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6 Dallas Cowboys free-agent defenders: Retain or liberate?

Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy, Will McClay Mandatory Credit: James D. Smith via USA TODAY Sports

The Dallas Cowboys have an opportunity for the team to rebuild their defense

This year was a perfect opportunity for some Dallas Cowboys players to show their worth to a franchise that has no doubt prioritized signing their own players over big-name free agents. The start of free agency showed that was still the case as Dallas started slow out of the gates again.

Then the team started to sign available big names that we all knew were probably past their primes but filled what we all perceived as a need on defense.