I'm so back and forth on whether or not I want the Cowboys to make that trade.
One moment I think, fuck it Peterson pretty much puts us in the NFC title game. And the next moment I think, we could probably get it done with the backs we have (I'm buying into McFadden a bit) and I really don't want to give up a first round pick.
If I didn't have a firm belief that our 1st would be pretty late (I would think mid to late 20's at the earliest) I probably wouldn't be for it, but that late of a first isn't much of a risk IMO.
The one negative I see in trading next years first is it almost assuredly means they wont be finding a legit QB of the future early. Even if the pick is late 1st, there might be a QB or two who slip or elevate themselves that would have a shot at there, and obviously f we trade the pick we wouldn't.
If we got Peterson and he is healthy and in great shape (reportedly he is in amazing physical condition, even by his previous standards) then with what we have in place and the other improvements we've made, we'd have to be one of the top 2 or 3 favorites to win it all. In a best case scenario, maybe we get two really productive years from him and Romo and we would be in good shape to maybe go back to back.