Should the Cowboys attempt to trade for Davante Adams?

The Dallas Cowboys’ pursuit of Davante Adams doesn’t appear to be heating up — yet.

After it was reported that the Cowboys were among the teams monitoring the situation with the star wide receiver, Dallas hasn’t been heavily involved in trade talks with the Las Vegas Raiders about acquiring Adams, The Athletic reported. 

Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy seemed to indicate that Dallas wasn’t preparing for a major pursuit of Adams, either. McCarthy told reporters on Wednesday that while he has “tremendous love and respect” for the receiver he coached for several years with the Green Bay Packers, he feels “very confident with our receiver room” at the moment. 

While the Cowboys’ reported lack of interest in Adams might have frustrated some, “The Facility’s” LeSean McCoy actually thinks it’s a good decision to not make a major pursuit for the star receiver because they already have one. 

“It’s all about having that bond and chemistry as a player,” McCoy said. “I look at different teams I played on. I played with really, really good players, especially wide receivers. I just imagine if you have two top-five receivers, how would that look like? Because everybody’s not cool with taking the back seat, taking the second row. Right now, Davante Adams is still, in my opinion, an elite receiver and a top-tier guy.

“If it’s a ‘gimme down,’ a third-and-3 or 4 [yards]. We throwing it – who’s the ball go to? They playing man, who you gonna go to? And that might cause some friction in the locker room.”

CeeDee Lamb has become one of the most highly-used receivers in football over the last couple of seasons. He led the league in receptions in 2023 (135) while Adams had at least 100 receptions in each of the previous four seasons. So, Adams would likely cut into the number of targets Lamb gets.

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