Cowboys Agree To Deal With DT Cedric Thornton
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By: Mike Fisher
DALLAS (105.3 The Fan) - The Cowboys have finally made a splash in the free agent pool.
Free-agent defensive lineman Cedric Thornton is joining the Cowboys under the terms of a just-signed four-year deal totaling $18 million, sources told me.
Thornton, 27, is being mis-billed as a "low-sack guy'' by the uninformed. He was a run-stopping end in Philly's 3-4 and he'll move inside for Dallas as a 1-tech defensive tackle who will occupy blockers, eat up space, make plays within that framework … but most of all free up 3-Tech guy Tyrone Crawford to chase sacks.
Speaking of Crawford: The Cowboys have apparently flipped the "Tyrone Trigger'' in a cap trick that allows them $4.4 million of shopping room.
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