Everything Stephen Jones had to say from the combine on Monday, including hinting that the Cowboys could be active traders this offseason.

That's a characteristically convoluted answer, but it amounts to Jones seemingly saying that the Cowboys don't have any roster holes and so they don't really need to use free agency to fill them, which isn't their plan anyway. Thankfully, a reporter asked a clarifying question about whether he believes the team doesn't have any holes on the roster.

Dallas Cowboys executive VP Stephen Jones revealed the team has entered contract negotiations with a star free agent.

After a 7-10 finish, the Dallas Cowboys have a long list of players hitting the market next week. In this series, we’ll offer a breakdown of the Cowboys’ upcoming free agents and why they may or may not continue their playing careers in Dallas. Our series continues with the biggest pending free agent on the Cowboys’ roster.

Getting this deal done avoids the Cowboys needing to use the franchise tag on Odighizuwa, which would’ve been the seventh time in the past eight years they’d done so. The last two players Jerry Jones slapped the tag on were Tony Pollard in 2023 and Dalton Schultz the year before that. Neither would end up signing long-term deals to stay in Dallas.

Along with evaluating talent at the NFL Scouting Combine, the Dallas Cowboys will be meeting with two key free agents.