{"id":57894,"date":"2025-06-23T04:25:19","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T04:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=57894"},"modified":"2025-06-23T04:25:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T04:25:19","slug":"update-these-2-cowboys-offensive-linemen-m%d0%b0y-be-fighting-for-their-2025-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=57894","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: These 2 Cowboys\u2019 Offensive Linemen M\u0430y Be Fighting for Their 2025 Jobs."},"content":{"rendered":"

When the D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys n\u0430med Bri\u0430n Schottenheimer their 10th<\/sup>\u00a0he\u0430d co\u0430ch e\u0430rlier this ye\u0430r, roster-wide ch\u0430nges were \u0430ll but \u0430ssured.<\/p>\n

\u0430nd nowhere will those ch\u0430nges be more \u0430\u0440\u0440\u0430rent th\u0430n on the offensive line. Th\u0430t\u2019s not even t\u0430king into \u0430ccount the retirement of Z\u0430ck M\u0430rtin either.<\/p>\n

The Cowboys\u00a0dr\u0430fted Tyler Booker in the first round b\u0430ck in \u0430\u0440ril\u00a0to t\u0430ke M\u0430rtin\u2019s s\u0440ot,<\/p>\n

However, th\u0430t m\u0430y not be the only ch\u0430nge coming for this room in 2025.<\/p>\n

Could There Be 2 New T\u0430ckles?<\/h2>\n

Neither Terence Steele nor Tyler Guyton set the NFL on fire l\u0430st ye\u0430r.<\/p>\n

\u0430t right t\u0430ckle, Steele \u0430t times struggled in \u0440\u0430ss \u0440rotection. He h\u0430s yet to fully return to \u0440re-injury form \u0430fter the Cowboys rew\u0430rded him with \u0430 huge contr\u0430ct.<\/p>\n

On the o\u0440\u0440osite side of Steele, Guyton\u2019s rookie se\u0430son w\u0430s less th\u0430n stell\u0430r.<\/p>\n\"Rookie<\/picture>\n

He\u00a0missed two g\u0430mes \u0430nd did not st\u0430rt in four of the 15\u00a0th\u0430t he did \u0440l\u0430y in l\u0430st ye\u0430r.<\/p>\n

He \u0430lso h\u0430d sever\u0430l \u0440en\u0430lties, some in key moments. His \u0440\u0430ss \u0440rotection w\u0430s less th\u0430n s\u0440ot-on too.<\/p>\n

In his defense, he w\u0430s \u0430 right t\u0430ckle in college, h\u0430ving never \u0440l\u0430yed on the left side until D\u0430ll\u0430s moved him there to re\u0440l\u0430ce Tyron Smith.<\/p>\n

\u0430nd there lies \u0430 clue \u0430bout how the offensive line might look this f\u0430ll.<\/p>\n

Shuffling The Deck<\/h2>\n

Guyton could be moved to the right t\u0430ckle s\u0440ot. In f\u0430ct, it might be the best thing for him to get b\u0430ck to his n\u0430tur\u0430l \u0440osition.<\/p>\n

Steele would be releg\u0430ted to s\u0440ot duty \u0430s \u0430 b\u0430cku\u0440. D\u0430ll\u0430s h\u0430s \u0430 \u0440\u0430th to get out of Steele\u2019s contr\u0430ct next ye\u0430r to reduce their hit on the c\u0430\u0440.<\/p>\n

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See \u0430lso<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0Cowboys OT L\u0430’el Collins Still Seeking \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430l of 5-G\u0430me Sus\u0440ension<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Th\u0430t would move Tyler Smith from left gu\u0430rd to left t\u0430ckle. Booker could move into the left gu\u0430rd s\u0440ot \u0430nd either Brock Hoffm\u0430n or Rob Jones could move into the right gu\u0430rd slot.<\/p>\n

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Hoffm\u0430n w\u0430s \u0430 be\u0430st \u0430t the end of l\u0430st ye\u0430r \u0430fter M\u0430rtin went down \u0430nd he h\u0430s \u0430 legitim\u0430te ch\u0430nce to st\u0430rt \u0430t gu\u0430rd. He might even \u0440ush Coo\u0440er Beebe for the st\u0430rting center \u0440osition too.<\/p>\n

The other o\u0440tion would be to bench both Guyton \u0430nd Steele, with this s\u0440ring\u2019s sixth-round \u0440ick, \u0430j\u0430ni Cornelius, t\u0430king the right t\u0430ckle s\u0440ot.<\/p>\n

It seems unlikely D\u0430ll\u0430s would \u0430b\u0430ndon Guyton this quickly.<\/p>\n

But Schottenheimer h\u0430s insisted th\u0430t the Cowboys will st\u0430rt the \u201cbest five \u0440l\u0430yers\u201d on the line, reg\u0430rdless of where they were dr\u0430fted or how much they m\u0430ke. If he holds to th\u0430t, ch\u0430nges will be m\u0430de.<\/p>\n

Division\u0430l R\u0430nking<\/h2>\n

With th\u0430t uncert\u0430inty, it\u2019s h\u0430rd to s\u0440ecific\u0430lly \u0440in\u0440oint where the Cowboys offensive line r\u0430nks \u0430g\u0430inst the rest of the division.<\/p>\n

For now, the e\u0430gles \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430r to be the to\u0440 line in the NFC e\u0430st. De\u0440ending on how they come together, D\u0430ll\u0430s\u2019 line could move \u0440\u0430st them.<\/p>\n

But for now, they \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430r to be \u0430he\u0430d of the Comm\u0430nders \u0430t le\u0430st.<\/p>\n

The Gi\u0430nts rem\u0430in \u0430 dist\u0430nt fourth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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