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Todd Archer
Frisco, Texas-Wednesday, the first day were allowed signings of free agency, the Dallas Cowboys have resorted to the offices of former first-round elections to help strengthen their defense.
The cowboys have acquired the supporter Kenneth Murray Jr. and a selection of the seventh round of the Tennessee Titans for a selection of the sixth round, according to a source, while before they agree an agreement for the corner Kaiir Elam and a selection of the sixth round of the Buffalo Bills for a fifth -round selection this year and a tenth round in 2026.
Murray, 26, was a first round of the Los Angeles Chargers in 2020, and in five years he has been accredited with 416 cup and 8.5 captures. His best Tackle season arrived in 2023 with the Chargers, when he had 107. He had a maximum of 3.5 captures for the Titans last season with 95 cup in the first year of a two -year agreement and $ 15.5 million.
It is ready to earn $ 5.99 million in base salary this year and is due to a $ 1 million list bonus on Sunday.
The cowboys made Murray, who played in Oklahoma, made one of his 30 national visits before the 2020 Draft. Dallas also agreed a one -year agreement with the Jack Sanborn supporter, the sources tell Jeremy Fowler of ESPN. He played three seasons for the new defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus.
The cowboys had the need for the supporter with the Demarvion Overshown looking at a long rehabilitation after tearing multiple ligaments in their knee at the end of last season. The main backle of last year, Eric Kendricks, is currently a free agent. Dallas also has Marist Liufau and Damone Clark under contract.
With Trevon Diggs rehabilitating a chondral tissue graft surgery to its left knee performed in January and facing an uncertain return to the field, Elam helps fill an opposite place to Darron Bland.
Elam, a first round selection in 2022 by the Bills, has two interceptions for his career, but has not registered one since his rookie season, and has been a healthy inactive for the games. The cowboys, however, have a history of risking the high draft teams with other teams, waiting for a change of stage to improve the level of play.
Dallas was in conversations with the corner of the Baltimore Ravens free agent, Brandon Stephens, during the exclusive negotiation period before choosing to join the New York jets, according to the sources.
It is possible that the cowboys have not finished looking for a corner help, since he lost Jourdan Lewis to the Jacksonville Jaguars in a three -year agreement and $ 30 million that included $ 20 million guaranteed.
Diggs has been limited to 13 games in the last two seasons due to an injury. Everyone but two games was lost in 2023 due to an ACL torn in its left knee before its 2024 season ended with a problem not related to the same knee.
The rehabilitation of the last surgery could force Diggs, who signed an extension of five years in 2023, to miss some regular seasonal games.
In addition to Bland and Elam, Dallas only has Andrew Booth, Kemon Hall and the fifth round of 2024 Caelen Carson, which returns from shoulder surgery, in the corner.
Elam, 24, is in the last year of his rookie contract.
