‘Frustrated’ Davante Adams Wants Trade To Dallas Cowboys? Is This A Joke? (Yes): NFL Tracker

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During the game, Micah has the medical staff lol at his knee and ankle; he was clearly dinged up. He did play through it, however.

OCT 23 EAGLES MAKE IN-SEASON TRADE… AGAIN The Philadelphia Eagles have been ruthless in recent years when it comes to midseason acquisitions. That streak continued on Monday as they traded for Tennesssee Titans safety Kevin Byard, per a report from NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport.

In exchange for the seven-year veteran, the Eagles sent safety Terrell Edmunds along with their 2024 fifth and sixth-round picks. The addition of Byard is expected to strengthen a Philadelphia secondary that injuries have ravaged as of late.

Byard, 30, has started in six games this season for the Titans, totaling 47 tackles and one fumble. Byard could make his Eagles debut as soon as Sunday when they travel to face the Washington Commanders on Sunday.

OCT 23 MAHER CALLED OUT BY MCVAY WITH RETURN TO DALLAS COMING It’s deja new shade of blue all over again.

Dallas Cowboys fans and management can sympathize with what their Los Angeles Rams-based peers are going through, as the latter groups are among the latest to ride the Brett Maher kicking rollercoaster.

Maher, who went viral for all the wrong reasons last Dallas postseason, once again lingers in an unwanted spotlight after missing three kicks (two field goals and an extra point) in the Rams’ 24-17 loss to Pittsburgh on Sunday.

Maher currently leads the league with 17 successful field goals but those have come on 23 attempts, placing his 73.9 percent success rate fourth-to-last among kickers with at least 10 tries. In contrast, Dallas (4-2) has enjoyed the antics of Maher’s replacement as two-time USFL champion Brandon Aubrey has converted each of his first 16 triple atempts to dae.

Rams head coach Sean McVay has put Maher on notice as he prepares to come home to AT&T Stadium on Sunday (12 p.m. CT, Fox).

“We’ll look at it and we’ll see. He’s got to be better,” McVay said of the Pittsburgh debacle, per Cameron DaSilva of RamsWire. “That’s seven points that we missed out on that were key and critical for the momentum of the game and the type of game that it was. Those were tough ones today.”

“I’m a human being and I have extremely high standards for myself in this offense,” Adams said. “I’m sure people are thinking: ‘They won the game, why is there an issue?’ I mean, you see why it’s an issue. Y’all should know who I am, know what I’m about at this point … when you’re a player like me, mentally, my benchmark is not wins and losses — it’s greatness.”

These remarks have naturally led to trade speculation … and in one case, some “trade comedy.” Cowboys watcher Tom Downey is the perpetrator of the latter as he tweeted, “Davante Adams wants to be a Cowboy. He thinks he and CeeDee Lamb would be the best WR duo in the NFL, knows Mike McCarthy would actually feature him and thinks Dak is a massive upgrade over the QBs he’s had in Vegas.

Davante Adams and the Cowboys

Downey is trying to offer satire here; he’s well-aware of the impracticality of Adams – who signed a five-year, $140 million contract with the Raiders after being acquired from the Packers in a 2022 trade – landing in Dallas … sexy as the idea might be.

Some on social media has taken the tweet seriously, though; so far, it’s been viewed by 623,000 people. So it’s got traction – but it’s a joke with traction, not a story, not even a rumor.

OCT 17 MEET CHARGERS LADY During Monday night’s Cowboys’ 20-17 win over the Chargers, a lady wearing a Justin Herbert jersey went viral as ESPN’s cameras captured her … over and over and over again … going nuts with the emotions of the game.

Is she for real? On Tuesday, this viral fan has been identified as Merrianne Do, as according to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, she’s a true diehard Chargers fan.

“Sorry, conspiracy theorists: The Chargers fan who went viral Monday night and her husband are season ticket holders who rent cabana suites every season for multiple games, I’m told,” Pelissero wrote on X. “They’re true diehard fans — not actors — and wanted to get the word out.”

“I wear my heart on my sleeve and I’m intense… I’ve been a football fan for as long as I can remember and I’m passionate about it,” Do told McAfeeOCT 16 BAD START The Dallas Cowboys went three-and-out, gave up a long punt return and had no defense for a Keenan Allen TD catch as they fell down to the Chargers 7-0 quickly on “Monday Night Football.”, adding that she is not a “plant,” as rumored, meant to stir up attention for the Chargers.

Dallas got into a pregame fight at SoFi … but showed little fight in the first few minutes here.

OCT 15 NINERS UPSET!

The Cowboys surely watched the lowly Cleveland Browns upset the previously unbeaten San Francisco 49ers on Sunday in NFL Week 6 by a stunning 19-17 score and wondered three things …

1- How, with somebody named PJ Walker at QB and including the 49ers missing a game-winning field goal to close, did the Browns do that?

2- If the Browns could do it, why, just a week ago, could we not – by an embarrassing 42-10 score, no less?

3- Does this mean maybe at 3-2 and heading to LA to see the Chargers on Monday night that all is not lost when it comes to being competitive in the NFC? That everybody – even the “unbeatable” Niners – are vulnerable?

Film study will answer their first two questions. The standings answer the third.

OCT 13 KITTLE FINE The NFL has fined San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle $13,659 for “use of abusive language” on the T-shirt he wore under his uniform against the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday night.

The profane undershirt has gone viral since after the 42-10 Dallas loss in which Kittle caught three TD passes.

OCT 12 KYLE SHANAHAN WEIGHS IN ON KITTLEGATE San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan is the latest to comment on his tight end’s controversial wardrobe malfunction. The Bay Area’s Georgie Kittle scored three touchdowns in a 42-10 shellacking of the Cowboys, one that saw him out score Dallas on his own with three touchdowns. Kittle did so while wearing an undershirt that read “(Bleep) Dallas,” adding another intriguing, salty chapter in the Cowboys-49ers rivalry

Unlike the many on-field commentators whose responses have varied from fury to agreement, Shanahan expressed relative indifference.

“Not much,” Shanahan said, per NBC Sports. “(That’s) just Kittle, WWE stuff, entertainment. Not really much, just smiled at it.”

Each side’s ensuing schedules should wash out this literally dirty laundry from the news cycle. But players in each locker room have made it clear they won’t be forgetting it any time soon, and those feelings should only intensify if they do postseason battle for the third consecutive occasion.

OCT 10 VANDER ESCH OUT 4-6 WEEKS, SO … Cowboys linebacker Leighton Vander Esch is set to miss 4-6 weeks after enduring a neck strain during Sunday night’s 42-10 shellacking at the hands of the San Francisco 49ers. A trip to injured reserve is possible and head coach Mike McCarthy did not rule out the possibility of bringing in a veteran free agent.

“In our personnel meeting we touched on some potential opportunities,” McCarthy said, per CowboysSI’s Mike Fisher. “But we just want to make sure we have all of the information before we head down that road.”

We might also toss out there the possibility of a trade – also worth “info gathering.”

A dangerous six-game stretch for the Cowboys does feature their bye week in between a Los Angeles doubleheader against the Chargers on Monday (7:15 p.m. CT, ABC/ESPN) and the Rams at home on Oct. 29 before the Philadelphia Eagles, New York Giants, and Carolina Panthers take them into their Thanksgiving celebration.

OCT 9 COWBOYS LOSE SPECIAL TEAMS ACE The Dallas Cowboys special teams were dealt two blows in Sunday’s loss to the San Francisco 49ers.

First, Pro Bowl returner KaVontae Turpin left the game with what is now known as a high ankle sprain and could be out for six weeks. While core special teamer C.J. Goodwin is now expected to miss the rest of the season with a torn pectoral muscle, according to a report from the Dallas Morning News’ Michael Gehlken

OCT 9 TURPIN OUT, AND … KaVontae Turpin, who scored the Cowboys’ team’s lone touchdown with his 26-yard catch in Sunday’s 42-10 blowout at San Francisco, likely sustained a high-ankle sprain and now could be out for six weeks.

Dallas is having the Pro Bowl return man undergo an MRI to confirm that likelihood … one of a number of Cowboys players who on Monday need further medical attention.

And along with the concern comes an unusual quote from a team source via the Dallas News, the source saying that Turpin’s diagnosis is “the least of our worries.”

We get it; Dallas got crushed in every way, and the “worries” are many. But we’d like to think the source doesn’t intend for that quote to sound as cold-hearted as it does.

OCT 8 TWO COWBOYS INJURED Cowboys special-teams ace C.J. Goodwin (left shoulder) is questionable to return to this “Sunday Night Football” meeting at the 49ers as he is trying to play through the issue.

Meanwhile, receiver and return man KaVontae Turpin – who has a touchdown catch in this first half, Dallas’ only offensive flash as the Cowboys trail 21-7 at the half – injured his ankle on a kick return when the 49ers aggressively went after his lower leg.

Rookie Deuce Vaughn will fill in as the return guy if needed. But at the moment? The two guys down represent Dallas’ best two special-teamers.

OCT 4 MCCARTHY LAUDS PURDY’S ‘TOTAL COMMAND’ Having seen his share of victorious offenses, Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy believes Brock Purdy has made himself an essential part of the current operation in San Francisco.

Purdy, who puts his perfect regular season mark on the line against the Cowboys on Sunday night (7:20 p.m. CT, NBC), has had detractors question whether he is truly the long-term answer behind center for the 49ers. McCarthy, who is well aware of what it takes to foster a franchise man,

“I think the biggest thing is that he has total command of the offense,” McCarthy said. ““He’s played high level football his whole life.”

Purdy, the final pick of the 2022 draft, has posted a league-best 115.1 passer rating over the first four games of this season, throwing no interceptions on 112 attempts. His 49ers are one of two undefeated teams left in the league alongside Philadelphia.

OCT 2 MICAH OK? Dallas coach Mike McCarthy on Monday rattled off the names of his Cowboys who have any sort of injury issues coming off Sunday’s 38-3 win over the Patriots …

And when Cowboys fans heard Micah Parsons’ name mentioned?

Yes, you were probably “rattled” yourself.

Micah Parsons