< the champs moved from No. 29 to No. 22 two years ago, when they sent two picks to the Patriots and took cornerback Trent McDuffie. The Chiefs then had a full complement of options thanks to the Tyreek Hill trade, which is no longer the case. This would be a step toward addressing a key position: left tackle, where Donovan Smith is a free agent and Wanya Morris failed to impress as a rookie. Ignoring the Packers and Ravens would make sense if there was someone Kansas City trusted to cover Patrick Mahomes’ blindside.