{"id":17240,"date":"2025-03-12T23:01:57","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T23:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=17240"},"modified":"2025-03-12T23:01:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T23:01:57","slug":"breaking-news-cowboys-make-big-trade-to-solidify-defense-after-losing-valuable-free-agent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=17240","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS : Cowboys Make Big Trade to Solidify Defense After Losing Valuable Free Agent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_6783,h_3815\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/181\/01jp5xsz6asjxhfkys1m.jpg\" alt=\"Jan 27, 2025; Frisco, TX, USA;   Dallas Cowboys Head Coach Brian Schottenheimer speaks to the media at a press conference at the Star. \" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\">The Dallas Cowboys\u2019 secondary was in trouble after the first day of free agency as they did not re-sign veteran cornerback Jourdan Lewis. Instead, Lewis signed a huge three-year deal with the Jacksonville Jaguars.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\">That was not ideal for the Cowboys as Trevon Diggs is banged up, leaving DaRon Bland and Caelen Carson as the only starting options from last year\u2019s team. Nevertheless, Dallas went to the trade market to solidify their cornerback room before the start of the new league year.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\">According to Tom Pelissero of the NFL Network, the Buffalo Bills have traded cornerback Kaiir Elam and a sixth-round pick to the Dallas Cowboys in exchange for a fifth and future seventh round picks.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Full trade: The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bills?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bills<\/a> will receive fifth- and future seventh-round picks from the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cowboys?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Cowboys<\/a> for Kaair Elam and a sixth-rounder, per source.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomPelissero\/status\/1899901731644813448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 12, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\">Elam was the Bills\u2019 first-round pick in the 2022 NFL Draft (No. 23 overall) and just finished his third year in Buffalo. However, after his playoff performance a couple of months ago, the young cornerback needed a change of scenery.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\">Last season with the Bills, Elam recorded 26 combined tackles, two tackles for loss, two pass deflections, and a fumble recovery in 13 games (four starts). The former first-round pick wasn\u2019t the best in pass coverage, possessing a 70 completion percentage allowed on targets, a 104.9 pass rating allowed when targeted (career-high).<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\">However, Elam only gave up one receiving touchdown. The young cornerback\u2019s PFF stats from the regular season backed up his play. He had a 67 coverage grade (69th among 223 eligible cornerbacks).<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\">But in the NFL playoffs, the young defensive back\u2019s pass coverage grade nosedived to 40.3 (51st among 62 cornerbacks).<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\">Last year, Dallas made a trade during the preseason for Andrew Booth Jr., which did not work out. 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