Cowboys 'Working To Get To Finish Line' on New Dante Fowler Jr. Contract

Dante Fowler Jr. signed a one-year "prove it" deal with Dallas a year ago, and the Cowboys are working to re-sign him this year.

FRISCO - The Dallas Cowboys and Dante Fowler Jr. are "working to get to the finish line'' on a contract agreement to keep the pass-rusher and Dan Quinn disciple at The Star, according to CBS Sports' Josina Anderson.

Anderson writes that the two sides share a mutual interest to close a deal, with the Cowboys apparently indicating they "want him back'' and Fowler feeling "he wants to be back.'' and have been working hard to get a deal done.

Fowler, 28, signed a one-year "prove it" deal with Dallas in the 2022 offseason that was seen as a potential bargain as it was worth just $3 million. In the end, it was a fine third-tier signing for Dallas as he was a top of the rotation piece of a playoff defense, in the end finishing with six sacks, 27 tackles and two forced fumbles.

Those six sacks placed him in a tie for the third-most on the Cowboys defense, knotting him with standout defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence - and Fowler, once upon a time the No. 3 pick in the entire NFL Draft (in 2015), did his damage in about half the snaps.

Fowler was a budding superstar earlier in his career, as in 2019 with the Rams he finished with a career-high 11.5 sacks, 58 tackles, two forced fumbles and six passes defended. But his time in Atlanta (where Quinn was the head coach) didn't end up offering up the same level of performance.

There is a lot of buzz about Dallas "working on'' deals for guys like Leighton Vander Esch and Donovan Wilson and others, and frankly, there is so far more smoke than fire there. Hopefully this report is a more solid indication of the plans being worked on by the Cowboys and by Fowler.

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