The latest Dallas Cowboys buzz heading into the weekend.
Projected price tag for Cowboys breakout free agent revealed – Koby Skillern, Sports Illustrated
Jerry Jones and the Cowboys may have to write a pretty large check if they want to bring back Osa Odighizuwa for the 2025 season and beyond.
Odighizuwa couldn’t have picked a better time to break out, doing so in his contract year. With a relatively weak defensive tackle class in free agency, teams are primed to open their checkbooks for one of the few standout stars available at the position.
Marcus Mosher for the 33rd Team predicted “This Year’s Mega Contacts” and Osa Odighizuwa cracked the list
Odighizuwa is projected to earn a whopping three-year, $63 million contract.
“Look for Odighizuwa to earn a contract worth at least $20 million per season. Given the lack of depth at defensive tackle in free agency, it wouldn’t be a surprise if he earned significantly more,” Mosher wrote.
“We saw Christian Wilkins sign a deal worth upwards of $27 million last year, and Odighizuwa is younger and far more durable.”
Dak Prescott: ‘It’s our turn, it’s on us’ to win a Super Bowl – Tommy Yarrish, DallasCowboys.com
Dak Prescott reflected on the Super Bowl-winning division rivals and believes that the Cowboys are within reach.
While some would say there’s a gap between where the Eagles and Cowboys are at, Prescott thinks that Dallas is “very close” to winning a Super Bowl of their own.
“I feel like we compete with the Eagles and beat them, for the most part, when we play them.” Prescott said at the reveal of models for the 2025 Children’s Cancer Fund gala on Tuesday.
“I don’t want to say ‘check the record’ when they’re the guys holding the trophy right now, so credit to them. They earned it and they deserve it, by all means, but yea, very close.”
In his nine year career, Prescott is 9-4 against the Eagles, but it’s an accomplishment that is hard to celebrate considering the Cowboys haven’t made an NFC championship game in 30 years, the longest drought in the NFL. In 2024, the Eagles beat the Cowboys by a combined 75-13 margin with Prescott nursing his hamstring injury.
With all of that in mind, Prescott knows that if Dallas wants to end the drought and reign above the NFC again, the responsibility falls solely on them.
“To see [the Eagles do it] in such a dominating fashion, credit to them,” Prescott said on Philadelphia’s Super Bowl win. “It’s our turn, and it’s on us.”
2025 NFL offseason: Free agency, draft questions for all 32 teams – NFL Nation reporters, ESPN
Todd Archer of ESPN outlines what needs to happen for the Cowboys in order to be contenders in 2025.
How do the Cowboys close the gap on the Eagles?
Brian Schottenheimer will look to do what only Barry Switzer, Chan Gailey, Bill Parcells and Wade Phillips did in Cowboys history: get to the playoffs in his first season as head coach.
The health of key players (quarterback Dak Prescott, wide receiver CeeDee Lamb, cornerback Trevon Diggs) is a must, but the Cowboys will have to do more than just hope for improvement from within and the draft. They will need a proven pass rusher opposite Micah Parsons, a No. 2 receiver opposite Lamb and help on the offensive line. They need to keep some of their own (Osa Odighizuwa, Jourdan Lewis) and be surgical in free agency.
A quick reminder: The NFC East has not had a repeat champion since 2003-04. — Todd Archer
Trevon Diggs injury update provided by fellow Cowboys defensive star – Josh Sanchez, SI.com
Trevon Diggs update via Micah Parsons.
There were reports that Diggs could miss all of the offseason workouts and potentially part of training camp, and now we have an injury update from fellow defensive star Micah Parsons.
“He had a successful surgery. I talked to him, and he’s doing real well. He’s in Dallas and he’s doing exactly what he’s supposed to do,” Parsons said, via Patrik Walker of DallasCowboys.com. “He’s the ultimate competitor. He knows when he comes back, and he’ll be back real soon, he’ll be great.
“It’s just all about regaining stability and resting.”
Diggs, a key defensive player for the Cowboys, has been a cornerstone of the team’s secondary since his breakout season in 2021. Known for his ball-hawking skills, Diggs has earned two Pro Bowl selections and established himself as one of the top cornerbacks in the league.
Having Diggs return to the field will be key for the Cowboys secondary for the 2025 season, and hopefully he can return to his top form and avoid another injury setback.
