Calvin Watkins of the Dallas Morning News reports that the Cowboys are still interested in signing veteran DT Dontari Poe and are working through some things to get a deal done.
On Monday, Ian Rapoport mentioned that Dallas was in talks with Poe and it’s possible a deal could be in place by the end of the deal. However, there wasn’t a deal in place at that time.
Before that, Jane Slater reported that the Cowboys were looking at potential defensive line upgrades in the free agent market with Dontari Poe, Ndamukong Suh, Damon Harrison and Mike Pennel being some players they’ve done homework on.
The Cowboys signed Gerald McCoy to a contract last week, but it sounds like there could be at least one more move made at the position.
Poe, 29, is a former first-round pick of the Chiefs back in 2012. He played out his four-year, $11,320,006 contract when the Chiefs picked up his fifth-year option worth $6.15 million for the 2016 season.
Poe elected to sign a one-year, prove-it contract with the Falcons in 2017. He signed a three-year, $27 million deal with the Panthers in 2018 but Carolina declined his option a few weeks ago.
In 2019, Poe appeared in 11 games for the Panthers and recorded 22 tackles and four sacks. Poe is rated by Pro Football Focus as the No. 32 interior defender out of 113 qualifying players.
We have him included in our Top 100 Available 2020 Free Agents list.
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