'It's Time': Jets Get Trade Calls on WR Denzel Mims; Cowboys Interested?
FRISCO - Denzel Mims, the New York Jets former second-round pick, wants to be dealt, with his last action with the Jets coming Sunday in a preseason-closing performance that - as he own coach said - "showcased'' his ability.'
"I just control what I can control,'' said Mims after registering seven catches for 102 yards and a TD in a meeting with the Giants. "That's just something between me and my agent.''
Mims' agent is DFW-based Ron Slavin, who has a respectful relationship with the Dallas Cowboys.
Mims is a Texas native and a product of a Baylor football program that the Cowboys scouting department knows very well. (And yes, we were told in 2020 that Dallas scouts liked him.)
And the Cowboys, denials aside, still might need help at wide receiver.
Is that enough connecting of dots?
The Cowboys, beyond Pro Bowl wideout CeeDee Lamb, are still crossing their fingers that an assortment of kids can come through. Indeed, Dallas - hopeful that Michael Gallup's rehab will allow him to play in late September - is giving the sort of chance to Jalen Tolbert and Noah Brown and DeVontae Turpin and Dennis Houston and Simi Fehoko (who caught a second preseason TD pass on Friday against Seattle) and others that Mims is claiming he's never gotten in two years in New York.
The 6-3, 207-pound Mims is still just 24 years old, and his contract is a cheap one. And given where he stands with the Jets.
Note this on the downside regarding the idea that their asking price probably isn't exorbitant: He's got just 31 catches in his two-year career. But what he did Sunday, a performance that included him tapping his wrist as if to say, "It's time.'' ...
"Showcased,'' as coach Robert Seleh put it, while also insisting Mims "is one of our six receivers'' ... which is hardly the most ringing endorsement.
But note this on the Dallas upside: He started off fine. To wit: The number of rookies since 1970 to post 40-plus receiving yards in each of their first five career games? There are eight of them: Terry Glenn (1996), Andre Johnson (2003), Stefon Diggs (2015), Amari Cooper (2015), Michael Thomas (2016), Terry McLaurin (2019) and ...
In 2020, CeeDee Lamb and Denzel Mims.
Mims' position?
"We feel at this point a trade is our only option since the Jets have repeatedly told us they will not be releasing him," Slavin said. "(GM) Joe Douglas has always done right by Denzel and we trust that he will make every effort to find him a new home where he can be a contributor."
The Jets have apparently whispered that they would do a deal, for "equal value.'' And they are taking phone calls, with Carolina already interested.
The Cowboys are in exploration mode at tackle due to the Tyron Smith injury. They've admitted they're looking at vet wideouts, too. This we can tell you: Denzel Mims is waiting for their call. ... and believes "it's time.''
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