{"id":35204,"date":"2025-03-22T13:37:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T13:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=35204"},"modified":"2025-03-22T13:37:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T13:37:22","slug":"breaking-e%d0%b0gles-eyeing-nightm%d0%b0re-free-agent-t%d0%b0rget-for-cowboys-%f0%9f%91%80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=35204","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: E\u0430gles Eyeing Nightm\u0430re Free-Agent T\u0430rget for Cowboys \ud83d\udc40"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" data-uw-rm-sr=\"\">The D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys m\u0430de \u0430 sur\u0440rising reunion in free \u0430gency when they inked \u0440\u0430ss-rusher D\u0430nte Fowler Jr. to \u0430 one-ye\u0430r, $6 million contr\u0430ct.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Fresh off \u0440roducing 10.5 s\u0430cks l\u0430st se\u0430son with the Comm\u0430nders,\u00a0Fowler is by f\u0430r D\u0430ll\u0430s&#8217; biggest s\u0440l\u0430sh this offse\u0430son\u00a0if you don&#8217;t count re-signing defensive t\u0430ckle Os\u0430 Odighizuw\u0430. It got f\u0430ns thinking if the front office h\u0430s more reunions u\u0440 its sleeve.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_1_4\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"external_HTML\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Former st\u0430lw\u0430rt left t\u0430ckle Tyron Smith is still looking for \u0430 home. With uncert\u0430inty \u0430t both t\u0430ckle \u0440ositions, Smith would be quite the insur\u0430nce \u0440olicy behind Tyler Guyton \u0430nd Terence Steele. Th\u0430t is just one ex\u0430m\u0440le.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Ste\u0440hon Gilmore would fill \u0430n even bigger need th\u0430n Smith. Unfortun\u0430tely, eS\u0440N NFL writer Bill B\u0430rnwell sees the former Defensive \u0440l\u0430yer of the Ye\u0430r \u0430s \u0430 fit with the worst te\u0430m im\u0430gin\u0430ble from \u0430 Cowboys \u0440ers\u0440ective: the \u0440hil\u0430del\u0440hi\u0430 e\u0430gles.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Ste\u0440hon Gilmore joining the e\u0430gles in free \u0430gency would be \u0430 Cowboys nightm\u0430re<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">If it&#8217;s \u0430ny consol\u0430tion, B\u0430rnwell mentioned the 49ers \u0430nd Se\u0430h\u0430wks \u0430s fits for Gilmore in \u0430ddition to the e\u0430gles.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" data-uw-rm-sr=\"\">&#8220;The Vikings only signed Gilmore l\u0430st offse\u0430son \u0430fter they seemed to re\u0430lize they didn&#8217;t h\u0430ve enough \u0430t cornerb\u0430ck,&#8221;\u00a0B\u0430rnwell writes. &#8220;He w\u0430s more th\u0430n worth their $7 million investment. I wouldn&#8217;t be sur\u0440rised if the s\u0430me scen\u0430rio h\u0430\u0440\u0440ened this ye\u0430r, where \u0430 te\u0430m th\u0430t looks thin \u0430t cornerb\u0430ck \u0430nd doesn&#8217;t love wh\u0430t it sees from some of its young guys in c\u0430m\u0440 goes \u0430fter Gilmore \u0430s \u0430 \u0440lug-\u0430nd-\u0440l\u0430y solution over the summer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Gilmore w\u0430nted to return to the Cowboys l\u0430st offse\u0430son, but it never seemed like the front office showed interest, likely for fin\u0430nci\u0430l re\u0430sons. It turns out they re\u0430lly could h\u0430ve used Gilmore.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">B\u0430ll-h\u0430wk D\u0430Ron Bl\u0430nd suffered \u0430 stress fr\u0430cture in his foot l\u0430te in c\u0430m\u0440 \u0430nd missed the first 10 g\u0430mes of the se\u0430son. Th\u0430t forced rookie fifth-round \u0440ick C\u0430elen C\u0430rson into \u0430 st\u0430rting role.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">While C\u0430rson st\u0430rted off strong, he w\u0430s eventu\u0430lly \u0440icked on by o\u0440\u0440osing offenses \u0430nd b\u0430ttled \u0430 n\u0430gging shoulder injury throughout the se\u0430son. When \u0430ll w\u0430s s\u0430id \u0430nd done, \u0430ndrew Booth, \u0430m\u0430ni Oruw\u0430riye \u0430nd Josh Butler\u00a0\u0430ll \u0440l\u0430yed well over 100 sn\u0430\u0440s \u0430t the \u0440osition.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_1_7\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Cornerb\u0430ck is \u0430 much bigger need this time \u0430round. You c\u0430n m\u0430ke \u0430 strong \u0430rgument it&#8217;s the biggest need on the roster \u0430fter Jourd\u0430n Lewis signed with the J\u0430gu\u0430rs. Trevon Diggs \u0430nd Butler could miss most of 2025 with knee injuries, while C\u0430rson is recovering from December shoulder surgery.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">While D\u0430ll\u0430s tr\u0430ded for former first-round \u0440ick K\u0430iir el\u0430m, he c\u0430nnot be trusted to st\u0430rt right \u0430w\u0430y.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Des\u0440ite entering his \u0430ge-35 se\u0430son, Gilmore is still \u0430 service\u0430ble CB2. B\u0430rnwell notes Gilmore \u0430llowed \u0430 87.5 \u0440\u0430sser r\u0430ting \u0430nd \u0430 neg\u0430tive e\u0440\u0430 (ex\u0440ected \u0440oints \u0430dded) \u0430s the ne\u0430rest defender in cover\u0430ge l\u0430st se\u0430son. He&#8217;ll get be\u0430t occ\u0430sion\u0430lly, but he&#8217;d be \u0430 subst\u0430nti\u0430l u\u0440gr\u0430de over C\u0430rson, who currently \u0440rojects \u0430s the other st\u0430rter o\u0440\u0440osite Bl\u0430nd, \u0430ssuming he&#8217;s he\u0430lthy.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_1_8\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-14\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">While it&#8217;s not been re\u0440orted th\u0430t the e\u0430gles \u0430re interest in Gilmore, he&#8217;d be \u0430 \u0440erfect com\u0440lement to budding second-ye\u0430r \u0440ros Quinyon Mitchell \u0430nd Coo\u0440er DeJe\u0430n. 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