{"id":24124,"date":"2025-02-07T06:13:19","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T06:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=24124"},"modified":"2025-02-07T06:13:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T06:13:19","slug":"breaking-cowboys-target-20-million-all-pro-as-top-priority-on-free-agent-wishlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=24124","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;BREAKING: Cowboys Target $20 Million All-Pro as Top Priority on Free-Agent Wishlist!&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"c-content entry-content\">\n<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\/02\/GettyImages-2179787919-e1738847031826.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2179787919-e1738847031826.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2179787919-e1738847031826.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2179787919-e1738847031826.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Cowboys potential target Stefon Diggs\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-dom-ready-time=\"659\" data-img-load-time=\"1186\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-post-image-caption-text\">Cowboys potential target Stefon Diggs<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/dallas-cowboys\/\">Cowboys<\/a>\u00a0were able to take care of Job 1 in this NFL offseason, have a coach, hiring new guy Brian Schottenheimer in what was largely viewed as an uninspiring pick to replace Mike McCarthy. Realistically, though, the new coach won\u2019t matter much if they don\u2019t significantly upgrade the roster heading into 2025.<\/p>\n<p>That will mean a much more aggressive and serious approach to free agency than we\u2019ve seen from the Cowboys in recent years. The front office will need to be creative with handling the payroll, for current and new players, and imaginative with filling critical roles.<\/p>\n<p>This will especially be true for the offense and the team\u2019s utter lack of weapons available to quarterback\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/nfl\/player\/dak-prescott\/\" data-player-guid=\"5f09781b-6b0b-7325-049b-a91e60d794e6\">Dak Prescott<\/a>. The Cowboys are too reliant on star receiver\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/nfl\/player\/ceedee-lamb\/\" data-player-guid=\"2994891b-8927-33cb-6999-e809560d0545\">CeeDee Lamb<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p>As it stands,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/nfl\/player\/Brandin-Cooks\/\">Brandin Cooks<\/a>\u00a0is the Cowboys\u2019 No. 2, and is heading into free agency. It\u2019s hard to imagine that Cooks will be back, at age 31 and coming off an injury-racked season. The team has given chances to Jalen Tolbert, who is useful, but not a No. 2. And there is a chance that Jonathan Mingo, acquired at last year\u2019s trade deadline, could snap out of his career-long funk and become productive.<\/p>\n<h2>Stefon Diggs Joining Trevon in Big D?<\/h2>\n<p>With that in mind, the folks at the Cowboys analysis site Blogging the Boys have an ideal target in free agency, and it is a guy who would, no doubt, like to come to Dallas: star receiver Stefon Diggs, who spent last season with the Texans before suffering a torn ACL in late October.<\/p>\n<p>Diggs, of course, is the brother of Trevon Diggs, the Cowboys\u2019 star defensive back who is also coming off of knee surgery, and probably won\u2019t be ready for the start of the season. Still, the Diggs brothers have long wanted to play together, and with Stefon Diggs hitting free agency, now is the time.<\/p>\n<p>The site\u2019s Brian Martin writes in an article titled, \u201cDallas Cowboys\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloggingtheboys.com\/2025\/2\/5\/24357912\/dallas-cowboys-2025-free-agent-wishlist-offense-justin-fields-jk-dobbins-stefon-diggs-alaric-jackson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">2025 free agent wishlist<\/a>: Offensive edition\u201d:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTogether at last in Dallas? Stefon and Trevon Diggs would love nothing more than to play together with the Cowboys and as fate would have it it could be mutually beneficial for all parties concerned. Dallas needs to upgrade the WR2 position behind CeeDee Lamb and Stefon has the talent to do just that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is coming off a season-ending knee injury, but is expected to be back to 100% for training camp. His ability to be a threat in the passing game at all three levels of the field would be a significant upgrade to Dallas\u2019 aerial attack.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Cowboys Would Need to Be Creative<\/h2>\n<p>The question, of course, is whether the Cowboys can create the cap space by restructuring and reconfiguring deals before free agency hits. That has not, to put it mildly, been a strong suit of this organization.<\/p>\n<p>Diggs signed a one-year, $22 million contract with Houston last year. Pro Football Focus projects Diggs to warrant a one-year deal worth $16 million, while Spotrac has him at a bit more of a value, worthy of a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotrac.com\/nfl\/player\/market-value\/_\/id\/16872\/stefon-diggs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">one-year, $13.5 million deal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Diggs is just two years removed from a run of six straight 1,000-yard seasons and four straight years with 100-plus catches. He\u2019s made four Pro Bowls and two All-Pro teams. The injury is a concern, but given his upside if he comes back healthy, he could be a major value in Dallas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty Cowboys potential target Stefon Diggs The\u00a0Cowboys\u00a0were able to take care of Job 1 in this NFL offseason, have a coach, hiring new guy Brian Schottenheimer in&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24125,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot-news","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&quot;BREAKING: Cowboys Target $20 Million All-Pro as Top Priority on Free-Agent Wishlist!&quot; - 24\/7 News America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=24124\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&quot;BREAKING: Cowboys Target $20 Million All-Pro as Top Priority on Free-Agent Wishlist!&quot; - 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