{"id":20600,"date":"2025-01-20T02:55:46","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T02:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=20600"},"modified":"2025-01-20T02:57:58","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T02:57:58","slug":"breaking-cowboys-trade-for-projected-33-million-playmaker-in-new-prediction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=20600","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Cowboys Set to Trade for $33 MILLION Playmaker in Bold Move.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-1897856963-e1737310955839.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-1897856963-e1737310955839.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-1897856963-e1737310955839.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-1897856963-e1737310955839.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Cowboys potential target Travis Etienne\" width=\"780\" height=\"440\" data-img-load-time=\"976\" data-dom-ready-time=\"1087\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n<p><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-post-image-caption-text\">Cowboys potential target Travis Etienne<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>On the checklist of things to do for the\u00a0Cowboys\u00a0this offseason, hiring a coach is the clear priority these days. The Cowboys let Mike McCarthy go last week, and have begun the process of interviewing potential replacements, with\u00a0Eagles\u00a0offensive coordinator Kellen Moore already having been virtually interviewed and former\u00a0Jets\u00a0head coach Robert Saleh getting an in-person chat on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>But whoever is the next coach, they\u2019re not likely to have much success without some big transactions to follow. The Cowboys are badly in need of playmakers, and either through the draft or free agency, must address those needs.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, they needed to do that last year, too, and failed to do so, one reason the 2024 season got off to such a rocky start. Thus, there might be some hesitation on the part of\u00a0 the Cowboys faithful to think that owner Jerry Jones will get creative and spend money to fill the team\u2019s holes.<\/p>\n<p>But if they do, then bringing in a running back to help incumbent\u00a0Rico Dowdle\u00a0(who needs a new contract, too) should be relatively easy to do.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Cowboys Trade for Travis Etienne Solves RB Problem<\/h2>\n<p>In fact,\u00a0at Bleacher Report, they\u2019re predicting a major trade for Dallas to bolster the running game\u2013a deal that would bring in Jaguars 2021 first-round pick Travis Etienne, who seemed to fall out of favor in Jacksonville after two 1,000-yard seasons to begin his career.<\/p>\n<div class=\"intersectionObserverRefElement\">\n<p class=\"\">B\/R noted that the Cowboys flubbed the running back situation last year: \u201cA year later, the Cowboys can right that wrong by getting back to a run-heavy or balanced attack with a trade for Jacksonville Jaguars running back\u00a0Travis Etienne\u00a0Jr.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"intersectionObserverRefElement\">\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThis past season, Etienne and Tank Bigsby had a near split in touches (189 to 175). With Etienne entering a contract year, the Jaguars may be willing to trade him and move forward with Bigsby as their lead ball-carrier. Etienne\u2019s contract carries a\u00a0$6.1 million cap hit. The Cowboys shouldn\u2019t have to pay a high premium for the final year of his contract, and he\u2019s still in his prime at 25 years old.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>WR Depth Can Be Addressed in Draft<\/h2>\n<p>Of course, Etienne will want a new contract, though he would not be in position to hold out for one. Given his early success,\u00a0Spotrac projects him\u00a0to be worthy of a four-year, $33 million deal. Even if the Cowboys don\u2019t want to go that far to keep Etienne, getting him into the fold could be a big boost in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Making a move for a running back, either by trade or in free agency, would also free up the Cowboys to use the NFL draft as a means to address the lack of receiver depth behind star CeeDee Lamb.<\/p>\n<p>Picking No. 12 in April, the Cowboys would be in position to land potential stars like Luther Burden of Missouri or Emeka Egbuka of Ohio State. While Boise State star Ashton Jeanty is the favorite to be picked by Dallas, the fact is, it\u2019s lost easier to find a suitable running back on the market than it is to find a receiver.<\/p>\n<p>Trading for Etienne and drafting, say, Burden would check off some big items on the Cowboys\u2019 list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty Cowboys potential target Travis Etienne On the checklist of things to do for the\u00a0Cowboys\u00a0this offseason, hiring a coach is the clear priority these days. 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