Cowboys Terence Steele Injury Update: No PUP, Ready to Start

Terence Steele is ready to play … and to get paid … as the Cowboys roll into camp in Oxnard.

Good health. And a healthy paycheck. As training camp opens in Oxnard, Terence Steele has a chance at both, as the Dallas Cowboys have now confirmed our Monday report that Steele will avoid starting camp on the PUP list.

Through Week 14 last season, there was not a better player on the Dallas Cowboys offensive line than Steele. Per PFF, the tackle posted a 73.9 blocking grade - ranking best on the roster and No. 20 in the entire NFL before a season-ending ACL tear against the Houston Texans. 

An undrafted free agent in 2020, the fourth-year tackle has quickly proven to be a gem for the Cowboys front office - starting 14 games as a rookie and 40 total over the past three seasons. But while both parties beat the deadline this offseason that saw the signing of Steele to a second-round restricted free agent tender, the 26-year-old will obviously ask for a raise when it's time to restructure a new deal. 

And according to our Mike Fisher at CowboysSI.com, that time has come as the Cowboys have “touched base” on the idea of a coming new deal.

Assuming what we’ve been told is true - that Steele's injury is no longer something to consider a problem - we’ve seen video of his workouts and he looks ready - the Dallas front office can keep prepping to pull out that wallet. And now we know that Steele won't even spend a brief time on PUP at the start of camp.

Dallas is expecting to pay a handful of others soon, if possible, including quarterback Dak Prescott, receiver CeeDee Lamb and cornerback Trevon Diggs - the latter of whom just got his new payday. But if the Cowboys are looking to win with this core, Steele's services need to be included among the priorities … and we trust that is the case.

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