Cowboys trading Lamb for 49ers’ Aiyuk fun, but unrealistic idea. Unless…

On the Cowboys side of things, perhaps they are not interested in having a $35 million a year receiver during a transition period. Not only would they save $25 million over the course of a five-year deal, Aiyuk also would require less guaranteed money, money teams have to put into escrow whenever they sign a contract for a player. And while Cowboys ownership is flush with assets, they seem very hesitant to use “cash” in this manner, routinely ranking among the lowest cash expenditure teams over the last several years.

Prescott has proven over the course of his career that he’s capable of making due with less, and although him and Lamb seem to have a great rapport, there’s no doubt he’d be able to integrate Aiyuk this season as long as they had a camp to work together. And again, there’s no guarantee Prescott is the QB beyond 2024 at this point.

That takes many things for granted, mostly that Dallas is going to hit the reset button following this year, but that has looked more and more likely as the offseason has progressed.

Granted, extensions for Lamb and Prescott could happen at any moment as Dallas has a history of extensions during training camp, but if this is really an all-in year where the team pushes all of their chips in with the current group of coaches and players, they are going to wait to see what happens.