The 2024 NFL season is almost over. Fans in Philadelphia and Kansas City are bathing in the glory of their teams winning their respective conferences, earning the right to play in Super Bowl LIX.
Soon after the Super Bowl champion is crowned, free agency will ramp up before the draft, allowing teams to sign veteran free agents before bringing in new talent in April.
The Cowboys love using free agency to fill any holes in the roster before the draft so they aren’t pigeon-holed into selecting positions of need in the moment. Well, that used to be the way they do things.
Jerry and Stephen Jones have mismanaged free agency so pitifully over the past few seasons that this may be the second draft in a row where the team will expect veteran production from multiple rookies and undrafted free agents.
ESPN’s Matt Bowen released a list of the NFL’s top-50 free agents in the 2025 class, and four Dallas Cowboys are mentioned in the article. The Cowboys have a laundry list of unrestricted free agents once the league year ends. Here are the main names:
Those are some big names that might not have a star on their helmet next season. As much as I’d like to bring most of them back, it’s not likely.
ESPN’s top-50 free agent list has some big names on it as well. Here are the top five names on the list:
I would love for the Cowboys to add one or two of those names in free agency, but I know better than to expect that by now. We might have to settle for the four Cowboys players that made the cut.
ESPN Rank: 10th
Osa Odighizuwa played out his rookie contract this past season, much like how every coach and player did that isn’t named Dak Prescott or CeeDee Lamb.
He can be considered a priority re-sign for the Cowboys because the only other defensive tackle on the roster with any experience is Mazi Smith. Other teams could use his services as well.
It will not be a walk in the park to get Osa to sign a new contract to stay in Dallas. He deserves to be paid for what he has done with the Cowboys, but do the Cowboys feel the same?
ESPN Rank: 21st
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