Report: Cowboys apparently make decision on Davante Adams, current WR corps

From @ToddBrock24f7: Dallas will reportedly not pursue Davante Adams, even with WR2 Brandin Cooks missing time. Their other options are green, to say the least.

The rumblings of six-time Pro Bowler Davante Adams being a trade target for the suddenly-wide-receiver-needy Cowboys appear to have been incredibly short-lived.

Despite a Tuesday report that Adams has requested a trade from the Raiders, and despite a Wednesday morning report that the Cowboys were among the clubs showing early interest in acquiring the 10,000-career-yard receiver, Nick Harris of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram said Wednesday afternoon that the Cowboys apparently won’t pursue Adams after all.

The reason? Lack of “comfortability” with Adams’s potential asking price, as well as the Cowboys’ current wide receiving corps.

The Cowboys “value draft capital too much to be a player” in the Adams frenzy, notes Harris.

This, despite word also coming down Wednesday that the team’s starting WR2, Brandin Cooks, will miss this weekend’s game versus Pittsburgh- and potentially more- with a knee infection that set in following a minor procedure last week.

Head coach Mike McCarthy, in his Wednesday press conference, expressed confidence in the options already in the building.

“I love the guys we have here,” McCarthy said. “[Rookie Ryan Flournoy] is definitely ready. I mean, he’s someone that’s been competing each week to be up [on the gameday roster], so he’ll definitely have more opportunities. And I think the two Jalens [Tolbert and Brooks], this is opportunities for them, [as well as KaVontae] Turpin. Love our practice squad guys. So we’ll be in good shape there.”

To recap, the Cowboys will reportedly not pursue an 11-year veteran and three-time first-team All-Pro wideout- who is about to surpass Chad Johnson, DeSean Jackson, Keenan McCardell, Rod Smith, and Calvin Johnson this season in all-time receiving yards- because they already have…

*checks notes*

…four guys who have combined for 11 starts, 64 catches, and 747 receiving yards. And one of them has yet to even set foot on the field in an actual NFL game.

To his credit, McCarthy gave flowers to each of the team’s depth receivers for their development and hard work and ability to line up in multiple WR positions. But what else would he say if the front office has made it clear- as Stephen Jones did in a radio interview earlier in the week- that they won’t be going after any high-profile reinforcements?

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Apparently, it matters not that one of those prospective reinforcements is one of McCarthy’s most lauded former players, who amassed over 3,900 receiving yards and scored 27 touchdowns in their five seasons together in Green Bay (and another nearly 400 yards and four scores in seven playoff games).

Defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence has already been moved to injured reserve, and linebacker Micah Parsons is expected to miss at least Sunday’s tilt with the Steelers, if not more. DaRon Bland is likely still out, and Caelen Carson is no sure thing to play.

And now the loss of Cooks will hamper the offense, too. He’s caught just nine balls this season for 82 yards and a touchdown, but the veteran’s absence will allow the Steelers to devote even more resources to covering CeeDee Lamb and pressuring Dak Prescott, knowing that Dallas has inexperienced alternatives in the passing game and a thus-far woeful running attack.

“We like our guys,” the Cowboys brass is fond of saying.

It seems they’re content to stick with those guys, even as they’re dropping like flies. And they apparently have no interest in giving up future draft picks to make any obvious and immediate improvement.

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