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todd archer
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todd archer
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- Todd Archer is an NFL reporter for ESPN and covers the Dallas Cowboys. Archer has covered the NFL since 1997 and Dallas since 2003. He joined ESPN in 2010.
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nick wagner
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nick wagner
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- Nick Wagner is an NFL reporter at ESPN. Nick has covered the San Francisco 49ers since 2016, having previously covered the St. Louis Rams for 12 years, including three years at ESPN (2013 to 2015). In more than a decade with the company, Nick has led ESPN’s coverage of the Niners’ 2019 and 2023 Super Bowl runs, the Colin Kaepernick protests, the Rams making Michael Sam the first openly gay player drafted into the NFL, Sam’s pursuit of a roster spot and the team’s relocation and stadium saga.
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Frisco, Texas — The dallas cowboys acquired linebacker Dee Winters From san francisco 49ers on Friday for pick No. 152 in the fifth round of the NFL draft.
The Cowboys looked for a middle linebacker in free agency, but did not find one Quay Walker, devin lloyd Or nakobe dean.
The Cowboys held trade discussions with several teams, including houston texans For Aziz Al-Shayar and this miami dolphins For Jordan BrooksBut what those teams wanted in return was too much, according to sources.
The Cowboys can still add a linebacker in the draft, but Winters is a young veteran with 27 starts. Before the trade, the Cowboys had only three off-ball linebackers demarvian overshon, Shemale James And justin baron.
If the Cowboys don’t select a pass rusher Malachi Lawrence With their second first-round pick on Thursday, then Georgia’s CJ Allen According to sources, this would have been one of his top targets for selection.
Winters, 5-foot-11 and 227 pounds, was the Niners’ sixth-round pick in 2023 out of TCU. In 17 starts at weakside linebacker last season, he was credited with 101 tackles and returned an interception 75 yards for a touchdown.
dre greenlaw returned to San Francisco in March after his release from denver broncos. With Greenlaw expected to return to a starting role and Winters entering the final year of his rookie deal, the Niners sacrificed some linebacker depth for an additional draft pick.
Behind the starters Greenlaw and fred warnerThe Niners also have tatum bethune, Luke Gifford, Garrett’s people And nick martinThird-round selection last year as linebacker depth.
San Francisco entered the draft with six picks, but after trading Winters they have eight picks, including three in the fourth round and two more in the fifth.
This is the second trade the Cowboys and Niners have made this offseason. Dallas gets a third-round pick from San Francisco for defensive tackle Osa Odighizuva.
