The Dallas Cowboys' free agency dealings, once again, for some, have left a lot to be desired.
Cost-effective free agents have come in with none really moving the needle, although Dante Fowler Jr., Miles Sanders, Javonte Williams, and Jack Sanborn could be seen as solid additions.
Plus, the re-signings of Osa Odighizuwa, Brock Hoffman, KaVontae Turpin and others, things have moved along better than 12 month's ago. With the front office restructuring the contracts of Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb to create roughly $70 million in cap space, yet just under $40 million remains, and it is here were many are scratching their heads as to why
When assessing the Cowboys' offseason, The 33rd Team's Tyler Brooke has given Jerry Jones and his front office a D+.
The Dallas Cowboys no longer feel like a team trying to compete for a Super Bowl," Brooke wrote. "The moves that Dallas made weren't exactly inspiring, either. Dante Fowler might be the most noteworthy move, but is a notorious one-year mercenary who has been bouncing around the league. Other additions like Miles Sanders and Kenneth Murray haven't lived up to expectations with their previous teams.
"None of these moves feel like ones that made the Cowboys better, and with the way the rest of the NFC East is trending, they might be in tough shape for 2025."
Right now, it is hard to say whether or not Dallas got "better" this offseason, but with the return of Dak Prescott, the hope is that this team, under Brian Schottenheimer, will be better in 2025.
Of course, there is still time to improve the roster with a shrewd move for Tyler Lockett or a trade for Courtland Sutton to bolster the receiver room.
We then have the draft where a receiver and running back are expected to be taken rather high, but as far as free agency goes, for the second-straight year, Dallas has underwhelmed (even though we know the reason for no signings last offseason).
The Cowboys had ample cap space to make some serious moves with "tier 2" signings, as our Mike Fisher called them, but so far that hasn't happened.
"Not trying''?
With a D+ grade, we get the sense that right now, as things stand, the Cowboys are again looking at a tough uphill climb in 2025 - but make no mistake, there is time to change that.
