FRISCO – Cleveland’s suddenly crowded closed-end room has budding star David Njoku demanding a trade from the Browns, for new agent Drew Rosenhaus.
“David is interested in finding a new team right now,” Rosenhaus told ESPN.
But have the Dallas Cowboys expressed interest as a “potential suitor” for the 23-year-old Njoku? That, according to two CowboysSI.com sources within The Star, is fiction.
“That,” a source told us when the news came out on Friday, “sounds like an agent’s creation.”
A second source was added: “No, no interest.”
Rosenhaus, of course, is one of the best in the business in terms of attracting customer attention. And whispering to a prominent media outlet, be it ESPN or Cleveland.com, about a connection to the Cowboys is a great way to “shake things up.”
Dallas has just committed to a young tight end that he believes in Blake Jarwin. The Cowboys also signed blocking tight end Blake Bell, previously a part-time starter with the Chiefs, and also have recent draft pick Dalton Schultz on the list. None of that means Njoku, a former first-round pick, may not represent an improvement. And since he’s slated to earn $ 2.6 million this year and just over $ 6 million in 2021, the price (in terms of salary) is not outrageous.
But there is another “price”. Cleveland’s history also suggests that the Browns will ask for a first-round pick in exchange for an exchange. And such a thing has never been discussed within The Star, according to sources. .
In fact, when asked by CowboysSI.com, the Cowboys’ main office did not seem to realize that Njoku is now represented by Rosenhaus. (The player changed his representation two days ago.) You might think that if Dallas is in the midst of fishing for a deal involving Njoku and Rosenhaus, an agent this organization knows well, that Dallas would at least know that Rosenhaus really is. the agent of your “target”. But they did not.
That is not an accusation from the main office; it is a clue that “the Njoku thing” is a novelty for them.
“It’s all quiet here with this idea,” the Cowboys source said Friday.
That has not stopped speculation that Dallas could offer a trading chip on the corner. Chidobe Awuzie. But that speculation, again, does not come from Frisco. And while this is a never-say-never business, the fact that all of these reports from Njoku to Dallas were news to the Cowboys probably means there’s not much to it.
