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The Cowboys brought in a couple of free agent defenders for the upcoming training camp.
The Cowboys are expected to sign two players that participated in workouts last week for the team in former Packers CB Robert Rochell and former UFL Birmingham Stallions DT Perrion Winfrey, who are in the process of being signed.
The corresponding moves the Cowboys made in order to sign Rochell and Winfrey were waiving DT Justin Rogers and CB Luq Barcoo.
Rochell, 27, is entering his fifth year in the league and will now join his sixth different team. The Los Angeles Rams selected Rochell out of Central Arkansas in the fourth round of the 2021 NFL Draft, where he spent the first two years of his career.
In his rookie season, Rochell played in 11 games and tallied 14 tackles, four pass defenses and an interception before being placed on injured reserve in December of 2021, just months before the Rams won Super Bowl LVI making him a Super Bowl champion. In 2022, he played in all 17 games for the Rams, primarily on special teams.
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In his two seasons playing in the NFL, Winfrey appeared in 14 games and tallied 25 tackles, a tackle for loss and half a sack to go along with two pass deflections.
The UFL’s Birmingham Stallions signed Winfrey in October of 2024, and he was named to the 2025 All-UFL team after tallying 29 tackles, two tackles for loss and a sack last season. Winfrey is the third player the Cowboys have signed from the UFL in recent years, joining KaVontae Turpin and another former Birmingham Stallion in Brandon Aubrey.
Will the Cowboys return to the upper echelon of offenses this season?
In 2023, the Cowboys ranked second in expected points added (EPA) per play, eighth in explosive play rate, and first in points per drive. In 2024, quarterback Dak Prescott was injured in Week 9, but before that, the Cowboys’ offense floundered, ranking 22nd in EPA per play. They couldn’t run the ball effectively and struggled to find a consistent option outside of receiver CeeDee Lamb.
Though it’ll be difficult for the offense to put up the same numbers they did a couple of seasons ago, there’s a chance it could be one of the best this season and have better answers against good defenses than the 2023 team, which funneled targets to Lamb. Lamb had 79 more targets that season than the next leading receiver, tight end Jake Ferguson. The offense was built on timing and precision but needed another explosive option. In the playoffs that season, the Green Bay Packers’ defense doubled Lamb, and the Cowboys’ other receivers struggled to get open. The offense only...
