{"id":29764,"date":"2025-03-01T08:35:57","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T08:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=29764"},"modified":"2025-03-01T08:35:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T08:35:57","slug":"breaking-cowboys-have-easy-demarcus-lawrence-decision-to-make-after-massive-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=29764","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING : Cowboys have easy DeMarcus Lawrence decision to make after massive update"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mb-0 md:mb-9 relative md:mx-10 md:mb-9\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"overflow-hidden bg-lightGrey\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full\" title=\"Baltimore Ravens v Dallas Cowboys\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_113,w_7188,h_4043\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/GettyImages\/mmsport\/129\/01jn42nke6k6nv55s4xr.jpg\" alt=\"Baltimore Ravens v Dallas Cowboys\" width=\"7188\" height=\"4043\" data-uw-rm-alt-original=\"Baltimore Ravens v Dallas Cowboys\" data-uw-rm-alt=\"ALT\" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"ml-1 pb-2 mt-4 md:m-3 text-darkGrey font-group-tiny\">Baltimore Ravens v Dallas Cowboys | Cooper Neill\/GettyImages<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex flex-wrap\">\n<div class=\"flex mr-4 lg:w-[calc(70%-3em)] max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"hidden md:block md:mx-4 hidden md:block\" data-testid=\"share-menu\">\n<div class=\"sticky top-20 mb-3\" data-testid=\"share-menu-inner\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><main class=\"min-w-0 flex-1\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"viewablity-block\">\n<figure class=\"player-wrapper relative aspect-video mb-[18px] bg-grey rounded-md hidden player-wrapper-lg md:block\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">To say the Dallas Cowboys have a laundry list of things to do this offseason would be a massive understatement.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Figuring out the offensive line is a must after stalwart right guard Zack Martin announced his retirement. That creates another headache for the front office, which already has to navigate a staggering number of impending free agents.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_1_4\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"external_HTML\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">The\u00a0latest rumblings suggest Dallas will look internally, potential to 2024 third-round pick Cooper Beebe, to replace the future Hall of Famer. The Cowboys normally &#8220;trust their guys&#8221; too much, but moving Beebe from center to right guard would be a diligent move.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">The last thing this team needs is to lose another core piece to retirement. Stephen Jones put a scare into fans at the Combine when asked about DeMarcus Lawrence&#8217;s future. Jones gave a very calculated answer that did not confirm if Lawrence wants to play another season.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Well, we can officially put an end to the Lawrence retirement talk.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Cowboys must re-sign DeMarcus Lawrence after latest revelation<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">David Canter, who is the agent of multiple Cowboys free agents, including Lawrence, Jourdan Lewis and Rico Dowdle,\u00a0sat down with 105.3 The Fan at the NFL Combine\u00a0and confirmed the 32-year-old wants to continue playing.<\/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\">While Lawrence stated during the season that he wanted to play in 2025, Jones&#8217; remarks hinted the lifetime Cowboy was contemplating retirement. Lawrence is still playing at a high level, but approaching his mid-30s and coming off a season-ending foot injury that limited him to four games, it&#8217;d be easy to understand if he decided to hang &#8217;em up.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Following Thursday&#8217;s revelation, though, re-signing Lawrence should be an easy call. While approaching the end of his career, he is a year removed from one of his finest seasons. He also started 2024 on a tear before succumbing to a mid-foot sprain.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_1_6\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Lawrence is still comfortably the best run defender on the roster.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Prior to last season, the four-time Pro Bowler ranked in the top 10 among edge defenders in run-stop percentage in five of the last six seasons, per Pro Football Focus. 2021 season was the lone exception, but he only played seven games. He ranked first in that category in 2022 and 2023.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">It&#8217;s unclear what Lawrence is looking for in terms of salary, but we&#8217;re talking about a culture- and tone-setter and future Ring of Honor inductee. Lawrence deserves to play out his career as a Cowboy. He&#8217;s the longest-tenured player on the team following Martin&#8217;s retirement.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">We&#8217;re all for replenishing the roster with younger players, but this team needs veteran leadership under a first-time head coach.<\/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\">As long as Lawrence is still playing football it should be in a Cowboys uniform.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baltimore Ravens v Dallas Cowboys | Cooper Neill\/GettyImages To say the Dallas Cowboys have a laundry list of things to do this offseason would be a massive&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29769,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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