The latest free agency Dallas Cowboys news is here.
Former Cowboys CB Jourdan Lewis headed for Jaguars, becomes highest-paid nickel corner – RJ Ochoa, Blogging The Boys
This would have been a tough deal for the Cowboys to beat, but it doesn’t make losing cornerback Jourdan Lewis any easier.
Money was, this is an assumption, likely an issue, especially with Lewis becoming the game’s highest-paid nickel corner. Jordan Schultz noted he is getting $30M over 3 years.
Lewis was one of the most veteran players on the Cowboys at this point as a third-round draft pick of the team in 2017. He has morphed over that time into one of the more reliable players of the last decade and has carved out quite a special spot in franchise history for himself.
The last few years have really seen Lewis prove how reliable and consistent he is, oftentimes at tasks that aren’t consistent themselves. He is the exact type of player you want on your team, on your defense and in your secondary in that he will do anything asked of him and to the highest possible level. He is this generation’s Orlando Scandrick in some sense.
It is difficult to watch him leave. He will be missed.
2025 NFL free agency: Jaguars signings tracker – Travis Holmes, Big Cat Country
The Jaguars also signed Cowboys offensive tackle Chuma Edoga on Monday, cutting into Dallas’ depth on the OL.
New Additions
CB Jourdan Lewis: The former Dallas Cowboys cornerback will reportedly become the highest-paid nickel back in the NFL. The 29-year-old has 10 interceptions and 44 pass breakups in his eight years in the league. The deal will be three years, $30 million, with $20 million fully guaranteed. This may mean that standout rookie CB Jarrian Jones may be moving outside?
OT Chuma Edoga: The former Dallas Cowboys swing tackle is reportedly being brought in to likely compete in a similar role with Javon Foster and Cole Van Lanen. Edoga started 10 games over the past two seasons for the Dallas Cowboys.
Cowboys agree to deal with Javonte Williams – Josh Alper, PFT
The team brought in a new running back.
The Cowboys want to be a better running team in 2025 and they are set to welcome a new running back to their bid to get there.
Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that they have agreed to sign former Bronco Javonte Williams as a free agent. Williams is signing a one-year, $3 million deal that has another $500,000 in incentives.
Williams ran for 903 yards as a rookie in 2021, but a torn ACL early in the 2022 season kept him from following up on that effort. He ran 217 times for 774 yards in 2023 and then slumped to 139 carries for 513 yards and four touchdowns last season.
Rico Dowdle is a free agent, so Williams will slot into the top spot in the Cowboys depth chart once his deal becomes official later this week.
Cowboys agree to terms on extension with long snapper Trent Sieg – Tommy Yarrish, DallasCowboys.com
The Cowboys brought back their long-snapper.
The Cowboys and long snapper Trent Sieg have agreed on a contract extension. Sieg returning to Dallas keeps continuity in the kicking game for Brandon Aubrey going into 2025, a point of emphasis this offseason.
Sieg, 29, has spent the last two seasons in Dallas as the long snapper after the first five years of his career with the Las Vegas Raiders. For the first time in his tenure with the Cowboys, Sieg will work under a new special teams coordinator in Nick Sorensen.
Sorensen replaced John “Bones” Fassel who left the Cowboys to become the Tennessee Titans special teams coordinator in January. Since Sorensen arrived in Dallas, he’s heard nothing but good things about all of the players he’ll get to work with and now has one more in the boat.
“I haven’t found anyone that’s said a bad thing about them,” Sorenson said at his introductory press conference. “I really have a lot of respect for those guys. Obviously we’d love to have them back, and hopefully we can.”
Yes, the Cowboys can attack 2025 free agency with urgency as well as frugality. Will they? – Reid Hanson, The Cowboys Wire
The Cowboys may not see free agency as a place to fill voids, but they can at least sign players that will be needed for a defense that suffered so many injuries a season ago.
Luckily for Dallas the stage is set in free agency to shake things up while also staying true to oneself. The Cowboys don’t have to break the bank in free agent bidding wars. They can be active early while also being cost conscious by staying modest in their desires.
The free agent class of 2025 has more than few big names hitting the market, but it also features a hefty cluster of affordable role players. Linebacker and defensive line are two areas where role players are plentiful. It just so happens role players are exactly what the Cowboys need from those position groups.
Linebacker has been identified as a major need and not one that requires a top-of-the-depth chart addition. Marist Liufau and DeMarvion Overshown are the future of the group, so the Cowboys just need an addition or two to bridge the gap and work the rotation.
While Nick Bolton and Ernest Jones draw most of the attention, players such as Devin Bush, Elandon Roberts and Eric Kendricks could provide the most bang for the buck this year. The Cowboys could use a veteran linebacker to hold things down on defense and each one of these affordable players are coming off fairly successful seasons. All three are over the age of 30 which limits the expected length and dollar figure of their upcoming deals. Pro Football Focus has run through salary expectations for this year’s top players and none of these three LBs are predicted to get deals exceeding $4 million per season.
Defensive line is a similarly situated position group. Haason Reddick, Milton Williams and Chase Young get most of the attention but a tier or two below them is where the real value is at. Calais Campbell, Poona Ford, Teair Tart, Joshua Uche and Dennis Gardeck are just a handful of the defensive line free agents predicted to make less than what the Cowboys’ own free agent Chauncey Golston is expected to command.
Rams will release Cooper Kupp this week minus an unlikely trade partner – Charean Williams, Pro Football Talk
The Rams added Davante Adams earlier this week, and now the rumors about where Cooper Kupp will play in 2025 can circulate again. Should Dallas be in the mix?
General Manager Les Snead said last week that Kupp’s return to the team was the “least likely” option for the team. Kupp is scheduled to have a cap number of $29.8 million in 2025 with a base salary of $12.5 million and $5 million guaranteed.
He is due a roster bonus of $7.5 million on March 16, so a decision on Kupp’s future always was expected this week.
The Rams already have replaced him by agreeing to terms with free agent wide receiver Davante Adams.
Kupp, 31, has battled injuries the past three seasons, appearing in 33 games. In 12 games in 2024, he caught 67 passes for 710 yards and six touchdowns. He added six receptions for 90 yards in two postseason games.
