The Dallas Cowboys are no stranger to head-scratching decisions; they seemingly make a few every offseason. Recently, Dallas had everyone scratching their head with one draft decision. The Cowboys put together a pretty promising class, consisting of nine picks that addressed multiple needs, but they didn’t select a single receiver in the draft.
This decision not to add a wideout earned Dallas a lot of criticism, because receiver is one of the team’s biggest needs. However, one NFL executive actually thinks the Cowboys made the right decision to skip drafting a receiver.
In a recent piece for The Athletic, Mike Sando surveyed anonymous NFL executives, getting their thoughts on every team following the draft. One executive was confused why so many people wanted Dallas to get a receiver, arguing that the team already has an expensive wideout in CeeDee Lamb.
"I don’t know why everyone wants them to take a receiver so bad when they have one they are paying $34 million a year."Anonymous exec on Cowboys’ WR room
NFL exec argues Cowboys don’t need another receiver since they have CeeDee Lamb
Lamb is undoubtedly an elite receiver, catching 101 passes for 1,194 yards and six touchdowns in 15 games games last season. He also is expensive, playing on a four-year deal worth $136 million. However, that should be motivation to draft another receiver, not the opposite.
The Cowboys’ wide receiver room can’t compare to the top units in the league, even with Lamb, and that’s because teams are loading up on good wideouts. Teams like the Philadelphia Eagles paid AJ Brown and DeVonta Smith, and the Cincinnati Bengals paid Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins. Having multiple top wideouts is now the standard for a productive offense in the league.
Drafting a talented young wideout would’ve potentially given Dallas another quality receiver on a cheap rookie contract. However, the franchise decided on a different approach. While the Cowboys may have support on this approach from an anonymous exec, that’s seemingly the extent of the support. If things don’t work out well in the fall, it will get especially loud in Dallas.