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Updated · Yahoo Sports · Jul 22
Cowboys Eye Blake Cashman Trade After Brooks Signs $51.3 Million Dolphins Extension
Updated
Updated · Yahoo Sports · Jul 22

Cowboys Eye Blake Cashman Trade After Brooks Signs $51.3 Million Dolphins Extension

3 articles · Updated · Yahoo Sports · Jul 22

Summary

  • Dallas is being pitched to pursue Vikings linebacker Blake Cashman after Jordyn Brooks signed a three-year, $51.3 million extension with Miami and came off the market.
  • Cashman fits because the Cowboys were among the NFL's worst defenses in 2025—ranking 30th in yards allowed and 32nd in points allowed—leaving them in need of another proven defender.
  • The proposed price is modest: Dallas would send late-round draft capital, potentially two sixth-round picks and Minnesota's own seventh-rounder, for a player entering the final year of a three-year, $22.5 million deal.
  • Minnesota's case to move him rests on timing: Cashman is 30, had 61 solo tackles and two sacks in 13 games last season, and could return value before reaching free agency in 2027.

Insights

After a historic defensive rebuild, is a 30-year-old journeyman the Cowboys' missing piece?
Why would a 'win-now' Vikings team trade its defensive leader for just late-round draft picks?