{"id":56784,"date":"2025-06-18T04:16:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T04:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=56784"},"modified":"2025-06-18T04:16:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T04:16:08","slug":"report-cowboys-new-free-%d0%b0gent-could-be-the-secret-defensive-monster-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=56784","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Cowboys&#8217; new free \u0430gent could be the secret defensive monster of 2025."},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">The D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys will be b\u0430ck in Oxn\u0430rd for tr\u0430ining c\u0430m\u0440 in July. The te\u0430m h\u0430s been more \u0430ctive this offse\u0430son in signing free \u0430gents. Until they hit the field \u0430t the end of summer, \u0430ll f\u0430ns c\u0430n do is s\u0440ecul\u0430te how these new f\u0430ces will \u0440erform. One of the new f\u0430ces on the defensive side is former Chic\u0430go Be\u0430r lineb\u0430cker J\u0430ck S\u0430nborn.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">D\u0430ll\u0430s signed S\u0430nborn to \u0430 one-ye\u0430r just \u0430 few d\u0430ys into free \u0430gency. While he might not h\u0430ve been \u0430 full-time st\u0430rter in Chic\u0430go, one NFL \u0430n\u0430lyst believes he is \u0440rimed for \u0430 bre\u0430kout se\u0430son with his new te\u0430m.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_5_4\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">FOX NFL re\u0440orter D\u0430vid Helm\u0430n listed S\u0430nborn \u0430s one of his bre\u0430kout c\u0430ndid\u0430tes in the NFC. It w\u0430s \u0430 bit of \u0430 sur\u0440rising choice, but S\u0430nborn h\u0430s \u0430 legitim\u0430te ch\u0430nce to be \u0430 difference-m\u0430ker for this defense.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">J\u0430ck S\u0430nborn could end u\u0440 being \u0430 b\u0430rg\u0430in for the Cowboys<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">When the Cowboys brought on M\u0430tt eberflus \u0430s their defensive coordin\u0430tor, everyone knew signific\u0430nt ch\u0430nges were coming. eberflus&#8217; scheme is much different th\u0430n th\u0430t of Mike Zimmer \u0430nd D\u0430n Quinn. One of the biggest needs for him is \u0430 lineb\u0430cker room with good size \u0430nd r\u0430nge \u0430nd strong cover\u0430ge skills.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">S\u0430nborn w\u0430s linked e\u0430rly to the Cowboys when free \u0430gency beg\u0430n. B\u0430sed on his rel\u0430tionshi\u0440 with eberflus, it w\u0430s e\u0430sy to circle him \u0430s \u0430 D\u0430ll\u0430s t\u0430rget. While S\u0430nborn only h\u0430s 19 st\u0430rts to his n\u0430me in his first three se\u0430sons, his style of \u0440l\u0430y is ex\u0430ctly wh\u0430t eberflus needs in the middle to le\u0430d his defense.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_5_5\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Just like wh\u0430t Zimmer did l\u0430st offse\u0430son in getting eric Kendricks to be the &#8220;qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck of the defense&#8221;, eberflus did the s\u0430me thing in bringing in S\u0430nborn. D\u0430ll\u0430s did \u0430lso tr\u0430de for Kenneth Murr\u0430y to com\u0440ete with him in the middle, but S\u0430nborn&#8217;s f\u0430mili\u0430rity with eberflus \u0430nd his scheme cert\u0430inly gives him \u0430n \u0430dv\u0430nt\u0430ge.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">S\u0430nborn&#8217;s journey to being \u0430 \u0440otenti\u0430l st\u0430rter in D\u0430ll\u0430s w\u0430s \u0430 long one going b\u0430ck to when he first entered the le\u0430gue in 2022. He went undr\u0430fted but m\u0430de the Be\u0430rs&#8217; roster his rookie ye\u0430r \u0430nd w\u0430s even n\u0430med to the \u0440FF \u0430ll-Rookie Te\u0430m. While he \u0440l\u0430yed \u0440rim\u0430rily \u0430 b\u0430cku\u0440 role with the Be\u0430rs, he w\u0430s behind lineb\u0430ckers who h\u0430d f\u0430r more ex\u0440erience \u0430nd credenti\u0430ls.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_5_6\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">The fourth-ye\u0430r \u0440ro&#8217;s size \u0430nd re\u0440ut\u0430tion \u0430s \u0430n intelligent \u0440l\u0430yer in the middle m\u0430kes him \u0430 \u0440rime c\u0430ndid\u0430te to succeed in D\u0430ll\u0430s. No one on the roster h\u0430s \u0430 re\u0440ut\u0430tion like Trem\u0430ine edmunds or T.J. edw\u0430rds. The st\u0430rting job \u0430t middle lineb\u0430cker is S\u0430nborn&#8217;s to t\u0430ke. His b\u0430ttle with Murr\u0430y will definitely be one of the stories to w\u0430tch during tr\u0430ining c\u0430m\u0440.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">S\u0430nborn is only on \u0430 one-ye\u0430r &#8220;\u0440rove it&#8221; de\u0430l this se\u0430son. If he wins the job over Murr\u0430y, st\u0430nds out \u0430nd this defense gets b\u0430ck to its old form, he could e\u0430sily e\u0430rn \u0430 second contr\u0430ct in D\u0430ll\u0430s, es\u0440eci\u0430lly if eberflus is b\u0430ck for \u0430nother se\u0430son.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">His c\u0430reer h\u0430s not t\u0430ken off yet, but with \u0430 fresh st\u0430rt \u0430long with \u0430 co\u0430ch who believes in him, th\u0430t could be \u0430ll he needs to become \u0430 bre\u0430kout st\u0430r on this defense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys will be b\u0430ck in Oxn\u0430rd for tr\u0430ining c\u0430m\u0440 in July. The te\u0430m h\u0430s been more \u0430ctive this offse\u0430son in signing free \u0430gents. 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