{"id":234442,"date":"2025-05-26T14:15:49","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T18:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=234442"},"modified":"2025-05-26T08:08:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T12:08:23","slug":"najee-harris-trade-cowboys-chargers-omarion-hampton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/05\/26\/najee-harris-trade-cowboys-chargers-omarion-hampton\/","title":{"rendered":"Chargers, Cowboys Linked In Blockbuster Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Chargers signed Najee Harris in the offseason, but one writer believes the team could trade him before the start of the 2025 season. A first-round pick in the 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-draft\/\" target=\"_self\">NFL Draft<\/a>, the Alabama product never quite lived up to his first-round draft capital but has been a solid starter since entering the league. Weighing in at 6&#8242;-1&#8243; and 242 pounds, Harris is the type of physical, downhill runner that can move the pile, break tackles, and pick up those hard-to-earn yards.<\/p>\n<p>Najee Harris and his downhill style of running would be a good fit, but the presence of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/01\/30\/2025-nfl-draft-scouting-report-omarion-hampton-north-carolina\/\" target=\"_self\">first-round pick Omarion Hampton<\/a> could lead to a trade. At least, that&#8217;s what\u00a0<a  href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25192038-2025-nfl-offseason-trade-block-big-board-after-nfl-draft\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Bleacher Report<\/em>&#8216;s Kristopher Knox<\/a> believes, as the writer believes the Dallas Cowboys could target the veteran and have him upgrade their poor running back room.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Dallas Cowboys could be interested in Harris,&#8221; Knox writes. &#8220;They added former starters Miles Sanders and Javonte Williams in free agency before drafting <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/04\/14\/jaydon-blue-2025-nfl-draft-profile\/\" target=\"_self\">Jaydon Blue in Round 5<\/a>, but none of them are surefire starters. Adding Harris to the mix would be sensible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Omarion Hampton Dynasty Outlook \u2013 2025 NFL Draft &amp; Fantasy Football Breakdown\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TmuK3yFM5FY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_234452\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-234452\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-234452\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/05\/Najee-Harris-Trade-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Najee Harris Trade\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/05\/Najee-Harris-Trade-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/05\/Najee-Harris-Trade-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/05\/Najee-Harris-Trade-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/05\/Najee-Harris-Trade-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/05\/Najee-Harris-Trade-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/05\/Najee-Harris-Trade-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/05\/Najee-Harris-Trade-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-234452\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">May 20, 2025; El Segundo, CA, USA; Los Angeles Chargers running backs Najee Harris (22), Omarion Hampton (8) and Kimani Vidal (30) look on during offseason workouts at The Bolt. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Chargers, Cowboys Linked In Najee Harris Trade Rumor<\/h2>\n<p>The Dallas Cowboys have done a 180 on the running back position in recent years. After using the fourth-overall pick on Ezekiel Elliott in 2016 and using the franchise tag on Tony Pollard in 2023, Jerry Jones and company have effectively decided to stream the running back position over the past two years. In 2024, the team allowed Pollard to join the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/titans\/\" target=\"_self\">Tennessee Titans<\/a> and got a 1,000-yard season out of veteran Rico Dowdle. This year, they allowed Dowdle to walk and brought in veteran castoffs in Javonte Williams and Miles Sanders, along with two Day 3 running backs in Jaydon Blue and Phil Mafah.<\/p>\n<p>Running back is the most replaceable position in football, but the Cowboys should have more talent than this on their roster. Williams and Sanders are both well past their primes, and nobody should place too much faith in Day 3 rookies. Najee Harris is no superstar, but the trade candidate would easily be the best running back on this roster and could thrive behind a strong offensive line. The only question is whether or not the Chargers would send him away.<\/p>\n<h3>Would The Chargers Do This?<\/h3>\n<p>The Chargers drafted Omarion Hampton to be their running back of the future, but that doesn&#8217;t necessarily mean they&#8217;d trade Najee Harris for nothing. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/01\/16\/chris-godwin-chargers-jim-harbaugh-free-agency\/\" target=\"_self\">Head coach Jim Harbaugh<\/a> is obsessed with establishing the run and believes games are won and lost in the trenches. While Hampton has the raw talent to handle starting duties, Harbaugh would probably prefer to enter the year with a reliable veteran like Harris.<\/p>\n<p>After making the playoffs in what should have been a rebuilding year, the Chargers can hoist the Lombardi Trophy in 2025. Harris&#8217; downhill style of running is a perfect fit for Harbaugh&#8217;s offense, and he should succeed behind this offensive line. Ideally, Harris will start for the first half of the year before ceding carries to Hampton down the stretch. However, if injury strikes, Harris can start the entire season and should be able to carry this rushing attack.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo: Kirby Lee &#8211; Imagn Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Chargers signed Najee Harris to a one-year deal, and one writer believes the team could trade him before Week 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2376,"featured_media":234452,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36,19,18],"tags":[7642,7422,33560,7426,32976],"class_list":["post-234442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-news","category-cowboys","category-chargers","tag-chargers-featured","tag-dallas-cowboys-news","tag-jaydon-blue","tag-najee-harris","tag-omarion-hampton"],"modified_by":"David Latham, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2376"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234442"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":234453,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234442\/revisions\/234453"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}