{"id":54720,"date":"2025-06-09T09:02:30","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T09:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=54720"},"modified":"2025-06-09T09:02:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T09:02:30","slug":"report-cowboys-could-trade-starter-after-massive-addition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=54720","title":{"rendered":"Report: Cowboys Could Trade Starter After Massive Addition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Dallas Cowboys made a blockbuster trade when they acquired\u00a0George Pickens from the Pittsburgh Steelers, but his addition could mean the departure of former third-round pick Jalen Tolbert. After spending his first two seasons in a depth role, the South Alabama product broke out with a strong 2024. Appearing in all 17 games while making 15 starts, Tolbert finished the year with 49 receptions for 610 yards and seven touchdowns while catching passes from Dak Prescott, Cooper Rush, and Trey Lance.<\/p>\n<p>Jalen Tolbert isn\u2019t an All-Pro by any stretch of the imagination, but he\u2019s a reliable second or third option in a passing attack. However, with Pickens and superstar CeeDee Lamb ahead of him on the depth chart,\u00a0<em>Bleacher Report<\/em>\u2018s Gary Davenport\u00a0believes the Cowboys could entertain a Jalen Tolbert trade. While they might not get anything more than a Day 3 pick for his services, some receiver-needy teams could pick up the phone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSure, Dallas isn\u2019t exactly overflowing with depth at wide receiver. But it also makes sense for the Cowboys to try to get the ball into the hands of\u00a0speedster KaVontae Turpin\u00a0more in 2025,\u201d Davenport writes. \u201cSeveral teams are worse off at wideout than Dallas, and with Tolbert entering the last year of his rookie deal, the argument can be made for shopping them.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_236095\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-236095\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-236095\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/06\/Cowboys-Jalen-Tolbert-Trade-1024x791.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/06\/Cowboys-Jalen-Tolbert-Trade-1024x791.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/06\/Cowboys-Jalen-Tolbert-Trade-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/06\/Cowboys-Jalen-Tolbert-Trade-768x593.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/06\/Cowboys-Jalen-Tolbert-Trade.jpg 1380w\" alt=\"Cowboys Jalen Tolbert Trade\" width=\"640\" height=\"494\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-236095\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dec 29, 2024; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Jalen Tolbert (1) makes a touchdown catch against Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Quinyon Mitchell (27) during the first quarter at Lincoln Financial Field. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Cowboys Could Trade Jalen Tolbert After George Pickens Addition<\/h2>\n<h3>Possible Fits<\/h3>\n<h4>Los Angeles Chargers<\/h4>\n<p>The Los Angeles Chargers are ready to compete for a championship heading into the second year of the\u00a0Jim Harbaugh Era. After making the playoffs in Year 1, Harbaugh and company upgraded the trenches throughout the offseason and have a roster capable of winning old-school football games. However, they need more receiving talent to go blow-for-blow with the elite passing attacks of the Buffalo Bills, Kansas City Chiefs, and Baltimore Ravens. A Jalen Tolbert trade would give this team some much-needed help at the position and give Justin Herbert a proven weapon opposite Ladd McConkey.<\/p>\n<h4>Tennessee Titans<\/h4>\n<p>The fate of the Tennessee Titans rests in the hands of\u00a0first-overall pick Cam Ward, which means the team must do everything they can to support him. Calvin Ridley is a good wide receiver, but Tyler Lockett is well past his prime and Treylon Burks has yet to justify his first-round draft capital. Jalen Tolbert won\u2019t single-handedly determine Ward\u2019s success in the NFL, but it can\u2019t hurt to trade a late-round pick for a player who could be the second-best receiver in this offense.<\/p>\n<h4>New Orleans Saints<\/h4>\n<p>The New Orleans Saints will not compete for much of anything in the 2025 season. However, that shouldn\u2019t stop them from upgrading the wide receiver room with a Jalen Tolbert trade. Chris Olave and Rashid Shaheed are an adequate duo, but Olave\u2019s extensive concussion history makes him a risk for a full 17-game season. Tolbert could provide some much-needed stability to this room and help either Spencer Rattler or\u00a0second-round pick Tyler Shough develop into a legitimate franchise quarterback.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dallas Cowboys made a blockbuster trade when they acquired\u00a0George Pickens from the Pittsburgh Steelers, but his addition could mean the departure of former third-round pick Jalen&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":54725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Report: Cowboys Could Trade Starter After Massive Addition - 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=54720\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Report: Cowboys Could Trade Starter After Massive Addition - 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