{"id":28707,"date":"2025-02-25T08:15:34","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T08:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=28707"},"modified":"2025-02-25T08:15:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T08:15:34","slug":"homecoming-cowboys-expected-to-sign-63m-super-bowl-champion-in-blockbuster-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=28707","title":{"rendered":"HOMECOMING? Cowboys Expected to Sign $63M Super Bowl Champion in Blockbuster Move!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2181413281-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2181413281-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2181413281-1.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2181413281-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Jerry Jones of the Dallas Cowboys\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-img-load-time=\"6619\" data-dom-ready-time=\"6803\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-post-image-caption-text\">The Dallas Cowboys are being urged to sign a recent Super Bowl winner who went to high school near Dallas.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0Dallas Cowboys\u00a0are gearing up for what they hope is a better season than the team had in 2024, which led them\u00a0to a 7-10 record, just short of the playoffs. As free agency looms, NFL analysts and experts are hoping to see the team make some moves and be more active than they\u2019ve historically been during the free agency period.<\/p>\n<p>In a February 22 feature for Blogging the Boys, Connor Livesay\u00a0breaks down a handful of players\u00a0from NFC East teams that he would like to see the Cowboys steal for their own squad. One of them is fresh off a Super Bowl win.<\/p>\n<h2>Dallas Cowboys Free Agency<\/h2>\n<p>In the piece, Livesay expresses the hard truth that the Cowboys have been lackluster in free agency over the years. \u201cThere is no better feeling in the NFL than seeing your football team improve, while the others in your division take a step back during the off season,\u201d he states, adding that the Dallas Cowboys \u201chave been on the losing end of that stick for the last few years\u201d but that things could possibly change this season.<\/p>\n<p>The team has a new\u00a0head coach in Brian Schottenheimer, so perhaps he\u2019ll shake things up. Plus, they\u2019ll have more money to work with, because\u00a0Dan Graziano of ESPN announced on Wednesday, February 19, that the salary cap would see a larger hike in 2025 from where it was in 2024 than expected by most teams. With the additional cap space, the Cowboys will really have no excuse not to make some big moves this time around.<\/p>\n<p>At the top of Livesay\u2019s wish list is Philadelphia Eagles defensive tackle\u00a0Milton Williams, with a projected contract of three years and a $21 million average per year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Cowboys have a decision to make on their own player,\u00a0Osa Odighizuwa, and they may be better off electing to move on from their former third-round selection and going with Milton Williams instead,\u201d Livesay noted in the feature.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s really cool about this option is that Williams is something of a hometown guy. He attended high school at Crawley High School in Crawley, Texas, and, Livesay says, \u201chas some ties to the area, making his fit in Dallas one a bit more realistic than other destinations around the league.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for comparing Odighizuwa and Williams, Williams has a\u00a070.1 overall grade from PFF\u00a0and Odighzuwa has a\u00a068.1 overall grade, so they\u2019re close.<\/p>\n<h2>Status of Micah Parsons Deal<\/h2>\n<p>Regardless of free agency drama, many Cowboys fans are hoping to see the team ink linebacker\u00a0Micah Parsons\u00a0to a deal before too long. According to Calvin Watkins of the Dallas Morning News, the\u00a0Cowboys have not even begun contract talks\u00a0with the star edge rusher.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">\u201cThe Cowboys should have learned their lesson on this front with the\u00a0Dak Prescott\u00a0saga,\u201d Rucker Haringey of FanSided\u00a0commented in a February 22 feature. \u201cThey waited and waited to ink their starting quarterback to a new deal and ended up paying through the nose to keep him in the building. It\u2019s clear to see they\u2019re headed down the same path with Parsons.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty The Dallas Cowboys are being urged to sign a recent Super Bowl winner who went to high school near Dallas. 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