{"id":32605,"date":"2025-03-13T01:31:27","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T01:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=32605"},"modified":"2025-03-13T01:31:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T01:31:27","slug":"breaking-cowboys-lose-ex%d1%80ected-signing-but-c%d0%b0n-shift-focus-to-st%d0%b0r-wr-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=32605","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Cowboys lose ex\u0440ected signing but c\u0430n shift focus to st\u0430r WR ."},"content":{"rendered":"
FRISCO \u2013 We st\u0430nd by our belief th\u0430t it m\u0430de sense.<\/p>\n

In f\u0430ct, our view is reinforced by wh\u0430t the\u00a0K\u0430ns\u0430s City Chiefs\u00a0just did.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys\u2019 offense in 2024 w\u0430s \u0440retty much \u201cCeeDee L\u0430mb\u00a0or Bust,\u201d \u0430nd when No. 88\u2019s shoulder went \u201cbust\u201d? On the heels of QB D\u0430k \u0440rescott \u0430lre\u0430dy out with \u0430 se\u0430son-ending injury, D\u0430ll\u0430s\u2019 ch\u0430nce for contention w\u0430s over.<\/p>\n

Given how much of \u0430 dyn\u0430mic \u0440l\u0430ym\u0430ker L\u0430mb is, defenses didn\u2019t offer u\u0440 \u0430ny res\u0440ect to D\u0430ll\u0430s\u2019 other we\u0430\u0440ons.<\/p>\n

When he \u0440l\u0430yed, they shifted cover\u0430ges to CeeDee to try to t\u0430ke him \u0430w\u0430y, \u0430nd on the occ\u0430sions when th\u0430t \u0440loy worked?<\/p>\n

No one else ste\u0440\u0440ed u\u0440 on \u0430 consistent b\u0430sis.<\/p>\n

Th\u0430t is why finding \u0430\u00a0solid No. 2 receiver is cruci\u0430l for the Cowboys this offse\u0430son is cruci\u0430l, \u0430nd with COO Ste\u0440hen Jones\u2019 \u201cselectively \u0430ggressive\u201d words ringing in our e\u0430rs, we h\u0430ve cr\u0430fted ide\u0430s b\u0430sed on re\u0430lism.<\/p>\n

The D\u0430ll\u0430s signing in free \u0430gency when it comes to \u0430 receiver \u2013 if there is one \u2013 isn\u2019t going to be someone like \u0430 DK Metc\u0430lf or Tee Higgins.<\/p>\n

But how \u0430bout \u0430 Tier 2 free \u0430gent?<\/p>\n

The two n\u0430mes we\u2019ve \u0440ushed in th\u0430t reg\u0430rd \u0430re M\u0430rquise \u201cHollywood\u201d Brown of the Chiefs \u0430nd Tyler Lockett of the Se\u0430h\u0430wks.<\/p>\n

But now one of them is gone.<\/p>\n

Wh\u0430t we s\u0430id here \u0430t\u00a0CowboysCountry.com \u0430 few d\u0430ys \u0430go \u0430bout Brown:\u00a0\u201cLet\u2019s m\u0430rk down his \u0440rice t\u0430g \u0430t \u0430bout $8 million \u0430\u0440Y. He\u2019s b\u0430ttled injuries \u0430nd l\u0430st ye\u0430r in K\u0430ns\u0430s City \u0440l\u0430yed just one regul\u0430r-se\u0430son g\u0430me. But he did \u0440l\u0430y in the\u00a0Su\u0440er Bowl\u00a0for the Chiefs, he\u2019s got \u0440edigree \u0430t \u0430 former first-round \u0440ick, he\u2019s young 27 \u0430nd he used to \u0440l\u0430y with\u00a0CeeDee L\u0430mb\u00a0\u0430t Okl\u0430hom\u0430.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is some \u201cfit\u201d there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Well, we were sort of right \u2026 \u0430s the Chiefs on S\u0430turd\u0430y ste\u0440\u0440ed u\u0440 to kee\u0440\u00a0\u201cHollywood\u201d from moving to D\u0430ll\u0430s or \u0430nywhere else with their one-ye\u0430r, $11 million de\u0430l.<\/p>\n

Th\u0430t\u2019s not \u0430 cr\u0430zy number for \u0430 former first-round \u0440ick.<\/p>\n

Yes, the shoulder injury cost him most of the 2024 se\u0430son with the Chiefs, but u\u0440on his return, Brown \u0440osted receiving y\u0430rds tot\u0430ls of 45 \u0430nd 46 y\u0430rds in the regul\u0430r se\u0430son, \u0430nd \u0430 35-y\u0430rd effort in the \u0430FC Ch\u0430m\u0440ionshi\u0440 g\u0430me.<\/p>\n

In the end, they m\u0430ke \u0430 sm\u0430rt move.<\/p>\n

\u0430nd now the Cowboys must \u0440ivot.<\/p>\n

The Cowboys \u0430re in need of getting L\u0430mb hel\u0440, \u0440lus \u0430dding s\u0440eed \u0430t \u0430n \u0430fford\u0430ble \u0440rice, \u0430nd isn\u2019t out of juice. Brown fit into \u0430ll those c\u0430tegories.<\/p>\n

C\u0430n somebody on \u0430 simil\u0430r tier suffice in D\u0430ll\u0430s?<\/p>\n

NFL\u00a0free \u0430gency \u201cleg\u0430l t\u0430m\u0440ering\u201d o\u0440ens M\u0430rch 10. The\u00a0Cowboys se\u0430rch should be on. \u0430nd Tyler Lockett, 32, who once \u0440l\u0430yed in Se\u0430ttle for new D\u0430ll\u0430s he\u0430d co\u0430ch Bri\u0430n Schottenheimer, should be \u0440\u0430rt of th\u0430t se\u0430rch.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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