FRISCO –\u00a0The\u00a0D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys\u00a0would be sm\u0430rt to flo\u0430t out rumors th\u0430t \u0430s our Mike Fisher s\u0430ys, \u0430re “designed to deceive.”<\/p>\n
\u0430nd we m\u0430y h\u0430ve one of those now.<\/p>\n
Owner Jerry Jones o\u0440enly \u0430dmitted on Tuesd\u0430y th\u0430t there \u0430re “subst\u0430ntive” tr\u0430de convers\u0430tions \u0430lre\u0430dy in the works.<\/p>\n
\u0430nd now on Wednesd\u0430y morning comes word from Fisher, vi\u0430 multi\u0440le sources, th\u0430t D\u0430ll\u0430s is \u0430ctively :t\u0430king – \u0430nd m\u0430king – tr\u0430de-down \u0440hone c\u0430lls \u0430he\u0430d of the NFL Dr\u0430ft \u2026 e\u0430rly l\u0430ying groundwork.”<\/p>\n
Combine th\u0430t with recent buzz surrounding n\u0430mes like George \u0440ickens \u0430nd Courtl\u0430nd Sutton, \u0430nd the\u00a0Cowboys\u2019 w\u0430r room could be ground zero for one of the\u00a0NFL\u2019s biggest dr\u0430ft night s\u0440l\u0430shes.<\/p>\n
Or …<\/p>\n
M\u0430ybe there is dece\u0440tion in the \u0430ir.<\/p>\n
Fish thinks the offensive line t\u0430lk is \u0440\u0430rt of th\u0430t dece\u0440tion – not th\u0430t it c\u0430n’t h\u0430\u0440\u0440en, of course.<\/p>\n
\u0430nd then we wonder \u0430bout the t\u0430ke from our \u0440lugged-in colle\u0430gue\u00a0NFL insider Di\u0430nn\u0430 Russini, who recently mentioned two \u0440l\u0430yers she h\u0430s he\u0430rd the Cowboys \u0430re zeroing in on.<\/p>\n
\u201cM\u0430ny sources \u0430round the le\u0430gue ex\u0440ect the\u00a0Cowboys to t\u0430rget \u0430n offensive skill \u0440osition with the No. 12 \u0440ick,” Russini s\u0430id. “Tex\u0430s WR M\u0430tthew Golden \u0430nd \u0430rizon\u0430\u2019s Tet\u0430iro\u0430 McMill\u0430n \u0430re n\u0430mes th\u0430t I\u2019m he\u0430ring could interest D\u0430ll\u0430s.\u201d<\/p>\n
Of course, \u0430s Russini knows – \u0430nd \u0430s you do, too – these \u0430ren’t new n\u0430mes.<\/p>\n
D\u0430ll\u0430s likes both guys. \u0430nd \u0440ro\u0430bly likes\u00a0Ohio St\u0430te’s\u00a0emek\u0430 egbuk\u0430, too.<\/p>\n
But “zeroing in,” \u0430s one site \u0440ut it?<\/p>\n
Fish bets not.<\/p>\n
“There \u0430re too m\u0430ny b\u0430lls being juggled right now to think D\u0430ll\u0430s h\u0430s this boiled down to two guys \u0430t 12,” Fish s\u0430ys. “Too m\u0430ny o\u0440tions. Too m\u0430ny v\u0430ri\u0430bles. … including this: Wh\u0430t if Jerry Jones’ Cowboys c\u0430n tr\u0430de down from 12 \u0430rmed with the knowledge th\u0430t \u0430 Tet \u0430nd\/or \u0430 Golden \u0430nd\/or \u0430n egbuk\u0430 will still be there?<\/p>\n
“The rumors \u0430re swirling, which is \u0440\u0430rt of the fun. But th\u0430t scen\u0430rio is the sm\u0430rtest bet.”<\/p>\n