This past offseason, the Dallas Cowboys decided to fully commit to CeeDee Lamb as their top wide receiver. That meant trading away Amari Cooper, watching Cedrick Wilson sign with the Dolphins, and re-signing Michael Gallup to a fairly team-friendly deal knowing his recovery from a torn ACL would limit him at the start of the season.
To make up for all of this attrition at the receiver position, the team brought in free agent James Washington before later drafting Jalen Tolbert. Expectations for Tolbert - a third-round pick out of South Alabama - were always pretty varied, but Washington came in with the expectation to start opposite Lamb.