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Free Agency Roundup: Jourdan Lewis to Jags, Bell and Sieg are back, more
FRISCO, Texas – Monday marked the beginning of the NFL’s legal tampering period, which allows external free agents to begin negotiating terms with franchises from around the league. They can’t officially sign contracts until free agency begins at 3 p.m. (CDT) on Wednesday, but there’s already been plenty of moment around the league.
For the Cowboys, a lot of their free agency moves came from taking care of the players that were already on their roster in the 2024 season. That’s usually been the case for the franchise, and it was no different on 2025’s opening day.
They did however have a notable exit in the secondary, something we’ll cover along with more in our free agency recap. To follow along with all of the Cowboys’ free agency news this offseason, keep tabs on our free agency tracker by clicking here.
**Jourdan Lewis expected to sign with the Jacksonville Jaguars**
Osa Odighizuwa and Jourdan Lewis were the Cowboys’ top two priorities going into the 2025 offseason. Dallas resigned Odighizuwa to a four-year, $80 million extension, but couldn’t land on a deal with Lewis, who reportedly will become the highest paid nickel cornerback in the NFL upon signing with the Jaguars.
Lewis had spent all eight of his NFL seasons with the Cowboys after the team selected him in the third round of the 2017 NFL draft and is coming off one of the best seasons of his career where he posted 71 tackles, 8 passes defended and an interception. His impact was also felt as a leader in the locker room, an aspect that Dallas will sorely miss.
Now, Dallas has some decisions to make in the cornerback room. With Trevon Diggs and Josh Butler potentially missing time next season due to injury, that leaves DaRon Bland, Caelen Carson, Andrew Booth, and Kemon Hall as the cornerbacks remaining on the roster. Whether it be through the draft or free agency, expect the Cowboys to look to bolster their personnel in that department.
**Markquese Bell signs multi-year contract extension with Cowboys**
Markquese Bell officially put pen to paper on a contract extension Monday, sticking around in Dallas for the next three seasons. Bell was one of two restricted free agents that the Cowboys had heading into the offseason, leaving KaVontae Turpin as the only one remaining on the roster.
Bell’s consistently been reliable for Dallas on special teams after being moved from safety to linebacker and back to safety in his first three NFL seasons. In 2024, he suffered a season-ending shoulder injury in the Cowboys’ Week 11 loss to the Houston Texans and will look to bounce back in 2025.
**Chuma Edoga expected to join Jacksonville Jaguars**
After Jourdan Lewis reportedly agreed to terms with the Jaguars earlier in the day, Cowboys offensive tackle Chuma Edoga is expected to follow his teammate from Dallas to Jacksonville.
The Cowboys were the third team that Edoga has played for in his career after being drafted by the New York Jets in the third round of the 2019 NFL draft. He spent three seasons in New York and one with the Atlanta Falcons before landing in Dallas in 2023 to provide depth at left tackle.
Over the course of the 22 games that he was available during his time in Dallas, Edoga started 10 games and allowed 5 sacks and 23 quarterback pressures while playing both left tackle and left guard.
**Cowboys agree to terms on extension with long snapper Trent Sieg**
Brandon Aubrey made it clear at the Super Bowl that he wanted the Cowboys to retain punter Bryan Anger and long snapper Trent Sieg, and Dallas took one step forward in that department by resigning Sieg.
Sieg’s return gives Aubrey and new special teams coordinator Nick Sorensen some continuity in the kicking game from the snapping perspective, and now all that remains is Anger, his holder, who is an unrestricted free agent that has spent the last four seasons with the Cowboys.

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Ben Gleason with a Goal vs. Dallas Stars

Ex-Dallas Stars Goalie Signs Try-Out With New Jersey DevilsOver the past several years, the Dallas Stars have put an emphasis on signing undrafted free agents, including between the pipes. Names like Landon Bow, Matt Murray and most recently prospect Ben Kraws are just some of the undrafted goaltenders the Stars signed to their system over the past decade.
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Trump vows tough action after beheading of Indian motel manager in Dallas

US President Donald Trump has strongly condemned the beheading of an Indian-origin hotel manager allegedly by a Cuban illegal immigrant in Dallas last week.
“The time for being soft on these Illegal Immigrant Criminals is OVER under my watch,” Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform.
Chandra Mouli Nagamallaiah, 50, was attacked with a machete by his co-worker Yordanis Cobos-Martinez in front of his wife and child, following a heated argument over a broken washing machine. The accused, who is now in custody, has been charged with murder.
Trump has long vowed tougher enforcement against undocumented migrants, making it a central plank of his policy.
Trump said Mr Cobos-Martinez “will be prosecuted to the fullest extent” of the law and will be “charged with murder in the first degree”.
He also criticised the Biden administration in his post saying Mr Cobos-Martinez was previously arrested for several crimes, including alleged child abuse, but was “released back into society because Cuba declined to accept his return”.
According to the Department of Homeland Security, Mr Cobos-Martinez is an undocumented immigrant, with a final order of removal from the US.
The department claims he was in custody at a detention center in Dallas but was released on an order of supervision in January after Cuba “would not accept him because of his criminal history”.
Nagamallaiah, who belonged to the southern Indian state of Karnataka, worked at the Downtown Suites Motel in Dallas.
He went to school and college in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru before moving to the US in 2018. His son graduated high school recently and is preparing to begin college, according to a news report on NDTV news channel.
The assault took place on 10 September. The police said they received a “stabbing” call and a preliminary investigation determined that Mr Cobos-Martinez had cut the victim with an edged weapon several times.
He then reportedly kicked the head of the victim “around like a soccer ball”, according to the US Department of Homeland Security.
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has lodged Mr Cobos-Martinez with the Dallas County Jail, where he is being held.
Nagamallaiah’s funeral was held on 13 September in Flower Mound, Texas, and was attended by family and friends.
A fundraiser launched to support his family has raised more than $321,000 (£2,36,723), according to news agency PTI.
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Which Dallas Cowboys star should be next to sign lucrative extension?

The Dallas Cowboys are putting their salary cap space to full use.
After trading Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers, they were able to extend DaRon Bland and Tyler Smith. They tied up $180 million in salary on those two players alone, but they’re not the only ones who landed new deals this year.
MORE: Cowboys insider reveals main holdup in deal with Jadeveon Clowney
Team owner and general manager Jerry Jones agreed to terms with defensive tackle Osa Odighizuwa before the start of free agency. He also gave extensions to receiver/returner KaVontae Turpin, fullback Hunter Luepke and tight end Jake Ferguson.
This sudden trend of getting ahead of free agency is like a breath of fresh air, and they might not be done. Dallas has several other players set for free agency and could look to continue locking up their core players.
The top two platers set for free agency are wide receiver George Pickens and kicker Brandon Aubrey. Initially, Pickens seems like the player who should be extended since he plays a skill position and is going to be an unrestricted free agent.
Aubrey, however, is going to be a restricted free agent. While that gives Dallas more security, he’s still the player they should extend first.
Now in his third season, Aubrey has connected on 78-of-87 field goals and is 25-of-28 from 50-plus yards. Kickers might not typically land lucrative deals, but Aubrey is far from typical. He’s a weapon who has bailed the offense out multiple times.
For that reason, he should be the player Jones sits down with next.
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