{"id":52901,"date":"2025-06-02T08:19:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T08:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=52901"},"modified":"2025-06-02T08:19:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T08:19:07","slug":"breaking-the-cowboys-latest-move-for-the-nfl-all-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=52901","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING : The #Cowboys’ latest move for the NFL All-Pro."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Atlanta Falcons safety Justin Simmons.<\/p>\n

While the\u00a0Dallas Cowboys\u00a0might not have the best product\u00a0on the field in 2025\u00a0\u2014 they definitely didn\u2019t in 2024 \u2014 one it comes to one aspect of the game, they\u2019re pretty much peerless.<\/p>\n

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That area? Money. Which might be the most important area, actually.<\/p>\n

Not only are the Cowboys the most valuable professional sports franchise in the entire world\u00a0at an estimated $10 billion, they\u2019ve also managed to make some pretty brilliant salary cap moves. That means Dallas still has plenty of money left to make a move this offseason \u2014 one that could help the team in some big ways \u2014 by signing\u00a0free agent safety\u00a0and 4-time NFL All-Pro\u00a0Justin Simmons.<\/p>\n

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\u201c(Owner) Jerry Jones is always unpredictable, but he and Stephen Jones have managed to make moves without putting the team in too much of a salary cap squeeze,\u201d\u00a0Sports Illustrated\u2019s Josh Sanchez\u00a0wrote on June 1. \u201cIn fact, Dallas enters the summer with the sixth-most available cap space in the\u00a0NFL\u00a0at just over $30 million. To make things even better for the Cowboys, they can make a handful of more moves in the coming months to open even more cap space, most notably extending superstar\u00a0Micah Parsons.\u201d<\/p>\n

Simmons, who will turn 32 years old in November, spent the 2024 season with the\u00a0Atlanta Falcons\u00a0on a 1-year, $7.5 million contract.<\/p>\n

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Simmons heads into the 10th season of his NFL career as one of the leagues\u2019 best safeties in that time despite never having played on a team that qualified for the playoffs.<\/p>\n

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Drafted in the third round (No. 98 overall) out of Boston College in the\u00a02016 NFL draft\u00a0by the\u00a0Denver Broncos, Simmons made 4 All-Pro teams and was selected to 2 Pro Bowls in 8 seasons and also led the NFL with 6 interceptions in 2022.<\/p>\n