FRISCO - When our Dallas Cowboys insider Mike Fisher first broke down what the team could do in free agency once they pulled the trigger on the contractual "switch flips'' on Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb, he wrote and spoke about the possibility that the San Francisco 49ers might eventually cut ties with defensive tackle Javon Hargrave ...
And that part of Dallas' $100 million shopping spree come March 12's opening of NFL free agency could include a bid on him.
Suddenly, on Thursday, the story has developed to the point to where we're halfway there.
Fish has turned out to be correct in his forecast on what the Niners would do with Hargrave, who missed most of the 2024 season with a triceps injury. ... as San Francisco has informed him that they plan to cut him.
Should the accomplished defensive tackle be a target for the Cowboys?
He signed a four-year, $84 million deal in the 2023 offseason - a big number based on his resume - but Hargrave’s injuries have taken him down, it seems, from being a Tier 1 talent.
Hargrave, who has played for the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Philadelphia Eagles and the 49ers, is 6-2 and 305 and has played at nose tackle and as a 3-technique guy. Last year, he played only three games with one sack.
Worth noting from The Bay, though: His defensive coordinator last year was Nick Sorensen, who is now on the staff of new coach Brian Schottenheimer as the special-teams coordinator.
So the Dallas staff is going to know this player.
But Hargrave, 32, has racked up 45.5 career sacks and two Pro Bowl berths during his nine-year career. As he is about to on the market, if some team wants to make him a $20 million APY guy again? That team surely won't be Dallas, which just paid that amount to retain defensive tackle Osa Odighizuwa.
But the Cowboys are in the market for help in this department. Fish urged Dallas to look at this idea weeks ago.
And now that Hargrave is getting cut? It's time to look again.
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