As the Davante Adams trade saga continues on, one analyst recently proposed a deal between the Las Vegas Raiders and Dallas Cowboys for the star wide receiver.
The proposed trade comes from The Athletic's Jon Machota and the pitch involves the Cowboys sending the Raiders a 2025 third-round pick and wide receiver Jalen Brooks for Adams.
“The Raiders will likely have better offers, but it’s difficult for the Cowboys to give up much more in terms of future draft picks,” Machota wrote last week. “They recently made Dak Prescott the league’s highest-paid player and receiver CeeDee Lamb the second-highest-paid non-quarterback. They plan to eventually sign Micah Parsons to a deal that will likely make him the NFL’s highest-paid non-quarterback."
While the Cowboys would be happy to make that deal considering their need at the wide receiver position, that's not going to get it done for Las Vegas.
The Raiders are seeking a second-round pick and additional compensation for Adams, although they are unlikely to get that much. Even still, they can probably do better than what Machota is offering here.
Machota's pitch is essentially Adams for a third-round pick, as Brooks is a former seventh-rounder who is unlikely to amount to anything. Las Vegas would be better served simply taking a late-round pick in place of Brooks in that proposal.
Now, if the Cowboys were to throw in Jalen Tolbert with that third-round pick, that might be enough to move the needle and get the Raiders to budge. Or, Las Vegas could add in a Day 3 pick with Adams in order to get a higher selection from the Cowboys, but that would likely remove Tolbert from the equation.
Whatever the case may be, Machota's trade proposal isn't likely to be enough to send Adams to Dallas. The Cowboys would have to come with more than that if they want an elite wide receiver to pair with CeeDee Lamb.
