Tyler Lockett is a name that makes a lot of sense for the Cowboys.
The Dallas Cowboys have a need at wide receiver. At the moment CeeDee Lamb represents the only legitimate option the team has in the room. Sure, Jalen Tolbert has a role of sorts. KaVontae Turpin has mroe than proven that he can help out. The front office likely wants Jonathan Mingo to turn into something given that they traded a fourth-round draft pick to acquire him before last season’s deadline.
Ultimately, reading those names probably re-emphasized to you just how serious the need is. While it would make sense for the Cowboys to throw a draft pick at it in a couple of months, it would behoove them to also utilize free agency in the name of finding a receiver.
Amari Cooper, Brandin Cooks and apparently Michael Gallup will all be looking for deals in the coming days. Maybe the Cowboys go with a level of familiarity in that sense. Or maybe they will go with a level of familiarity in a different sense.
Tyler Lockett has been connected to the Cowboys before
Recently, the Seattle Seahawks decided to move on from wide receiver Tyler Lockett. Amazingly, Lockett spent an entire decade with the Seahawks. Time really does fly.
Lockett is a franchise legend in Seattle and some of his better days happened to come with the current head honcho for the Dallas Cowboys running the offense. Tyler reached a career high in touchdowns (10) in two of the three seasons that Brian Schottenheimer was Seattle’s offensive coordinator.
It should come as no surprise that Schottenheimer’s position in Dallas has caused people to wonder if that is where Lockett will head next. For context, this was written before Seattle officially released Lockett:
Lockett’s father lives in Kansas City, both having starred at nearby Kansas State, where his younger brother currently plays wide receiver. Lockett spends much of the offseason in Texas, where he’s practiced real estate as a licensed agent since 2022. The Cowboys’ new head coach, Brian Schottenheimer, was Lockett’s offensive coordinator for three of his best seasons in Seattle.
While Carroll could conceivably have interest in bringing Lockett to the Las Vegas Raiders, that’s a rebuilding team with a question mark at quarterback and no realistic chance to play for a championship in 2025, something that figures to matter to Lockett as his career winds down.
Learning that Lockett spends much of his offseason in Texas certainly is interesting, as is the fact that he is apparently a licensed realtor in the area! Who knew?!
Maybe Tyler Lockett really does feel that the Cowboys and Schottenheimer are his chance to chase a title, something that has eluded him to this point in his career. As noted, this was written before he was released by Seattle which means that it was also written before Pete Carroll’s Las Vegas Raiders traded for Geno Smith. Maybe an entire reunion will happen in Sin City.
But there continues to be a lot of logic to the idea of Tyler Lockett joining the Cowboys. We will see if Dallas has any legitimate interest in pursuing that option.
