Cowboys DT Brent Urban Signs with Ravens

FRISCO – Dallas Cowboys free agent defensive lineman Brent City is re-joining the staff that first drafted him.

“I truly can’t even put into phrases how emotional right this moment has been,” City’s spouse Kate writes on Twitter. “Being from Baltimore. My household being in Baltimore. The love Brent has for Baltimore. It’s been a really special occasion guys. We will’t wait to get again there.”

City was drafted by the Ravens within the fourth spherical of the 2014 NFL Draft out of Virginia. The native of Canada was a part-time starter there, after which bounced from Baltimore to the Titans to the Chicago Bears, after which within the 2021 offseason to the Dallas Cowboys through a one-year minimal contract.

City – lengthy notable for his his 6-7 top – was to be a season-long rotational defensive deal with and run-stopper for Dallas. However sadly, he sustained a bicep harm in zzz that ended his marketing campaign. 

City’s harm historical past is just not the most important driving drive in Dallas’ disinterest in bringing again the 31-year-old. Quite, the Cowboys have turned the web page through the final two drafts, with the late choices of Quinton Bohanna (in 2020) and John Ridgeway this yr. Each are wide-body defensive tackles who the Cowboys imagine could be profitable whereas additionally taking part in on their cap-friendly late-round rookie offers. It’s that very same logic, by the best way, that makes it fairly unlikely that Dallas will chase veterans like Akiem Hicks, who in all probability comes at a a lot larger worth than City would have.