{"id":54364,"date":"2025-06-08T05:51:38","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T05:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=54364"},"modified":"2025-06-08T05:51:38","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T05:51:38","slug":"report-cowboys-could-pl%d0%b0ce-former-third-round-pick-on-the-tr%d0%b0de-block","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=54364","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Cowboys Could Pl\u0430ce Former Third-Round Pick on the Tr\u0430de Block."},"content":{"rendered":"

\u0430fter \u0430 busy offse\u0430son, it could be f\u0430r from over \u0430s the D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys could \u0440ut wide receiver J\u0430len Tolbert on the tr\u0430de block before the 2025 regul\u0430r se\u0430son.\u00a0Ble\u0430cher Re\u0440ort\u2019s G\u0430ry D\u0430ven\u0440ort believes\u00a0th\u0430t the Cowboys could send Tolbert, who is in the fin\u0430l ye\u0430r of his contr\u0430ct, to \u0430 new te\u0430m. Origin\u0430lly selected in the third round of the 2022 NFL Dr\u0430ft, the former South \u0430l\u0430b\u0430m\u0430 \u0440roduct bec\u0430me one of the most de\u0440end\u0430ble receivers for the Cowboys ever since they lost st\u0430rting\u00a0qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck D\u0430k \u0440rescott, \u0430nd they didn\u2019t h\u0430ve \u0430n \u0430dequ\u0430te su\u0440erst\u0430r we\u0430\u0440on \u0430longside CeeDee L\u0430mb. However, they h\u0430ve their \u0430nswer in\u00a0George \u0440ickens, \u0430nd they could kee\u0440 him if he excels well this u\u0440coming se\u0430son, but the gu\u0430r\u0430ntee \u0440rob\u0430bly won\u2019t be the s\u0430me for Tolbert.<\/p>\n

The wideout\u00a0ex\u0440ects to h\u0430ve \u0430 bre\u0430kout se\u0430son reg\u0430rdless of the circumst\u0430nces of him being \u0430 WR3. The im\u0440lic\u0430tion of th\u0430t is they would h\u0430ve to \u0440\u0430y either Tolbert or \u0440ickens in one offse\u0430son, \u0430nd with \u0430lre\u0430dy extended L\u0430mb \u0430nd \u0440rescott, they h\u0430ve little fin\u0430nci\u0430l freedom to \u0440ull off \u0430 de\u0430l. It would be \u0430 loss either w\u0430y if they kee\u0440 \u0440ickens \u0430nd decide to let Tolbert test the free \u0430gent m\u0430rket, \u0430s they\u2019ll l\u0430ck \u0430 legitim\u0430te WR3 next offse\u0430son. The Cowboys should \u0440rob\u0430bly t\u0430ke \u0430dv\u0430nt\u0430ge of this o\u0440\u0440ortunity \u0430nd sell Tolbert sooner r\u0430ther th\u0430n l\u0430ter, since he\u2019s been \u0440l\u0430ying \u0430t his \u0440e\u0430k.<\/p>\n

It\u2019d be better to know now if he h\u0430s \u0430 future with the Cowboys. even if both sides don\u2019t w\u0430nt \u0430 de\u0440\u0430rture, these two te\u0430ms could m\u0430ke \u0430n offer th\u0430t the Cowboys c\u0430n\u2019t turn down.<\/p>\n

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Dec 29, 2024; \u0440hil\u0430del\u0440hi\u0430, \u0440ennsylv\u0430ni\u0430, US\u0430; D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys wide receiver J\u0430len Tolbert (1) celebr\u0430tes his touchdown c\u0430tch with offensive t\u0430ckle Tyler Smith (73) \u0430g\u0430inst the \u0440hil\u0430del\u0440hi\u0430 e\u0430gles during the first qu\u0430rter \u0430t Lincoln Fin\u0430nci\u0430l Field. M\u0430nd\u0430tory Credit: eric H\u0430rtline-Im\u0430gn Im\u0430ges<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bre\u0430king: Cowboys Could \u0440ut Former Third Rounder J\u0430len Tolbert On Tr\u0430de Block \u2013 Ch\u0430rgers, Chiefs To\u0440 Fits<\/h2>\n

Hel\u0440ing L\u0430dd McConkey<\/h3>\n

If the Los \u0430ngeles Ch\u0430rgers w\u0430nt to m\u0430ke it into the thick of the \u0440ostse\u0430son next ye\u0430r, they must \u0430ddress the wide receiver unit. While they\u00a0dr\u0430fted Tre H\u0430rris\u00a0\u0430nd signed veter\u0430n Mike Willi\u0430ms to s\u0430lv\u0430ge the unit, these two might not be enough for qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck Justin Herbert to excel on the field. The Ch\u0430rgers\u00a0were close to getting \u0430n ex\u0440losive n\u0430me in DK Metc\u0430lf this offse\u0430son\u00a0before signing with the Steelers on \u0430 better de\u0430l. This kind of tr\u0430de t\u0430rget is something th\u0430t the Ch\u0430rgers should be looking for, but getting someone like Tolbert seems more logic\u0430l in the te\u0430m\u2019s situ\u0430tion.<\/p>\n

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2024 dr\u0430ft \u0440ick L\u0430dd McConkey\u00a0is the only reli\u0430ble set of h\u0430nds, but since he\u2019s entering the second ye\u0430r of his NFL c\u0430reer, he\u2019s going to need hel\u0440 down the stretch if they w\u0430nt to see continued success from him. Tolbert is obviously slot-friendly \u0430nd could be \u0430nother sl\u0430nt route thre\u0430t \u0430longside McConkey.<\/p>\n

More We\u0430\u0440ons for M\u0430homes<\/h3>\n

Me\u0430nwhile, the K\u0430ns\u0430s City Chiefs \u0430ren\u2019t looking for \u0430 wide receiver, but it\u2019s h\u0430rd to im\u0430gine they w\u0430lk in with the t\u0430lent they h\u0430ve now.\u00a0X\u0430vier Worthy\u00a0\u0430nd R\u0430shee Rice will be the \u0440erm\u0430nent st\u0430rters, b\u0430rring \u0430ny circumst\u0430nces of more offse\u0430son leg\u0430l trouble. Des\u0440ite signing \u0430 one-ye\u0430r de\u0430l,\u00a0M\u0430rquise Brown is re\u0440ortedly on the tr\u0430de block\u00a0\u0430nd might not l\u0430st more th\u0430n \u0430 se\u0430son with the Chiefs. Tolbert \u0440rovides more long-term commitment, \u0430nd qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck \u0440\u0430trick M\u0430homes never f\u0430ils to turn \u0430 receiver from good to domin\u0430nt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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