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FRISCO – The Dallas Cowboys are acknowledging that in addition to signing Osa Odighizuwa to help upfront in their defense, there is work to be done in the linebackers room as well.<\/p>\n
We understand the excitement over adding a name from the outside. The Kansas City Chiefs’ Nick Bolton is a good name. So is Robert Spillane of the Las Vegas Raiders. And we’ve had the San Francisco 49ers’ Dre Greenlaw on our wish list for quite some time.<\/p>\n
(Sidebar on Greenlaw as he is hopefully recovered from having suffered a torn Achilles in the Super Bowl last January: Nick Sorensen, now the Dallas special-teams coordinator, was his 49ers defensive coordinator last season.)<\/p>\n
But when it comes to the Cowboys and linebackers in free agency?<\/p>\n
A source tells us that team owner Jerry Jones has been urged to circle back to a familiar name …<\/p>\n
Eric Kendricks.<\/p>\n
This decision will be one shared by personnel boss Will McClay and new defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus, and both of them have gotten to know Kendricks well.<\/p>\n
McClay helped endorse the idea of signing the Mike Zimmer protege to a one-year deal for 2024. And Eberflus played against the former Minnesota Vikings standout as head coach of the Chicago Bears.<\/p>\n
The Cowboys believe a rehabbing DeMarvion Overshown can be a star, but his latest knee injury will cost him at least half of the 2025 season. They also love the promise of 2024 rookie Marist Liufau.<\/p>\n
But if Jerry is listening to one of his most trusted advisors<\/p>\n
The former First-Team All-Pro linebacker Kendricks will be in play here, too.<\/p>\n
Kendricks ran the defense for Zimmer, provided leadership and professionalism, and remains a tackling machine. … and did it all for $3 million.<\/p>\n
Said our source: “He’s just really good and really consistent at what he does – and always has been, always at a pretty high level.<\/p>\n
He’s not the biggest name. And he’s 33. But he developed a positive reputation over the course of 2024 with the football people in this building.<\/p>\n
Jerry should be listening to his advisor … just as we our listening to our source.<\/p>\n
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