The New York Giants are finally starting to piece something together. They’ve got Jameis Winston. They landed Russell Wilson. They still hold the No. 3 pick in next month’s draft. For the first time in forever, there’s something that vaguely resembles a quarterback plan in East Rutherford.
Over in Dallas? It’s chaos. What else is new?
Earlier on Wednesday, a wild rumor out of Cleveland took off: Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott could be on the move. Bruce Drennen, host of Cleveland sports talk show, Big Time with Bruce Drennan, said the Browns were “in negotiations” to land Prescott in what would’ve been a league-shaking trade. Naturally, the league went absolutely bonkers with the news.
Giants' hopes of Dak Prescott getting traded to the Browns were short-lived
The report had the Browns sending cornerback Greg Newsome II and draft compensation to Dallas for Prescott, who just signed a four-year, $240 million extension, making him the league’s highest-paid quarterback by average annual value. The Cowboys would then use Cleveland’s No. 2 pick to grab Shedeur Sanders. That was the theory. It all unraveled quickly.
Never mind the cap gymnastics that would’ve been required. Never mind Deshaun Watson’s recently restructured $36 million cap hit already clogging Cleveland’s books. The real dagger came from NFL Network’s Jane Slater, who wasted no time pouring cold water over the entire conversation:
“I run it all down when working this beat and the Dallas Cowboys are NOT working on trading Dak to the Browns,” Slater posted to X. “In fact, texts with two sources tell me ‘fake news’ and ‘absolutely not’ before this gets any sort of wheels.”
For a second there, it felt like Giants fans might actually get to see Watson in a Cowboys jersey, which would’ve been objectively hilarious. Because how exactly were the Browns going to take on Prescott’s contract while sitting on just $18.6 million in cap space before even signing their draft class? He would have had to be moved, right? Right?
And just like that, it was over. Rumor squashed. Good feelings gone.
Prescott has his flaws, sure. He’s been hurt. The playoff track record isn’t great. But trading him would blow up whatever Super Bowl window the Cowboys are still pretending to have. Even Jerry Jones has to know that.
So yeah, for a few glorious hours, Giants fans were eating it up. The idea of Dallas imploding and begging the G-Men to hold down the NFC East basement? That was sweet.
But in the end? It was just another offseason fantasy. One that was fun while it lasted.