The Cowboys are making a serious improvement in the secondary.
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The Dallas Cowboys have entered the chat.
Word began to circulate on social media on Tuesday afternoon that the Cowboys were going to potentially trade for a cornerback, and while fans were frantically wondering who exactly it could be, the shoe dropped.
The Dallas Cowboys are trading a fifth-round compensatory pick for veteran cornerback Stephon Gilmore.
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This is a huge trade for the Dallas Cowboys. Their defense has been on the rise for the last two seasons but had an issue this past season at cornerback opposite of Trevon Diggs once Anthony Brown was lost to injury. Stephon Gilmore, a former Defensive Player of the Year, dramatically fixes that.
Gilmore spent this past season with the Indianapolis Colts and the previous one with the Carolina Panthers, but prior to that really made his name known with the New England Patriots (where he won DPOY) after signing with them in 2017.
Simply put, the Cowboys are pairing a very legitimate corner with one of the game’s newer arrivals in Trevon Diggs to form an elite tandem that has to face off against the likes of A.J. Brown, DeVonta Smith, Terry McLaurin, and although he is a tight end, Darren Waller (as of Tuesday afternoon as well).
source: bloggingtheboys.com/
