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The combine has arrived.
At some point in the next few days, a video memory will pop up on Jake Ferguson’s cell phone, as it has every February since 2022.
It’s a video he took at the NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis, zooming in and out on a Cowboys hat, a couple of months before the Dallas Cowboys took the Wisconsin tight end in the fourth round.
“I was like, ‘I want to go to the Cowboys. I want to go to the Cowboys,’” Ferguson said. “I was manifesting it, and I walked in the [combine interview] and I was like, ‘OK.’ I remember smiling at Coach [Mike] McCarthy, too. But I walked in and I was like, ‘All right, this feels like home.’”
That year, Ferguson was one of 45 players formally interviewed by the Cowboys at the combine inside a suite at Lucas Oil Stadium. It lasted 18 minutes, hardly enough time to get to know everything about somebody, but enough to want to know somebody more — or maybe less.
Ideally, these interviews serve as a checklist as to whether the Cowboys want to bring the player in for one of their critical top-30 visits. In Ferguson’s case, the Cowboys got all the answers they needed in the interview process and were not compelled to bring him to The Star for a visit.
Is it possible Tyron Smith could make a return?
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Note: These players will be unrestricted on March 13, barring a newly-signed deal with their incumbent team prior to that date, and legal tampering can not begin until March 11.
Tyron Smith: I mean, who’d say no? I’m sure someone would, but hear me out. Smith, a Cowboys’ legend and future first-ballot Hall of Famer was able to stay on the field for the New York Jets for a total of 10 starts in 2024. That’s more than enough to justify bringing him back to Dallas to finish his illustrious career and to begin the best possible mentoring program for Guyton as well.
Having probably one more year left in his tank, Smith will consider all of his options and returning to a Jets team that is back to square one at quarterback and head coach, or picking up and moving to a third city in as many years with the mileage he has on his frame — versus returning home to an ovation by the fanbase — feels like an easy call … at least to me, anyway.
Of the veterans set to his free agency this year, Smith makes the most sense, including financially, with a market value of roughly $7 million (per Spotrac), so bring the...
