Free agency is set to begin across the NFL in a little bit over a week which means who the Dallas Cowboys are could be very different by next weekend. Time will tell on that front.
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The Cowboys do not generally participate in signing big-name external free agents, but before we even get to wondering whether or not that is going to be the case, we have to have discussions about players on their team who are set to become free agents.
Osa Odighizuwa headlines this list and reports to this point suggest that Dallas is going to do what they can to keep him. While he is not an unrestricted free agent, wide receiver KaVontae Tuprin is also technically set to hit the market on some level as a restricted free agent.
Players who are restricted free agents essentially are in a situation where the team they are currently on has the right of first refusal. NFL teams, in this case the Cowboys, place a tender on them akin to a round in the NFL draft. If an external team were to agree to terms with the player in question then Dallas (again, in this case) has a right to match it. If Dallas were to choose not to then they would receiver a draft pick for the round that they tendered the player in.
According to Calvin Watkins of The Dallas Morning News, the Cowboys seem set to give Turpin a second-round tender for a value of $5.34M. Watkins also noted that Carl Lawson and Chauncey Golston could leave the team while the Cowboys want both Bryan Anger and Trent Sieg back.
Hearing restricted free agent KaVontae Turpin will get a 2 round tender ($5.34 mil) from Cowboys, unrestricted free agents Carl Lawson and Chauncey Golston might walk. Team wants to retain Bryan Anger and Trent Sieg who are also UFA.
— Calvin Watkins (@calvinwatkins) March 3, 2025
This news is hardly shocking regarding Turpin as he really took another step for the team this past season in the return department. It is not hyperbole to say that Turpin is one of the best return men in the game, even in a world with a new kickoff, and his role on offense has grown over time. It makes sense to keep him around.
It is not impossible, but it is unlikely that Turpin will ultimately leave the Cowboys. That is the nature of restricted free agency.