Dallas Cowboys Jamal Adams Trade: The Circumstances Have Changed
By Reid Hanson
Trade talks regarding Jamal Adams and the Dallas Cowboys have reignited and this time the circumstances have changed in the favor of a trade
The Dallas Cowboys are chronically unsettled at safety and the best safety on the planet is disgruntled. So why wouldn’t America’s Team be instantly linked to a hometown hero like Jamal Adams and why wouldn’t trade talks reemerge during this painful sports famine that is the Summer of COVID?
This isn’t the first time the Dallas Cowboys have been linked to Jamal Adams. Heck, it’s not even the second time. The Dallas Cowboys and Jamal Adams rumors (verified or otherwise) have been going on since October of last year. So when news broke things are getting frosty again in New York, Dallas jumped back into the forefront of the trade rumors.
As if to give us all reprieve from the incessant and unyielding Dak Prescott debate, the Jamal Adams trade rumors have reignited, exciting the fan base and stimulating the most uneventful time of the NFL year. Tis the season for high profile trade talks!
Has enough changed?
Adams is going into 4th season and Jets exercised 5th year option for 2021. Unlikely any team makes trade without long-term contract. Adams is from Dallas and Cowboys showed interest last year. He makes $3.5M in 2020. Best teams sign their best players. They don't trade them.
— Gary Myers (@GaryMyersNY) May 21, 2020
The Dallas Cowboys offered a first rounder last season and the Jets rebuked, asking for more, much more, for their perennial All-Pro. Here we are seven months later wondering what’s changed.
The answer is, “plenty”.
It may seem like the same old long shot conjecture in play but the trade rumors and dual interest is real. Today we’ll look at three particular elements that have changed between last October and now and why a trade is much more likely today than it was yesterday.