Cowboys are already trying to trade Everson Griffen
By John Buhler
The Dallas Cowboys are already trying to trade defensive end Everson Griffen
Everson Griffen may not have staying power with the Dallas Cowboys after all.
The NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reports Griffen is available for trade. The longtime Minnesota Vikings defensive end signed a one-year deal worth $6 million with the Cowboys ahead of his age-32 season. With the Cowboys at a pitiful 2-5 through seven weeks, they might be looking to move off the veteran sack artist for more draft capital to help jump start an inevitable rebuild.
This is an interesting one: The #Cowboys have made it known that DE Everson Griffen is available in a trade, source says. About half of his $6M salary is left for a team looking for edge help. Makes sense with Dallas’ record.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) October 26, 2020
Does having Everson Griffen on the trading block mean Dallas is out of it?
Even at 2-5, the Cowboys are still very much alive for the NFC East division title. No team in that rancid division has more than two wins through seven weeks. Though the Philadelphia Eagles feel like the slightest of favorites to win it, Dallas, the New York Giants and the Washington Football Team cannot be crossed off for a division crown just yet. Maybe the Cowboys are punting already?
If that is what they are doing, then why did they fire Jason Garrett as head coach? The idea of bringing in a former Super Bowl champion head coaching in Mike McCarthy was to get the Cowboys to where they haven’t been since the 1995 NFL season: The Super Bowl! Shopping talented players like Griffen may signify a much larger issue in play at The Star in Frisco.
Though things may have run their course in the Twin Cities, it’s almost unfathomable the Cowboys have put Griffen on the block already. He does have 2.5 sacks and is still an incredibly pass rusher. This might be an indictment on defensive coordinator Mike Nolan who can’t make it work with a four-time former Pro Bowler. Maybe Griffen does get dealt here soon like Yannick Ngakoue did?
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Overall, this offseason has been nothing short of a disaster for the Cowboys. They hired at best the fourth-best head coach this offseason cycle, depending on how you feel about Joe Judge and the Giants. The Cowboys should be an 11-5 team and contending for a first-round bye in the NFC. Instead, they’re considering parting ways with a perennial Pro Bowler like Griffen mid-season.
Trading Griffen away signifies the year is lost, but it won’t solve the larger issues at hand either.