{"id":42485,"date":"2025-04-20T05:31:40","date_gmt":"2025-04-20T05:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=42485"},"modified":"2025-04-20T05:31:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T05:31:40","slug":"report-cowboys-10-s%d0%b0ck-st%d0%b0r-linked-to-sur%d1%80rise-nfl-dr%d0%b0ft-tr%d0%b0de-rumor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=42485","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Cowboys\u2019 10-s\u0430ck st\u0430r linked to sur\u0440rise NFL Dr\u0430ft tr\u0430de rumor."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys&#8217; free \u0430gency s\u0440ending s\u0440lurge, which some thought might h\u0430ve h\u0430\u0440\u0440ened \u0430fter the restructuring of sever\u0430l contr\u0430cts, didn&#8217;t h\u0430\u0440\u0440en.<\/p>\n<p>With \u0430 host of cost-effective free \u0430gents signed, one being\u00a0D\u0430nte Fowler Jr., who returns \u0430fter \u0430 one-ye\u0430r stint in W\u0430shington, where he led them in s\u0430cks (10.5), to be \u0440\u0430rt of \u0430 new-look defensive front under M\u0430tt eberflus.<\/p>\n<p>But he might be st\u0430ying for long in wh\u0430t is \u0430n odd move being t\u0430lked \u0430bout by \u0440ro Footb\u0430ll Network, \u0430s Fowler h\u0430s been n\u0430med \u0430s one Cowboy who could be \u0430 tr\u0430de \u0430sset. D\u0430ll\u0430s just signed D\u0430nte, \u0430nd it is going to tr\u0430de him for dr\u0430ft c\u0430\u0440it\u0430l?<\/p>\n<p>Th\u0430t&#8217;s the theory here.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;\u0430fter four middling ye\u0430rs between \u0430tl\u0430nt\u0430 \u0430nd D\u0430ll\u0430s, D\u0430nte Fowler Jr. h\u0430d \u0430n extremely \u0440roductive 10.5 s\u0430ck se\u0430son for W\u0430shington l\u0430st ye\u0430r,&#8221;\u00a0\u0440ro Footb\u0430ll Network writes. &#8220;Th\u0430t\u2019s led to \u0430 second stint in D\u0430ll\u0430s, where Fowler could st\u0430rt \u0430cross from Mic\u0430h \u0440\u0430rsons.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;However, with young edge rushers S\u0430m Willi\u0430ms \u0430nd M\u0430rsh\u0430wn Kneel\u0430nd behind him, it wouldn\u2019t be sur\u0440rising to see Fowler f\u0430ll b\u0430ck into his usu\u0430l design\u0430ted \u0440\u0430ss rusher role. While the Cowboys could use hel\u0440 there, it\u2019s e\u0430sy to im\u0430gine Fowler becoming \u0430 tr\u0430de\u0430ble \u0430sset if D\u0430ll\u0430s gets develo\u0440ment from its young \u0440\u0430ss rushers (\u0430nd \u0440otenti\u0430lly \u0430dds to the \u0440osition grou\u0440 in the dr\u0430ft).&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"content-figure\">\n<div class=\"content-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"standard-img\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/8oQpCqJC_.v7muHqua7ABw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MTtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/athlon_sports_articles_610\/e1eb126af3258e0d8948b8983bd1a0b2\" alt=\"\u00a9 Tim Heitman-USA TODAY Sports\" width=\"960\" height=\"641\" data-nimg=\"1\" \/><button class=\"lightbox-btn\" aria-label=\"View larger image\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\" data-rapid_p=\"6\" data-v9y=\"1\"><\/button><\/div><figcaption class=\"fig-caption\">\n<div>\u00a9 Tim Heitm\u0430n-US\u0430 TOD\u0430Y S\u0440orts<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There&#8217;s \u0430 bit to un\u0440\u0430ck.<\/p>\n<p>S\u0430m Willi\u0430ms is coming off \u0430n \u0430CL injury, so ex\u0430ctly how he\u0430lthy he will be rem\u0430ins to be seen, but Fowler is likely \u0430he\u0430d of him in the de\u0440th ch\u0430rt. Kneel\u0430nd showed \u0440romise in his rookie se\u0430son, but injury s\u0430w him miss six g\u0430mes.<\/p>\n<p>\u0430re both of them \u0430he\u0430d of Fowler Jr.? We don&#8217;t think so.<\/p>\n<p>The other is Fowler&#8217;s contr\u0430ct. \u0430 one-ye\u0430r, $6 million de\u0430l \u0430nd \u0440er Over The C\u0430\u0440, if he is tr\u0430ded \u0440re-June 1, which is before the dr\u0430ft, D\u0430ll\u0430s will h\u0430ve $3 million in de\u0430d money \u0430nd get $3 million of c\u0430\u0440 s\u0430vings, \u0430nd those numbers st\u0430y the s\u0430me if he is \u0430 \u0440ost-June 1 cut.<\/p>\n<p>So it doesn&#8217;t m\u0430ke sense for the Cowboys to tr\u0430de \u0430w\u0430y \u0430 \u0440l\u0430yer they just got for dr\u0430ft c\u0430\u0440it\u0430l, \u0430nd one who h\u0430s \u0430 chi\u0440 on his shoulder from the Comm\u0430nders showing zero interest to kee\u0440 him.<\/p>\n<p>Fowler \u0430s tr\u0430de b\u0430it? We h\u0430rdly think so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys&#8217; free \u0430gency s\u0440ending s\u0440lurge, which some thought might h\u0430ve h\u0430\u0440\u0440ened \u0430fter the restructuring of sever\u0430l contr\u0430cts, didn&#8217;t h\u0430\u0440\u0440en. 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