Cowboys sign former 1st-round pick, cornerback Gareon Conley
Cowboys sign former 1st-round pick, cornerback Gareon Conley
The Dallas Cowboys signed a cornerback in free agency, but it wasn’t the one most fans have been wanting. The franchise signed Gareon Conley, not Stephon Gilmore, to bolster their defensive back room. Obviously Conley is not on the level of Gilmore, but the team bringing in another veteran at this time is a smart move,
With Trevon Diggs coming back from an ACL, Dallas may need some help early in the year. They drafted Caelen Carson who is a promising rookie, and they return starters DaRon Bland and Jourdan Lewis. Conley gives them another option of a guy who has experience starting in the NFL. He was once a first-round pick, but his days in Oakland didn’t work out. and he then played for the Texans. Bobby Belt noted that the Cowboys had interest in Conley during the draft but took Taco Charlton instead. Most recently he spent a season in the UFL.
Familiarity on defense may have payed a role in the signing.
The Cowboys now have 88 roster spots filled out of 90 with Conley and linebacker Willie Harvey signing also.