It's now April and the Dallas Cowboys have only signed one free agent to date. In case you forgot, his name is Eric Kendricks and he plays linebacker.
How the Cowboys approached this period is still subject to scrutiny, but the work is done. I don't say this in a resigned way, as another free agent has already found a home outside of Dallas, and I say this in a lighthearted way.
Interestingly, a player who calls Dallas his literal home has said multiple times that the Cowboys never called him about making this his home for football.
You might even know the name and be frustrated by this situation.
Derrick Henry believes joining the Dallas Cowboys in free agency was the 'perfect situation'
It's been almost a month since Derrick Henry joined the Baltimore Ravens, but when he did, NFL fans immediately wondered what he and Lamar Jackson's rushing attack would look like. I started thinking about it. We'll find out soon, as Dallas hosts Baltimore this season.
Shortly after joining the Ravens, Henry was specifically asked if he had received a call from the Cowboys. He pointed out that this was not the case. After this story broke, it was reported that Dallas didn't call him because he didn't want to be lowballed and insult him. seriously.
The Cowboys brought back Rico Doodle this offseason, but have yet to seriously address the running back position. Along with Deuce Vaughn, he forms a group that many expect to be joined by draft picks and potentially Ezekiel Elliott and Dalvin Cook (both coming out of slumps in their careers). It's hard to deny that Dallas could or should have done that. I took Henry's ideas more seriously.
henry was a recent guest pivot He was then asked again about his interactions (actually lack of interactions) with the Cowboys during free agency. He went into detail about how he was interested, but clearly couldn't have been interested without a call or offer from them.
“I live in Dallas, Dallas is also a perfect situation, but we lived there so we don't have to move. But at the same time, the Ravens, their history and Ray (Lewis) in the Pro Bowl. We also talked about his passion for the organization, his impact there, and how he talked about it: If I wasn't at Tennessee or couldn't make it to Dallas, I wanted to be a Raven. Ta.”
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When asked if the Cowboys would be involved, Henry replied, “They're no big deal to me at all.”
It would have been a surreal situation for Henry to play with a star on his helmet. It was an ideal location, Henry said, but no construction had been done on it until now.
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“It would have been crazy,” he said. “I thought it was some contact, some discussion or something. They never contacted me, you know what I'm saying? I don't know much about their organization. Hmm. All I know is what I've heard. I was talking to my agent. They weren't really interested. That's the reality. Like I said, I'm where I am. I'm going to , and I feel like Baltimore was the perfect place.”
I'm not sure if the Cowboys really didn't call Henry out as some kind of homage, but it seems like they were wrong not to take him seriously. Especially if he thought the situation was perfect.
There has been a general trend in recent years that running backs are not important, and while there is some truth to the idea that spending premium assets on running backs is risky, running backs do not provide value. That's for sure.
What's more, the Cowboys are still in a hole at the position and are in a predicament with having to make a draft pick a few weeks from now in a year where they don't have a lot of running back depth in their draft class. In free agency, many teams anticipated this and got ahead of the curve by bringing in running backs, but whether we agree with them or not, the Cowboys seem confident in their approach. .
As mentioned above, there's been a lot of thought and opinion about how the Cowboys are approaching free agency, and while talking about his new team, Henry hinted at how he feels about our team. There is a possibility.
“It’s nice to be able to go where they’re hungry,” he said. “They're hungry for it and they're right on the cusp of it. They're always in the conversation. We know Lamar really wants it, so we're like, 'Let's see what happens. I don't go to places where there are expectations. Get to the playoffs and make some noise. ” No, they are trying to win. They lost the game against Kansas City by a close margin, so you can tell they're hungry. I know they come in with the right mindset. So let's get down to it. I'm ready to join in and help move them forward in any way possible. In any way possible. ”
It makes sense for Henry to believe that the Ravens are hungry and are after him considering how much the Ravens have pursued him. He hasn't directly said the Cowboys aren't hungry or aren't going to be (as many of us have said), but if they didn't even call him, he'd be open to the idea. It would be difficult to argue against that.
