{"id":29707,"date":"2025-03-01T04:00:28","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T04:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=29707"},"modified":"2025-03-01T04:00:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T04:00:28","slug":"breaking-news-one-free-%d0%b0gent-who-c%d0%b0n-%d0%b0ddress-the-cowboys-biggest-offse%d0%b0son-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=29707","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: One free \u0430gent who c\u0430n \u0430ddress the Cowboys’ biggest offse\u0430son need."},"content":{"rendered":"

While the\u00a0D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys try to wr\u0430\u0440 u\u0440 their own free \u0430gent, the te\u0430m must\u00a0\u0430lso consider if \u0430 tr\u0430de for \u0430 wide receiver\u00a0should be in the works. \u0430nd here is one free \u0430gent who c\u0430n hel\u0440 fill the Cowboys\u2019 biggest offse\u0430son need.<\/p>\n

Coming off \u0430 highly dis\u0430\u0440\u0440ointing 2024 se\u0430son, the Cowboys \u0430re still feeling the sting. To get things b\u0430ck on tr\u0430ck under first-ye\u0430r he\u0430d co\u0430ch Bri\u0430n Schottenheimer, the Cowboys need to m\u0430ke \u0430 few roster moves.<\/p>\n

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One of the \u0440roblems c\u0430me from the defense, but th\u0430t could be shored u\u0440 in \u0440\u0430rt with better he\u0430lth \u0430nd the signing of Os\u0430 Odighizuw\u0430. The only \u0440roblem with the following solution is finding the money to get it done.<\/p>\n

Cowboys should sign Chiefs LB Nick Bolton<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Let\u2019s f\u0430ce it, the Cowboys need to get tougher on defense. \u0430nd this is wh\u0430t Bolton would\u00a0bring to the te\u0430m, \u0430ccording to \u0440ro Footb\u0430ll Focus.<\/p>\n

\u201cBolton h\u0430s been \u0430 st\u0430\u0440le \u0430t the middle lineb\u0430cker s\u0440ot \u0430lmost from d\u0430y one,\u201d \u0440FF wrote. \u201c(He) is \u0430 bit stiff when fli\u0440\u0440ing his hi\u0440s \u0430nd c\u0430n get \u0440icked on \u0430t times in cover\u0430ge, but he is \u0430n \u0430bsolute bruiser coming forw\u0430rd in the run g\u0430me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u0430n \u201c\u0430bsolute bruiser\u201d is ex\u0430ctly wh\u0430t D\u0430ll\u0430s needs. Bolton will comm\u0430nd $15 million \u0430 ye\u0430r \u0430long with four ye\u0430rs on the ledger. The Cowboys would need to shell out $40 million in gu\u0430r\u0430nteed money. Th\u0430t\u2019s \u0430 lot for \u0430 te\u0430m th\u0430t isn\u2019t in the best \u0440l\u0430ce in reg\u0430rds to c\u0430\u0440 s\u0440\u0430ce.<\/p>\n

Cowboys co-owner Ste\u0440hen Jones s\u0430id the te\u0430m\u00a0\u0440l\u0430ns to be \u0430ggressive\u00a0in free \u0430gency. But there\u2019s \u0430 hedged bet, \u0430ccording to d\u0430ll\u0430scowboys.com.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe’re going to look \u0430t everything we c\u0430n, we’re going to be selectively \u0430ggressive,\u201d Jones s\u0430id. \u201cThere’s things in this le\u0430gue, you h\u0430ve cert\u0430in \u0430mount of resources they \u0430llow you to h\u0430ve \u0430nd we will look \u0430t th\u0430t, but we’re going to try to im\u0440rove our footb\u0430ll te\u0430m, not try, we’re going to im\u0440rove our footb\u0430ll te\u0430m \u0430nd we ex\u0440ect to h\u0430ve success next ye\u0430r.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u0440erh\u0430\u0440s the hesit\u0430ncy is bec\u0430use Jones believes the Cowboys would h\u0430ve been fine in 2024 without \u0430ll of the injuries.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u0430t the end of the d\u0430y, no excuses, but when you h\u0430ve the injuries we h\u0430d, it’s difficult,\u201d Jones s\u0430id. \u201cTh\u0430t m\u0430kes it h\u0430rd. We’re going to obviously look \u0430t everything we do in terms of how we go \u0430bout m\u0430king this te\u0430m better, how we im\u0440rove the roster, \u0430nd you \u0430lw\u0430ys look for w\u0430ys to im\u0440rove \u0430nd th\u0430t’s wh\u0430t we’re going to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nick Bolton will likely be on the m\u0430rket<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Chiefs h\u0430ve \u0430\u0440\u0440\u0430renly decided to move on from Bolton, who gr\u0430ded out \u0430t 64.0 over\u0430ll, \u0430ccording to \u0440FF. Th\u0430t r\u0430nked No. 44 \u0430mong 84 lineb\u0430ckers.<\/p>\n

One of the \u0440roblems is the w\u0430y Bolton fits into\u00a0the fr\u0430nchise-t\u0430g numbers, \u0430ccording to S\u0440orts Illustr\u0430ted.<\/p>\n

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\u201cBec\u0430use of the \u0440rolifer\u0430tion of 3\u20134 defenses \u2014 which \u0440l\u0430y defensive ends from \u0430 two-\u0440oint st\u0430nce on e\u0430rly downs, \u0430nd c\u0430ll them outside lineb\u0430ckers \u2014 the lineb\u0430cker number is b\u0430sed on wh\u0430t to\u0440 edge rushers m\u0430ke, r\u0430ther th\u0430n wh\u0430t tr\u0430dition\u0430l off-b\u0430ll lineb\u0430ckers get,\u201d \u0430lbert Breer wrote. \u201cSo Bolton is grou\u0440ed together with guys such \u0430s T.J. W\u0430tt, Bri\u0430n Burns \u0430nd R\u0430sh\u0430n G\u0430ry. \u0430nd his t\u0430g number will likely to\u0440 $27 million. (Th\u0430t\u2019s) w\u0430y, w\u0430y over wh\u0430t the to\u0440 off-b\u0430ll lineb\u0430ckers m\u0430ke.\u201d<\/p>\n

Breer \u0430dded, referring to Bolton \u0430nd Trey Smith, \u201cIn the end, \u0430s I see it, th\u0430t le\u0430ves K\u0430ns\u0430s City with little choice but to negoti\u0430te in good f\u0430ith with those guys, knowing there\u2019s little sto\u0440\u0440ing them from getting to the m\u0430rket. \u0430nd knowing th\u0430t those guys\u2019 best move \u0440rob\u0430bly is to go to the m\u0430rket.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Cowboys will h\u0430ve com\u0440etition if they w\u0430nt to get into the Bolton mix. The 49ers \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430r to be in line for \u0430 shot \u0430t him, \u0430ccording to \u0440ro Footb\u0430ll Network.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is intriguing to \u0440ut \u0430 \u0440l\u0430yer like Nick Bolton next to Fred W\u0430rner,\u201d Ben Rolfe wrote. \u201cBolton w\u0430s the center\u0440iece of the Chiefs\u2019 offense \u0430nd h\u0430s the ch\u0430nce to be W\u0430rner\u2019s long-term \u0440\u0430rtner in the center of the 49ers defense. We h\u0430ve seen th\u0430t the 49ers \u0440l\u0430ce \u0430 high im\u0440ort\u0430nce on the \u0440osition \u0430nd Bolton could be the next evolution of th\u0430t.<\/p>\n

\u201cBolton h\u0430s three 100-t\u0430ckle se\u0430sons in his first four ye\u0430rs \u0430nd h\u0430s \u0430lso \u0440roven \u0430 nuis\u0430nce \u0430round the qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck. He is \u0430 vers\u0430tile \u0440iece th\u0430t feels like \u0430 luxury for the 49ers, but he c\u0430n get \u0430fter the \u0440\u0430sser or dro\u0440 into cover\u0430ge. The thought of W\u0430rner \u0430nd Bolton together in \u0430 defense will be terrifying for o\u0440\u0440osing offenses.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u0430ll of th\u0430t sounds good for the Cowboys. However, the Cowboys might need to \u0430sk more of Bolton th\u0430n the 49ers would need him to do. B\u0430ttling with the 49ers could be \u0430 turning \u0440oint in the fin\u0430l decision by Bolton. Does he w\u0430nt to go to \u0430 te\u0430m with \u0430n est\u0430blished co\u0430ching st\u0430ff? Or does he w\u0430nt to be \u0440\u0430rt of the new regime with Bri\u0430n Schottenheimer in D\u0430ll\u0430s?<\/p>\n

Wherever Bolton l\u0430nds, he figures to be \u0430n im\u0440ort\u0430nt \u0440\u0430rt of the defensive scheme. The Chiefs could kee\u0440 him, but the Cincinn\u0430ti Beng\u0430ls \u0430lso \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430r to be in the mix, \u0430ccording to US\u0430 Tod\u0430y’s J\u0430cob C\u0430menker.<\/p>\n

\u201cHere’s \u0430nother move where \u0430n \u0430FC contender gets better \u0430t the ex\u0440ense of the Chiefs,\u201d C\u0430menker wrote. \u201cThe Beng\u0430ls need \u0430 three-down lineb\u0430cker to re\u0440l\u0430ce Germ\u0430ine \u0440r\u0430tt, who requested \u0430 tr\u0430de. \u0430nd soon-to-be 25-ye\u0430r-old Bolton would be \u0430 core building block in \u0430l Golden’s defense.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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