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The Dallas Cowboys can say they believe in their current group of wide receivers. But anyone watching the 2024 season knows better.
CeeDee Lamb did everything he could with 100 catches for 1,194 yards and six touchdowns. Beyond that? The production dipped hard. Jalen Tolbert’s 49 catches for 610 yards didn’t move the needle. Jake Ferguson, once a Pro Bowl tight end, managed just 494 yards and didn’t even find the end zone.
A 7-10 finish left no room for sugarcoating. The offense sputtered when Lamb wasn’t the one making plays. Still, the Dallas Cowboys sat out the 2025 NFL Draft when it came to wide receivers, missing out on Arizona’s Tetairoa McMillan, who went to the Panthers at No. 9.
But this team doesn’t have time to wait. Not with the Super Bowl-winning Eagles and a revamped Commanders squad breathing down their necks in the NFC East.
Veteran receiver Keenan Allen checks all the boxes. He’s experienced, productive, and available. After one season in Chicago, where he caught 70 passes for 744 yards and seven touchdowns, Allen finds himself on the free agent market. It wasn’t his best year, but he remains one of the most consistent receivers of the past decade.
Allen, 32, spent his first 11 seasons with the Chargers and has six 1,000-yard seasons under his belt. Even his “down year” in 2024 would’ve made him the Cowboys’ second-best receiving option behind Lamb. ESPN’s Todd Archer didn’t mince words after the draft: “The Cowboys know it, but now they have to show it with a trade or a free agent addition.”
Bleacher Report’s Kristopher Knox ranks Allen sixth among all remaining free agents. Sharp Football Analysis places him second among wide receivers still on the board, just behind Amari Cooper. Allen finished a four-year, $80.1 million deal last season and made $23.1 million in 2024. A one-year offer between $6 and $8 million could get him in the building.
Knox described Allen as a “savvy route-runner with reliable hands”– the kind of presence that forces defenses to back off Lamb and gives quarterback Dak Prescott a safety valve he can trust.
If Dallas is serious about competing in the NFC East, this is the kind of move that needs to happen. No more promises. No more waiting. The Cowboys need help now, and Keenan Allen can deliver it.
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