3 Cowboys Players Whose Future Is IN DOUBT, After Free Agency...

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Mauricio Rodriguez talks about the moves that the Dallas Cowboys have made so far during NFL free agency, and the 3 biggest losers from those moves, who could be on the chopping block this offseason.

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00:00So the first week of free agency is in the books and the path to the 53 man roster just got harder for these

00:07three Cowboys players

00:12Hey, what's up everyone? It's Mauricio Rodriguez here at ADZ sports Dallas first week of free agency is in the books

00:19And let's be honest the Cowboys were a little bit busier than we thought they were gonna

00:23And maybe they didn't add a lot of players that are gonna shake up the starting lineup, but they did add

00:2911 outside players that is including the trades that they pulled off and that is bound to change some things for the depth chart

00:37Specifically now again

00:38I don't think they added any star that is gonna bench a player on the current lineup

00:43There are some guys with starting potential, and I'm thinking about like down to Fowler jr.

00:48For example the defensive end

00:49But I do think these are additions that might get some young players at the bottom of the depth chart into some trouble

00:57I'm talking about training camp battles starting to pick their heads in the horizon

01:02And I've got three players that I believe are gonna have to fight hard for that roster spot that are impacted directly

01:09But a team acquisitions now, I'm gonna start with running back deuce bond

01:14This is as obvious as it gets the Cowboys sign Devante Williams

01:19They added Miles Sanders and simply put there are more bodies now at the running back position

01:26Deuce Vaughn is in a tricky situation where he's still exciting and he's still a player you want to buy into

01:33But we've seen multiple years now from him where that step he hasn't taken it

01:38He hasn't taken that second year jump right that third year jump now

01:41Deuce Vaughn has this little struggle about the size where the pass protection is a question mark the pass catching is

01:50He's a dynamic player with the ball in his hands, but what does it catch radius?

01:56represents for him because it's obviously not a very large radius and you get a

02:01Devante Williams into the door and this is a guy that he's seen as a third down back that he's seen as someone that will

02:08Make the roster because of what he can do as a protector because what he can do as a pass catcher

02:14So overall this doesn't feel great for deuce Vaughn

02:17He has a chance at making the roster do not get me wrong

02:20Especially with Connor Riley who was the former offensive line coach and offensive coordinator over at Kansas State?

02:28Jones the Cowboys is offensive line coach and there's a connection there

02:31He might have benefit from it. But right now you're gonna get Devante Williams Mile Sanders

02:37You're likely drafting a running back in the top three rounds of the upcoming NFL draft

02:42It's not a both in well for deuce Vaughn

02:44Especially when you add hunter Lipke into the mix because you might be talking about a three running back group

02:50With a fullback just the math isn't in favor of deuce and he's gonna need a strong training camp

02:57Next name on the list is wide receiver Jalen Brooks

03:00The Cowboys did not or have not yet made a splash at the wide receiver position

03:06That's the fond ex is still available. I'm Ari Cooper is still available

03:09But I don't think the Cowboys are gonna make such a big move quote-unquote big but they did sign Paris Campbell now for those

03:16of you who are unfamiliar with Campbell

03:18He is a former second round draft pick that hasn't panned out in the NFL in large

03:25Because of the injuries that he's had to face

03:28However, if healthy he's got some talent and Campbell is gonna be somebody that a common training camp might start making a name

03:36For himself as long as he stays healthy, but I look at the Cowboys wide receiver room and it is true

03:42They need a strong number two. I don't think that's what Campbell would be

03:46He would be a bottom of the depth chart kind of guy. So even Jalen Tolbert, I don't I wouldn't put up below him

03:52I wouldn't put Jonathan Mingo below him not even because of my own opinion of Mingo, but I don't see the Cowboys

04:00Ignoring the fact they gave up a fourth rounder to get him

04:03But Galen Brooks

04:04He might be in that a shopping block as a result of the Paris Campbell signing and he's somebody to watch out for he's gonna

04:11Need another strong training camp and then last on the list linebacker

04:16Lamont Clark Clark has had a little bit of a crazy story since he arrived at Dallas with the injury thing the herniated disc

04:25He had first fusion surgery, which the Cowboys recommended and they they ended up

04:29They ended up drafting him in the fifth round of the NFL draft

04:33Well Clark started 17 games for the Cowboys in 2023

04:38But as soon as Mike Simmer walked into that door, he ended up being someone with a 15%

04:44Defensive snap count Matt even Flores comes into town and I don't think that benefits him either because the Cowboys have added

04:50Kenneth Murray in a trade they've added Jack Sanborn and suddenly you have those two along

04:57Marissa Leo foul and the Marvin over shown the likely starters when healthy especially in over shown skates and suddenly it's

05:05a little bit crowded at a linebacker position for the Cowboys and I think Clark is at risk of just

05:11Not making the 53-man roster at this point

05:14He could save himself through special teams, but Jack Sanborn and Kenneth Murray are gonna make that task fairly complicated

05:22You

05:26Now, of course all of this will be decided on the field

05:30But when you add 11 players to the team, there are gonna be some quote-unquote losers out of every transaction

05:36So these are mine and I'll keep you tuned

05:42I'm gonna start when I'm gonna say that again

05:45Ultimately these players are gonna fight for roster spots on the field and that's what will determine who stays who's out

05:52But here at a disease sports Dallas will keep you updated with more

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