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2019-2020 Offseason: Rumors Like Tumors – Placing
Bets On A Trade With The Jets
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May 25, 2020 At
1:35 PM CST
By Eric M. Scharf-
- “Wait – WHAT? A
rumor is like a tumor?!” you quizzically inquire
(perhaps unprepared for the clever humor beneath the surface of a
statement so seemingly dire). Some tumors can trigger the mind to
hallucinate or even believe rumors.
The New York Jets’ current star safety – Jamal "President" Adams – is
once again (for the second year in a row) at the
epicenter of a contract squabble that could allegedly result in a
critical defensive missing link being traded to an organization that
has endured nearly two DECADES of seeing (with rare exception) their
safeties consistently STINK.-
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Ever since retired Super Bowl champion and perennial Pro Bowl safety
Darren Woodson (due to injury) was no longer able to "bring the
wood, son," the safety position – from free to strong –
has intermittently gone all wrong. While "Cowboys Nation" is
used to hearing [in a French accent] that “X player wants to
be traded from Y team to Z’ Cowboys,” fans are also used to
seeing many such rumors suffer a fatal dent.
The moment the Jets balked at Adams’ renewed desire to receive a
blockbuster contract extension (sooner than the Jets were prepared
to act), Adams’ agent dutifully began “mildly” embellishing
the depth of the disagreement over his client’s preferred new pact.
“Jamal Adams has never stopped dreaming of joining
America’s Team, and his stalemate with the Jets only encourages that
idea to pick up steam! Like so, soooo many other
highly-interested parties, the Dallas Cowboys could acquire
him and look like big-time smarties!”
Cowboys Nation knew what to do – and just like tumors causing
fantasies about rumors – they began losing their ever-lovin’ minds
right on cue (even with the truth being comparatively askew).
The Jets (just like the last time) want at least a one and a
three to set Jamal free. The Jets (just like last time) are
expected to be greedy (as is their self-destructive right) and
attempt to milk every last piece of trade value from a team that has
been so safety-needy.
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- Would a Jets team so used to overestimating its position insist
on receiving Michael Gallup as part of any trade
submission? Would Dallas (with no proven wealth of
receiver health) dare to part with he who has made acrobatic
receptions into an aerial art? That would seem to be an unnecessary
and avoidable offensive balloon-popping dart.
Yup, just like those oh-so-fun Earl Thomas talks with the
Seahawks. Those discussions went not much better for the ageist,
injury-fixated Cowboys even after the then-30-year-old “Duke
Of Earl” finally received his freedom from Seattle to walk. Absent
any trade value restriction, Thomas jacked up his asking price
with conviction. And yet the 24-year-old, comparatively
boo-boo-free Jamal may still require quite the (trade assets and)
contract haul.
“B-But the Cowboys were not even willing to offer Byron 'Senator' Jones
a new deal! They respectfully refused to reconcile with the ‘fair
market’ and had zero expectation he could be brought to heel. What
if they are unwilling to offer Adams his own desired pact of up to
a rumored $15M+ per season?!” you worryingly
acknowledge (and with good reason). Outside of his different,
more-global, command position and a slower 40
speed, Adams is the physically bigger, more well-rounded, aggressive player who
– for the first time in quite a while – could really
help Dallas turn up the defensive dial. While his relatively-short
career currently reveals more of a Roy Williams-esque
run-support-thumper / aerial stumper, general consensus from around
the league is that Jamal may still have the untapped capacity to
further-transform (under different tutelage) into a
player who might finally-yet-imperfectly fulfill MORE
of Darren Woodson’s long-vacated game day deed.
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If, IF this latest round of trade demand hearsay is
REALLY in play, then, fans should expect (at least
some) “no pain, no gain” with GM Jerry having another chance
to land the Jets’ fancy defensive plane.
Otherwise and short of that, you may just want to
forget about placing (more) bets on a successful trade
with the Jets.
Will They Or Won’t They?
Will a potential trade and extension for Jamal Adams require
Dallas to sign Prescott sooner, practically driving Cowboys Nation
over-the-moon lunar? Will GM Jerry ever stop
enjoying such fan-throttling attention even if (most
of) it only ever proves the stuff of pure invention?
Will the Jets (just like last time) show the league they are
merely bluffing, or will they accept less meat and
a bit more stuffing . . . or will they pull off a trade
that leaves Cowboys Nation asking GM Jerry: "WHAT WERE YOU
PUFFING?!"
Will the recently-reinstated Aldon “No Longer A Myth” Smith be
but the first of two talented-but-troubled defensive ends
whom Roger Goodell will allow to begin anew? With the latest CBA now
being marijuana-friendly, will the mental-health-focused
Randy Gregory also convince the NFL’s commissioner that he can
expect no further chicanery?
Will the NFL soon share a high-level, in-progress outline
of how they hope to orchestrate the 2020-2021 season (with the
SAFETY-FIRST understanding that the potential absence of fans
from stadiums should not be viewed by the masses as some horrible
malfeasance)?
We shall see. We always do.
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