Dallas nearly landed star pass rusher Maxx Crosby but is now shifting focus to acquiring Bengals' Trey Hendrickson amid trade talks.
FRISCO - We reported earlier this week that the Dallas Cowboys would be bidding on trading for star pass rusher Maxx Crosby of the Las Vegas Raiders. ... but that Jerry Jones' club has no intention of giving up two first-round picks.
Now comes a report that the Cowboys as of Wednesday "thought they were close'' to acquiring Maxx ... but that other bidders have stepped up, causing Dallas to be "expected to shift their focus to Trey Hendrickson.
There are many things that suggest its a match made in heaven with Jones and the star defensive end in Sin City ... whom we have reported Dallas is "monitoring" in trade talks.
Is the Bengals' pass-rush sensation Hendrickson also a match. That's the claim of former ESPN anchor Trey Wingo, who is tweeting about Dallas' "shift.''
And Crosby's latest cryptic post feeds the rumors that have been following him for much of the beginning of the offseason, especially as they relate to the Cowboys.
Maxx posted an Instagram story video listening to country musician Shaboozey's sone "Beverly Hills" in which the lyrics describe the singer as a "lone-[expletive] cowboy."
Crosby also, either pointedly or coincidentally, panned his camera up to the stars that line the ceiling of his car. Might we be reaching? Potentially, but these are the fun games we play. Maxx knows it's coming.
Shaboozey's song begins by saying "Cowboys live forever." Make of that with what you will.
Cowboys Nation rightfully went ablaze on social media thinking Crosby is foreshadowing his move to "America's Team".
That attention has led to a dramatic shift in what team has the best odds of landing him on Kalshi, a public trading platform where users determine lines and odds for one another based on betting trends.
Crosby now reportedly has a 29-percent chance of being traded to Dallas, one percent higher than him staying in Las Vegas and three percent higher than him getting dealt to the Chicago Bears.
Rather than this actually representing a change internally, the odds are a reflection of the public growing belief that if Crosby were to actually be traded from the Raiders, it could be to Jones' Cowboys.
There was one more viral moment that shows Crosby's time with the Raiders coming to an end recently, and you guessed it, it came via a podcast (but not Crosby's own).
The five-time Pro Bowler said that he had already met his "new coach" and that he "seems like a great guy."
We acknowledge that this could very easily refer to new Raiders head coach Klint Kubiak, who takes over for Pete Carroll after being the offensive coordinator with the Super Bowl-winning Seattle Seahawks.
But if we're reading into the gossip that tends to follow the Dallas Cowboys endlessly - of course, with cautious internet literacy?
Maxx is in play. Trey is in play. The price just needs to be right.