Overview
- Dallas discussed Azeez Al‑Shaair with Houston before the draft, and the Texans’ three‑year extension announced Wednesday ended those talks and set up the Cowboys’ draft‑day trade for Dee Winters on April 24.
- Winters started all 17 games for San Francisco last season and logged 101 tackles, giving Dallas recent production at low cost in the final year of his rookie deal.
- Team reporters say the Cowboys may hand Winters the helmet radio “green dot” to call plays, though he said he has only practiced that duty a few times and has not done it in a game.
- Winters said the move surprised him as he was moving into a new home in Arlington, and he welcomed a return to Texas with a chance to play in space in Christian Parker’s scheme.
- San Francisco moved Winters because Fred Warner and a healthy Dre Greenlaw crowd the position, and the 49ers flipped the Dallas pick to add defensive front help while the Cowboys added Winters and drafted Jaishawn Barham to rebuild the second level.