The Dallas Cowboys’ Extreme Lack of Foresight is Haunting Them
By Reid Hanson
Charvarius Ward
36-months ago the Dallas Cowboys made a decision that likely haunts them today. Instead of cultivating their promising 6-foot-1, 196lb defensive back at a position that offered a future, they traded him for less than a week of depth to their offensive line.
Charvarius Ward just did that😱😤#HOUvsKC
— PFF (@PFF) October 13, 2019
(Via @thecheckdown)
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Charvarius Ward always had a future on the Dallas Cowboys. He was a versatile defensive back with natural size and skills. He could play special teams and he had a pathway to one day start in the Cowboys secondary.
Even if he never progressed past CB5 in 2018, he had a role and future on the Cowboys secondary. Especially with his special teams play. But the Dallas Cowboys traded him. Traded him for a back-up offensive linemen who had no pathway to ever start on the loaded Cowboys O-line. To make matters worse, that offensive lineman they traded Ward for, didn’t even last a week.
Chiefs cornerback Charvarius Ward earned the highest combined distribution of all NFL players in the 2019 Performance-Based Pay program. He earned a total of $654,750, nearly 15 percent more than his 2019 salary. Here’s his performance-based pay and other notable ones as well. pic.twitter.com/erYQYjJODG
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 12, 2020
Last season the man so flippantly traded, turned into one of the biggest bargains in the NFL. The 23-year-old Ward earned the highest performance based bonus pay from the NFL last season starting for the World Champion Kansas City Chiefs.
How does the Cowboys secondary look these days? Chidobe Awuzie and Jourdan Lewis are still trying to find their respective games (and they’re free agents next year) And Byron Jones, their lone elite player, is set to leave in free agency.