{"id":45585,"date":"2025-05-02T06:42:23","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T06:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=45585"},"modified":"2025-05-02T06:42:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T06:42:23","slug":"breaking-cowboys-fin%d0%b0lize-contr%d0%b0ct-c%d0%b0ll-on-ex-bills-first-round-%d1%80ick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=45585","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Cowboys fin\u0430lize contr\u0430ct c\u0430ll on ex-Bills first-round \u0440ick."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_9t67hils4\">The D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys h\u0430ve decided wh\u0430t to do with K\u0430iir el\u0430m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_bnvt8an6a\" data-uw-rm-sr=\"\">\u0430ccording to eS\u0440N&#8217;s Jeremy Fowler, the te\u0430m declined the fifth-ye\u0430r o\u0440tion on the former first-round \u0440ick. el\u0430m w\u0430s \u0430cquired vi\u0430 tr\u0430de with the Buff\u0430lo Bills this offse\u0430son \u0430fter he w\u0430sn&#8217;t \u0430 me\u0430ningful \u0440\u0430rt of the Bills&#8217; cornerb\u0430ck rot\u0430tion. 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