After losing two key members of their receiving corps, the Cowboys are adding a new wideout. The team is signing James Washington to a one-year deal (Twitter link via ESPN’s Adam Schefter). 
Washington, who will be 26 next season, is a native of Texas. He had spent four seasons with the Steelers, who drafted him in the second round in 2018. Many felt he would be the next in a long line of productive wideouts developed in the Steel City, especially when he posted 44 catches for 735 yards and three touchdowns in his second season.
However, he has seen his role reduced since then. As the team has continued drafting at the position, bringing in Diontae Johnson and Chase Claypool, Washington has been on the field for less than half of the team’s plays in each of the past two seasons. During that stretch, he totalled 54 receptions for 677 yards and seven touchdowns.
The news comes after the Cowboys traded Amari Cooper to the Browns and saw Cedrick Wilson leave for Miami in free agency. While the team still has CeeDee Lamb, along with franchise-tagged tight end Dalton Schultz, the vacancy left by the former two should leave plenty of opportunities for the once (Oklahoma State) Cowboy.
Meanwhile for the Steelers, this marks the second departure in the WR corps in a matter of hours. JuJu Smith-Schuster reportedly agreed to a one-year deal in Kansas City earlier today. There is now an opening on their roster to add at least a complimentary pass catcher.
Yawn….
WASHINGTON moves to Texas !!
on the Brazos. Look it up…..
He’s always been a lot like Pirates prospects. One game he looks like a real star and then for the next three, he disappears. Of course, it didn’t help that Roethlisberger couldn’t throw the ball downfield.
Happy for him. Hopefully gets the chances that he didn’t appear to get in Pittsburgh
Big fan of him. I’ll be paying attention to him in Dallas.
Cedrick didn’t cost that much?
What are the Cowboys doing?
Washington got overpaid to do the same job Gallup was doing. But, can’t cause they gave Cooper away for nothing.
I’d say it’s more Washington replacing Wilson than Gallup; although I don’t understand why Gallup wasn’t mentioned once in the entire article
Dallas has Gallup as well. With he and CeeDee on the outside, Washington in the slot, and Schultz at TE, Dak will have plenty of targets and the backs should have more room to run. Especially if Zeke is in shape.
These articles have humor. It reads they lost “two key receivers”? Cooper, absolutely a starter and WR1 on most teams. But Gallup not mentioned which is under contract and what? the teams WR2 at the least? What team other than the Cowboys does someone write all this for a FA signing for a WR4?