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We have reached the legal tampering portion of this offseason and there are all sorts of deals happening across the National Football League.
As is usually the case these deals cannot become official until the new league year begins which is on Wednesday, March 15th at 4 PM ET. While eleventh hour things can always happen, whatever is reported as agreed to between now and then generally sticks, but the Dallas Cowboys are historically not interested in this part of the team-building process.
In fact one year ago the Cowboys were the last team in the NFL to sign an external veteran free agent which shows just how much they like to slow-play things around this time of year. Whether or not they follow this philosophy in the here and now remains to be seen, but early indications are that this will be the case.
Whatever does wind up happening will be worth monitoring which is exactly what this post will do. Every bit of news, rumored or reported, will be documented here and we will update the tracker as the week(s) moves along.
Dallas Cowboys Free Agent Additions
- The Cowboys sent a fifth-round compensatory pick (176 overall) to the Indianapolis Colts in exchange for veteran cornerback Stephon Gilmore
- The Cowboys sent a 2023 fifth-round pick and 2024 sixth-round pick to the Houston Texans in exchange for veteran wide receiver Brandin Cooks
- The Cowboys have signed offensive lineman Chuma Edoga to a one-year deal
- The Cowboys have signed running back Ronald Jones to a one-year deal
- The Cowboys have signed long snapper Trent Sieg to a one-year deal
Dallas Cowboys Free Agent Returnees
- The Cowboys placed the franchise tag on running back Tony Pollard, a value just north of $10M
- Dallas placed a second-round tender on right tackle Terence Steele
- Safety Donovan Wilson is returning on a 3-year deal worth up to $24M
- Leighton Vander Esch is returning on a 2-year deal worth $11M
- CJ Goodwin is returning on a 1-year deal
- Cooper Rush is returning on a 2-year deal worth up to $6M with $2.75M guaranteed in 2023
- Rico Dowdle is returning to the Cowboys
- Dante Fowler is returning on a one-year deal
- Takk McKinley is returning to the Cowboys
- Johnathan Hakins is returning to the Cowboys on a one-year deal worth about $1.5M
Dallas Cowboys Free Agent Departures
- Connor McGovern is headed to the Buffalo Bills on a 3-year, $23M deal
- Luke Gifford is headed to the Tennessee Titans on a 2-year, $5M deal
- Noah Brown is headed to the Houston Texans on a 1-year deal
- The Cowboys released running back Ezekiel Elliott
- Dalton Schultz is headed to the Houston Texans on a 1-year deal worth up to $9M
- Former long snapper Jake McQuaide is headed to the Detroit Lions
- Carlos Watkins is headed to the Arizona Cardinals on a 1-year deal
Dallas Cowboys Other Notes and Information
- The Cowboys restructured the contracts of both Dak Prescott and Zack Martin
- The Cowboys restructured Michael Gallup’s contract and generated $7M more in salary cap space
- The Cowboys restructured the contracts of both DeMarcus Lawrence and Tyron Smith
Last Updated on Thursday, March 30th at 9:40pm ET
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