If it serves as any comfort to Cowboys Nation, Stephon Gilmore likes it here. He likes the place, he likes the people, he's paired up with best pal Brandin Cooks and wants to re-sign with Dallas.
But ...
The Baltimore Ravens are an AFC powerhouse trying to build up. Meanwhile Dallas is an NFC powerhouse trying to ... well, heck, we're not sure what Dallas is trying to do. So ...
The Ravens will need to address cornerback at some point, as Baltimore struggled to replace Marcus Peters after he left for Las Vegas last offseason.
Ronald Darby has signed with Jacksonville. A couple of backups are in free agency. Marlon Humphrey holds down one spot.
Gilmore is available and could be an improvement in the defensive secondary in Baltimore assuming his shoulder rehab goes well.
In New England, he won two Super Bowls and was the 2019 NFL Defensive Player of the Year. He's aging now, but last season with the Cowboys, Gilmore was an iron man, playing in all 17 games for the Cowboys and then fighting through a shoulder that needed surgery by saying on the field in the playoff loss to Green Bay.
There are projections that would have Gilmore signing a one-year, $11 million contract in free agency. We've seen Dallas' plan unfold here, we think. So the "one-year'' part sounds fine, we bet, but the "$11 million'' part not so much.
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