Lost in the current debate regarding whether the Cowboys will dump Pro Bowl safety Roy Williams is the question of whether the team might instead opt to trade him.

So many of the articles about Williams and his apparent fall from grace in Dallas focus only on the keep him or cut him conundrum.  But getting something of value for him would seem to be a much better outcome, if the team decides to make a move.

Most recently, Randy Galloway of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram asked “[h]ow close are the Cowboys to flat dumping” Williams?

Galloway explains that Williams could end up on the outside looking in based on his performance and attitude during training camp and the preseason.  But if there’s reason to believe based on offseason workouts that Williams no longer gives the team what it needs, why not ship him to another team for a player, or for a draft pick?

In this regard, remember that the cap consequences for trading a player after June 1 are now the same as they are for cutting him.

An obvious potential destination would be Miami, which now has a pipeline back to Dallas given the arrival of Bill Parcells and Jeff Ireland and Tony Sparano and several players.

Williams, who turns 28 in August, still has the skills to be a solid contributor as a strong safety.  His biggest weakness is pass coverage, but it always has been and he’s nevertheless made it to Hawaii straight times.

His first trip came after Parcells’ first year in Dallas, and surely Williams would be a welcome addition to a rebuilding Dolphins team during Parcells’ first year in Miami.