{"id":46524,"date":"2025-05-07T03:08:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T03:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=46524"},"modified":"2025-05-07T03:08:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T03:08:25","slug":"breaking-cowboys-new-najee-harris-trade-rumor-exposed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=46524","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Cowboys New Najee Harris Trade Rumor Exposed.."},"content":{"rendered":"
The Chargers haven\u2019t even let Najee touch the field yet \u2014 but someone\u2019s already trying to ship him off to Dallas.<\/div>\n
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We must have officially reached the low point of the\u00a0NFL\u00a0calendar as a recent article suggested the\u00a0Dallas Cowboys should trade for Najee Harris.<\/p>\n

No, we won’t link you the piece. And we’re about to show you why …<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s just start with the obvious.<\/p>\n

Najee Harris was a free agent. Two months ago.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Cowboys had every chance to go get him. They didn\u2019t. They chose to sign Javonte Williams, a back with similar traits and a comparable price tag. Then they doubled down with a vet-minimum rental in Miles Sanders.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s two decisions \u2014 both more cost-efficient than what a trade for Najee would now require.<\/p>\n

Harris’ contract to jump from the\u00a0Pittsburgh Steelers\u00a0is one year with the\u00a0Los Angeles Chargers\u00a0and it’s fully guaranteed\u00a0$5,250,000 deal.<\/p>\n

Good for him. It’s inescapable there.<\/p>\n

Javonte signed a one-year deal here for $3 mil, with $1 mil guaranteed,<\/p>\n

And Miles? He\u00a0signed a one-year, $1,337,500 contract deal $167,500 guaranteed.<\/p>\n

Cheap. And cheaper.<\/p>\n

Both escapable.<\/p>\n

So let\u2019s get real. You don\u2019t pass on a guy in Najee when he\u2019s free, then come crawling back to him two months later and give up draft compensation just to say you were two months late. …<\/p>\n

Especially when the new vets are healthy and especially when you already spent real capital drafting Phil Mafah and Jaydon Blue, two backs who fit exactly what this new offense is supposed to be.<\/p>\n

But even beyond the Cowboys logic \u2014 this also makes zero sense for the Chargers, who just signed Najee and almost immediately drafted Omarion Hampton, who fell into their lap and fits Harbaugh\u2019s old-school style perfectly.<\/p>\n

Power football. Ball control.<\/p>\n

Depth matters in that system, and Najee hasn\u2019t even had a chance to screw up yet.<\/p>\n

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So\u2026 what\u2019s the angle?<\/p>\n

This feels like a case of someone stretching for Cowboys engagement, tossing out hypotheticals that don\u2019t pass the smell test.<\/p>\n

This sounds like clicks over credibility. And it’s lazy.<\/p>\n

You want to cook up trade targets? Fine. We love that. We do that.<\/p>\n

But let\u2019s be rooted in reality.<\/p>\n

The Cowboys already had their shot. And they said no. … while taking four other shots they like better.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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