Report: Dalton headed to Cowboys
Goes to Dallas on one-year deal
Former Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton is signing with the Dallas Cowboys, according to an ESPN report. He’ll back up Dak Prescott, with both quarterbacks playing on oneyear deals. Prescott and the Cowboys have been at a contract impasse for the better part of a year.
Dalton, who played nine years in Cincinnati, was released this week after the Bengals drafted Joe Burrow No. 1 overall.
He’ll make $3 million guaranteed and can earn up to $7 million in incentives, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
Dalton went to high school in Texas and college (TCU) in the Dallas area, where he already owned a house.
More Cowboys
The Cowboys must think CeeDee Lamb is truly the real deal, and not merely because they made him their firstround draft pick (No. 17 overall) last week in the draft. This week, it was learned they awarded him jersey No. 88. The Cowboys don’t retire numbers. But that doesn’t mean every number is there for the taking when a new player arrives. No. 88 in Dallas is one of those numbers. It has been worn by Drew Pearson, Michael Irvin and Dez Bryant, a trio that accounted for 1,690 receptions, 27,185 receiving yards, 186 touchdowns, 5 first-team All-Pro selections, 4 Super Bowl trophies and 2 Hall of Fame busts.
Bears
Chicago declined the fifth-year option on quarterback Mitch Trubisky’s rookie contract. That means the Bears will go into 2020 with Trubisky, the second overall pick in the 2017 draft, in the final year of his deal. Trubisky is 23-18 as a starting quarterback, but as a QB rating of just 85.8 and has thrown 29 interceptions in three seasons.
Chiefs
Kansas City agreed to a contract with defensive end Taco Charlton, adding a former first-round pick who flamed out in Dallas and Miami but whose athleticism is a perfect match for coordinator Steve Spagnuolo’s defense. Charlton, 25, was the 28th overall selection in the 2017 draft.
Dolphins
Alabama coach Nick Saban admitted to a case of nerves in the first round of the draft. At least until his quarterback, Tua Tagovailoa finally was taken No. 5 overall — a spot that was hardly a given considering the hip injury Tagovailoa suffered in November. Thus the uncertainty. Thus the anxiety. “Probably the most anxious I was ever about a player getting drafted,” said Saban, who has had more NFL players drafted this past decade than any college coach.
Broncos
Star linebacker Von Miller was one of the first NFL players to announce that he had tested positive for COVID-19. Late this week came word that he had recovered. “Got my results back. Im ‘negative’ for Covid-19,” Miller tweeted.