NFL Rumors: Cowboys Talked to Titans About Trade for No. 1 Overall Draft Pick

The Dallas Cowboys discussed trading up to the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 NFL draft with the Tennessee Titans, according to Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio.

"Now I think a lot of teams talk about moving around and I don't know if you guys have heard that," Florio said on 105.3 The Fan (via RJ Ochoa of Blogging The Boys). "But that's a jump and I don't know what you would have to put into that or whether you'd have to put Micah Parsons into that package if it would go that way. But teams talk all the time... they talk all the time."

The Cowboys aren't a team you'd expect to make such an aggressive move up the board.

Dak Prescott is firmly entrenched as the starting quarterback, so picking Miami's Cam Ward or Colorado's Shedeur Sanders is out of the question. If they aren't targeting a signal-caller, what's the point in jumping all the way up to the first pick from No. 12?

Maybe this would be Dallas' way of moving on from Parsons, who's entering the last year of his rookie contract. Instead of paying the four-time Pro Bowler $30 million or more annually, the franchise would hope Penn State edge-rusher Abdul Carter can provide similar production on the field at a fraction of the cost.

But the risk of that plan is obvious because you're replacing an elite pass-rusher with one totally unproven in the NFL.

If Carter isn't the prospect the Cowboys have in mind with this idea, then it's hard to see who else would justify the cost.

Colorado's Travis Hunter is a special talent, but he may not raise Dallas' ceiling too much when it already has CeeDee Lamb at wide receiver and Trevon Diggs at cornerback. Michigan defensive lineman Mason Graham would help address one of the team's biggest issues, but he almost certainly isn't going No. 1. The same goes for Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty.

As Florio said, there are numerous conversations between teams that lead to nothing before the draft. The Cowboys probably won't wind up getting the top overall pick.

Their dialogue with the Titans will lead fans to ask some questions, though.