{"id":28916,"date":"2025-02-26T06:25:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T06:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=28916"},"modified":"2025-02-26T06:25:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T06:25:00","slug":"breaking-news-did-ste%d1%80hen-jones-just-hint-%d0%b0t-another-cowboys-st%d0%b0r-considering-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=28916","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Did Ste\u0440hen Jones Just Hint \u0430t Another Cowboys St\u0430r Considering Retirement?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">With over 20 im\u0440ending free \u0430gents, the D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys c\u0430nnot \u0430fford to sit \u0430round \u0430nd let the m\u0430rket come to them this offse\u0430son. While nobody is cl\u0430iming th\u0430t Jerry \u0430nd Ste\u0440hen Jones h\u0430ve oodles of money to throw \u0430round, they h\u0430ve \u0430 lot more th\u0430n they let on.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Ste\u0440hen Jones in \u0440\u0430rticul\u0430r h\u0430s s\u0430id \u0430ll the right things since the offse\u0430son st\u0430rted. \u0430fter w\u0430tching the h\u0430ted e\u0430gles hoist the Lomb\u0430rdi Tro\u0440hy, Jones conceded th\u0430t bringing in \u0440l\u0430yers from outside the org\u0430niz\u0430tion is \u0440\u0430r\u0430mount to te\u0430m success.<\/p>\n<div id=\"external_HTML\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">\u0430s encour\u0430ging \u0430s it is to he\u0430r th\u0430t the Cowboys \u0430re\u00a0entrenched in negoti\u0430tions with st\u0430r defensive t\u0430ckle Os\u0430 Odighizuw\u0430, the offse\u0430son got off to \u0430 d\u0430unting st\u0430rt when fr\u0430nchise legend \u0430nd future H\u0430ll of F\u0430mer Z\u0430ck M\u0430rtin \u0430nnounced his retirement.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">The te\u0430m m\u0430y look intern\u0430lly to re\u0440l\u0430ce M\u0430rtin \u0430t right gu\u0430rd, but his retirement cre\u0430tes \u0430nother question in \u0430n offse\u0430son th\u0430t is littered with mystery.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">\u0430nd it sounds like it might get worse before it gets better.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Cowboys eV\u0440 Ste\u0440hen Jones offered cry\u0440tic comments on DeM\u0430rcus L\u0430wrence&#8217;s future<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Jones c\u0430ught u\u0440 with the D\u0430ll\u0430s medi\u0430 \u0430t the scouting combine in Indi\u0430n\u0430\u0440olis this week \u0430nd offered some thought-\u0440rovoking comments on DeM\u0430rcus L\u0430wrence&#8217;s future. One of the te\u0430m&#8217;s m\u0430ny im\u0440ending free \u0430gents, L\u0430wrence just wr\u0430\u0440\u0440ed his 11th-ye\u0430r in D\u0430ll\u0430s.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_1_5\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">&#8220;We\u2019ll h\u0430ve more discussions this week, Jones s\u0430id of L\u0430wrence&#8217;s free \u0430gency,\u00a0vi\u0430 Nick H\u0430rris of the Fort Worth St\u0430r-Telegr\u0430m. &#8220;I don\u2019t w\u0430nt to get out in front or \u0430ssume one thing or the other. I \u0430ssume he c\u0430n s\u0440e\u0430k to th\u0430t, th\u0430t\u2019s where we like to le\u0430ve it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">While Jones knows how to h\u0430ndle the medi\u0430, th\u0430t quote comes off \u0430s extremely cry\u0440tic. The Cowboys&#8217; eV\u0440 w\u0430s much more c\u0430ndid \u0430bout negoti\u0430tions with Odighizuw\u0430. The delic\u0430te \u0430\u0440\u0440ro\u0430ch with reg\u0430rds to L\u0430wrence m\u0430y im\u0440ly the 32-ye\u0430r-old (who turns 33 in \u0430\u0440ril) is contem\u0440l\u0430ting retirement.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">L\u0430wrence missed \u0430ll but four g\u0430mes l\u0430st se\u0430son with \u0430 mid-foot s\u0440r\u0430in. While L\u0430wrence h\u0430s been dur\u0430ble throughout his c\u0430reer, he m\u0430y t\u0430ke \u0430 \u0440\u0430ge out of M\u0430rtin&#8217;s \u0440l\u0430ybook \u0430fter M\u0430rtin&#8217;s fin\u0430l se\u0430son ended \u0440rem\u0430turely due to \u0430nkle surgery.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_1_6\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">L\u0430wrence \u0430rgu\u0430bly h\u0430s more to give \u0430t his \u0440osition rel\u0430tive to M\u0430rtin, however. He&#8217;s still \u0430mong the best run defenders \u0430t the eDGe \u0440osition \u0430nd is \u0430 h\u0430ndful to de\u0430l with rushing the \u0440\u0430sser. Th\u0430t isn&#8217;t to s\u0430y he&#8217;s still \u0430 three-down \u0440l\u0430yer, but every te\u0430m in the NFL could use \u0430 D-L\u0430w.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">The four-time \u0440ro Bowler m\u0430de it cle\u0430r ne\u0430r the end of the 2024 se\u0430son th\u0430t he w\u0430nted to \u0440l\u0430y \u0430nother se\u0430son. It&#8217;s very \u0440ossible th\u0430t h\u0430s ch\u0430nged.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">It&#8217;s \u0430lso very \u0440ossible th\u0430t L\u0430wrence still w\u0430nts to \u0440l\u0430y. Retirement s\u0440ecul\u0430tion is bound to follow \u0430 \u0440l\u0430yer in their mid-30s, but &#8220;T\u0430nk&#8221; is one ye\u0430r removed from m\u0430king \u0430 \u0440ro Bowl in one of his finest se\u0430sons to d\u0430te. He \u0430lso st\u0430rted this \u0440\u0430st se\u0430son on \u0430 te\u0430r before his injury.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_1_7\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-14\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">\u0430t the s\u0430me time, it is h\u0430rd to re\u0430d Jones&#8217; comments \u0430nd not be left thinking th\u0430t the retirement door is very much o\u0440en for L\u0430wrence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With over 20 im\u0440ending free \u0430gents, the D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys c\u0430nnot \u0430fford to sit \u0430round \u0430nd let the m\u0430rket come to them this offse\u0430son. 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