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<\/p>\nFRISCO \u2014 The Dallas Cowboys’ recent history gives their audience plenty of decisions to mock or gripe at.<\/p>\n
Frankly, it is commonplace for the Cowboys to find themselves on the wrong side of most deals they are involved in.<\/p>\n
Last week though that was not the case.<\/p>\n
The Cowboys traded for Joe Milton III, ensuring the depth behind Dak Prescott while giving themselves an enticing developmental project behind the starter.<\/p>\n
That brilliant of a move started the hysteria and left critics bewildered. Some have even settled on the team trading Prescott coming out of this trade.<\/p>\n
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Former NFL quarterback Kurt Benkert finds himself among that contingent and proposed a trade for Dallas to find a piece equal in value to Prescott.<\/p>\n
He thinks Dallas should trade their franchise quarterback and their first-round pick to the Pittsburgh Steelers for their own first-rounder and T.J. Watt.<\/p>\n
“Steelers get a QB and avoid the contract + get pick #12 Cowboys get Pick #21 + Watt & get to (see) what Milton can do,” Benkert wrote on X. “They\u2019d have the best D line in the NFL and would give them an actual chance in the NFC East.”<\/em><\/p>\n The enthusiasm is admirable but this move is better suited for use on a Madden video game.<\/p>\n In case the public backing or Prescott’s massive contract extension was not enough, the Cowboys are not moving off their quarterback in the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n Simply entertaining this idea though, it is hard to wrap one’s mind around the Cowboys acquiring another contract headache on the defensive side.<\/p>\n Watt is throwing some not-so-subtle hints at the Steelers, wanting his own pay day.<\/p>\n The short version of the finances here?<\/strong><\/p>\n Moving Dak would cost Dallas $148 million in dead money.<\/p>\n And acquiring Watt would likely cost $160 million – his likely wish for a new four-year deal at $40 million APY.<\/p>\n The Cowboys themselves are working through their own extension dealings with Micah Parsons. … with $40 million also a magic number.<\/p>\n Watt and Parsons together would make for quite the formidable duo, but Dallas would sacrifice financially the ability to do business … and would be asking Joe Milton to carry the offense.<\/p>\n Dallas made a good move and has a fun backup option to Prescott. And that’s about where this ends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" FRISCO \u2014 The Dallas Cowboys’ recent history gives their audience plenty of decisions to mock or gripe at. Frankly, it is commonplace for the Cowboys to find… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":48669,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"\n