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Todd ArcherMar 14, 2025, 03:43 PM ET
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- Todd Archer is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Dallas Cowboys. Archer has coated the NFL since 1997 and Dallas since 2003. He joined ESPN in 2010.
FRISCO, Texas — Having misplaced veteran DeMarcus Lawrence to the Seattle Seahawks, the Dallas Cowboys grew to become to a well-recognized face in agreeing to a one-year maintain cross rusher Dante Fowler, the crew introduced Friday.
Fowler performed for the Cowboys in 2022 and 2023 prior to leaving with former defensive coordinator Dan Quinn to the Washington Commanders closing 12 months and hanging up 10.5 sacks.
Fowler’s deal is value $6 million and will transfer to $8 million in accordance with incentives.
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Fowler is the 3rd defensive lineman the Cowboys have added in unfastened company, becoming a member of Solomon Thomas and Payton Turner. Along with Lawrence, the Cowboys misplaced defensive lineman Chauncey Golston in unfastened company to the New York Giants.
Fowler had the second-most productive season of his nine-year profession in 2024 with the Commanders after signing a one-year deal. His 10.5 sacks have been one shy of tying a private highest and most effective the second one time he has completed with double digits in that class.
He additionally recorded 14 tackles for a loss, two off his profession highest and the second one time he completed with 10 or extra.
Fowler, 30, had only a blended 17.5 sacks within the earlier 4 seasons — two with the Atlanta Falcons and two with the Dallas — prior to becoming a member of the Commanders. He credited out of doors linebackers trainer Ryan Kerrigan, the group’s all-time sack chief, with serving to him increase extra as an edge rusher.
The Jacksonville Jaguars drafted Fowler with the 3rd general pick out within the 2015 draft. He spent 4 seasons with the Jaguars, most commonly as a situational cross rusher, and completed with a blended 14 sacks. He overlooked his rookie season after tearing his ACL in a spring follow.
Jacksonville traded Fowler to the Los Angeles Rams in October 2018. A 12 months later he completed with a career-high 11.5 sacks. He parlayed that right into a three-year maintain Atlanta, the place he first performed for trainer Dan Quinn, who was once his coordinator in Dallas and his head trainer in Washington.
The inside track of Fowler’s go back to the Cowboys was once first reported by way of NFL Community.
ESPN’s John Keim contributed to this record.
