WATCH: Dez Bryant, DeAndre Hopkins fuel Dallas Cowboys trade conversation

Former Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant has been working out with Arizona Cardinals star WR DeAndre Hopkins this offseason, apparently in the DFW area. The duo popped up on Bryant’s Instagram live stream and did nothing to quell the conversation around a potential trade for Hopkins to the Cowboys.

“I keep hearing y’all say my name around here. What’s up? Talk to me,” Hopkins said.

Indeed, many Dallas fans and media members have had the former Texans’ name on the brain lately as the team considers ways to add “juice” for the 2023 season.

"I keep hearing y'all say my name around here. What's up? Talk to me."@DeAndreHopkins hanging out in Dallas on @DezBryant's live stream: pic.twitter.com/3eG1i87CY9

— Bobby Belt (@BobbyBeltTX) March 6, 2023

“Offensively, we’ve just got to have, maybe add a playmaker to it,” Team owner Jerry Jones told ESPN at the NFL Scouting Combine. “Add a little juice. Add a playmaker to it and see if we can do that.”

The Cardinals could trade Hopkins due to his roughly $19 million salary for 2023. He also has a cap hit of $30 million.

Injuries (and a suspension) have caused him to miss 5 games over the last two years but the former first-round draft pick out of Clemson could still make an impact. The 31-year-old had 64 receptions for 717 yards and three touchdowns in 2022.

Jerry Jones teases ‘something special’ this offseason

Jones raised eyebrows last month when he implied the franchise wouldn’t be willing to go “all-in” in any offseason to make a push for the Super Bowl. He specifically said he has to look at the “longer term,” putting down teams like the Rams and Buccaneers who made blockbuster trades to win it all, only to suffer shortly after.

However, speaking to the media at the 2023 NFL Scouting Combine this week, Jones indicated the Cowboys could pull off a big move this offseason, “doing something special,” he called it.

“Don’t dismiss us doing something special with the right veteran free agent,” Jones said in Indianapolis. “Any place. I would in a New York minute if I think that it fits a lot of what I’m sitting here talking about, if it fits more than a short-term situation for us.”

The Cowboys have 20 pending free agents to consider, on top of draft prospects and potential free-agent pickups. Among the veteran free agents on the market is former Giants star Odell Beckham Jr.

Jones told reporters he still has the same interest in signing Beckham he had during the year, according to The Athletic’s Jon Machota. Beckham didn’t play in 2022 after tearing his ACL during Super Bowl LVI as a member of the Los Angeles Rams.