WR Noah Brown's Return to Cowboys Could Only be Temporary
Noah Brown is currently preparing for a sixth season with the
Cowboys, having recently re-signed with the team on a new one-year contract. But given the changed landscape of the WR position in Dallas in 2022, could Brown's return wind up being short-lived?
A 7th-round pick in 2017, Noah keeps finding work with the Cowboys as a willing blocker and special teamer. He's only had 66 targets on
offense his entire career and has never scored a touchdown, but Brown's provided enough value in other ways that Dallas has allowed him to play out his
rookie contract and given him two one-year deals to stick around.
Last season Noah returned as a core special teamer but only received a slight uptick in offensive usage. While Brown was only one spot below
Cedrick Wilson on Dallas' WR
depth chart, the divide between them was much bigger in how they were utilized and their
offseason fortunes.
While Cedrick got a multi-year deal to join the
Miami Dolphins in March, Brown is back on just a $1.1 million contract with only $137k of guaranteed money. His 2022
roster spot is far from certain and there's a conceivable scenario where he may not have one at all, or at least not for long.
Once again the Cowboys seem to have a fairly clear top four at receiver:
CeeDee Lamb,
Michael Gallup,
James Washington, and
Jalen Tolbert. Though he'll have a better chance at competing with Washington and Tolbert than he did with last year's group, Brown will still be in an uphill battle for playing time.