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The Dallas Cowboys may look to bring in a familiar face as an insurance policy
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3/22/2025
Mauricio Rodriguez discusses why the Dallas Cowboys should look into bringing former All-Pro LT Tyron Smith back!
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So it is high time the Dallas Cowboys purchase hall of fame caliber insurance policy
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and all they've got to do is call up an old friend.
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Hey what's up everyone it's Mauricio Rodriguez here at ADZ Sports Dallas on the road.
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We are talking Cowboys free agency today. That is right we are almost two full weeks into free
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agency but there is still some moves that the Cowboys could make and there is one in particular
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that I think would solve a problem they have yet to address would be inexpensive and it would low
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key be a low risk high reward type of gamble which we have established the Cowboys absolutely love.
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If we look at their free agency signing so far the Cowboys have addressed some problems in the
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trenches they've reinforced defensive tackle depth they've added some edge rushers on the
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offensive side of the ball they got Rob Jones to improve that interior depth in the O-line now
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you're going to have T.J. Voss and Rob Jones is kind of your potential swing guards in their
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swing tackle though remains a little bit of a question mark. I know the Cowboys have a
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Asim Richards he actually handled some significant snaps last season when he was rotating with Tyler
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Guyton and he looked pretty decent I would expect Asim Richards right now I think is a favorite
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swing tackle basically on the Cowboys but you could get better and with your setup with Tyler
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Guyton on the left side and Terrence Steele on the right side there is some risk right we have not
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seen Tyler Guyton take that next step and obviously we're being patient with him because he was always
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perceived as a project but that doesn't mean he's going to be a guarantee in his second year in the
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NFL and with Terrence Steele we have not seen his best football in a long while even though he
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improved at the later stages of the 2024 season so this brings me to the proposal of buying some
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insurance policy and I'm talking about none other than Tyron Smith let's recap what happened last
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year when the Cowboys allowed Tyron Smith to hit free agency at the time I was very critical of the
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decision why because I agreed the Cowboys needed a long-term project at left tackle and I agreed
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they had to start planning for the future however when the Cowboys put themselves in a position
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where they didn't have a left tackle it was always going to have to be a project like Guyton and the
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problem with that for me was you're not going to have quality tackle play on the blind side
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protecting Dak Prescott and that's essentially what ended up happening so my argument at the time was
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let's pay Tyron Smith still draft somebody in the first round and have Smith be that rich player
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while your rookie develops and maybe it would take a whole year maybe it would have taken until week
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nine or maybe Tyron Smith would have suffered an injury like he did with the New York Jets but at
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least by that time your rookie had developed a little bit more and had had more time to really
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translate into the pros what I am proposing in 2025 however is a little bit different I am not
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going to argue to stop Guyton's development and send him to the bench I think that would be a
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mistake you're now a team that is looking into the future that is building for the next four years
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you're not precisely in win now mode like maybe you were last year so instead why not see
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Tyron Smith as a backup and as an insurance policy if you sign him on the chip which I think
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that's what he's going to sign for at the end of the day he's 34 years old he had another neck
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injury that ended his 2024 season and only played 10 games he should be cheap and you might get away
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with an incentive heavy deal with incentives that he's not likely to earn because he's going to be
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a backup but he would serve two purposes number one he would be one of the best backups in the
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entire NFL hands down he might be far from his prime but if Tyron Smith is your backup left
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tackle you are in a good spot my friend and number two he's going to be insurance policy
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in the event that Tyler Guyton doesn't progress now I'm not saying that's my expectation but I'm
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saying that is a risk that right now the Cowboys are taking on Guyton had his moments as a rookie
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but also he had some very very bad moments and was even benched by the Cowboys multiple times
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because of penalties among other things if for any reason you need someone to step in for Guyton
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man I would love for that to be Tyron Smith now granted this might not only be a Cowboys decision
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right because Smith might get himself a market he might be one of those free agents that is going
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to wait until the beginning of the season to see if any injuries pop up and then maybe his
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price is raised or he also might even consider retirement right he's at that stage of his career
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where that is an option every single year so we'll see how it all plays out but if Tyron Smith
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is interested in playing football again I think the Cowboys should absolutely be calling him up
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