FRISCO, Texas -- The Dallas Cowboys were busy Sunday trying to improve their defense.
The team acquired outside linebacker Jayrone Elliott in a trade with the Green Bay Packers for a conditional seventh-round pick in 2018 and were awarded defensive tackle Brian Price off waivers from the Packers. And, perhaps most surprisingly, they cut defensive tackle Cedric Thornton, their biggest free-agent signing in 2016.
Thornton, who signed a four-year, $17 million deal that included $9 million guaranteed, never really fit what the Cowboys were looking for. He was unable to beat out Terrell McClain for the starting spot a year ago and this year he was beaten out by Stephen Paea.