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The Dallas Cowboys are embarking on a “selectively aggressive” offseason in 2025, and defensive tackle Osa Odighizuwa is one of the players their front office is aggressively trying to re-sign.

Odighizuwa, whose 60 quarterback pressures in 2024 were the second-most in the league at his position, is someone the Cowboys are seeking to re-sign. Odighizuwa outproduced Super Bowl LIX champion Philadelphia Eagles defensive tackle Jalen Carter in both quarterback pressures (60 to 53) and quarterback pressure rate (12.3% to 10.4%) in 2024.

New defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus went to bat for Odighizuwa’s return, saying he “is a guy that we like a lot, and he’s a really good player for us.” Head coach Brian Schottenheimer also indicated at the NFL Scouting Combine that the team’s interest in retaining their 2021 third-round pick is high.

“Obviously Osa has done a terrific job for us,” Schottenheimer said Thursday, via The Fort Worth Star-Telegram. “He’s a terrific young player. He does everything right. As those communications keep going, it’s never done until it’s done. He’s a guy we would love to have back.”

Cowboys executive vice president and COO Stephen Jones confirmed contract talks between the front office and Odighizuwa’s representation on Monday.

“Yeah, we’re certainly working with [Osa] right now, working with his agent and have had productive talks and we’ll see where we end up this week.”

Travis Kelce will return to the NFL for a 13th season in 2025. The Kansas City Chiefs’ future Hall of Fame tight end recently confirmed his plans for next season in a text message with former NFL kicker and current podcast/TV show host Pat McAfee.

McAfee read Kelce’s message on TV from the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis Thursday. Based on the text, it’s clear that the Chiefs’ Super Bowl loss to the Eagles has played a factor in Kelce’s decision to continue playing.

“My dog!!! I’m coming back for sure. Gonna try and get into the best shape I’ve been this offseason and get back to the mountaintop. Got a real bad taste in my mouth with how I played in that last game and how I got the guys ready for battle. I can’t go out like that!!!!”

Kelce himself reiterated his 2025 decision to play with a parody video of the famous speech from “The Wolf of Wall Street” when Jordan Belfort tells his office he “isn’t f—ing leaving.” In the video, his face is photoshopped on Belfort, and other members of the Chiefs’ faces are photoshopped on those in the crowd.

His decision to continue playing isn’t terribly surprising after Chiefs general manager Brett Vecch said earlier this week he expects his star tight end to return for the 2025 season. Chiefs head coach Andy Reid shared what he told Kelce shortly after the 2024 season came to a close.

“[I told him] to get out of town and relax,” Reid said. “That’s kind of my motto for these guys. They played a lot of games for a consistent amount of seasons. At the end of the thing, you’ve exhausted yourself mentally and physically, step back and take care of that and then we’ll talk. For right now, I think that’s what he’s doing.”

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After taking some time away, Kelce has apparently made up his mind. Instead of going out with a Super Bowl loss, the three-time Super Bowl champion and 10-time Pro Bowler is coming back with the obvious hope of ending his career on a better note.

Shemar Stewart may not have had prolific sack production as a Texas A&M pass rusher, mustering just 1.5 sacks in each of his three college football seasons. The defensive lineman has already made history as an NFL draft prospect, however, thanks to some eye-popping measurables.

Stewart, 21, became just the fourth defensive lineman to ever weigh more than 260 pounds and log at least 40 inches in the vertical jump at the scouting combine this week, according to NFL Research. The others to achieve such a feat: fellow 2025 prospect Landon Jackson, former No. 1 overall draft pick Mario Williams (2006) and another former No. 1 overall pick in Myles Garrett (2017).

It turns out Stewart also shares some other physically freakish similarities with Garrett, as NFL Media’s Daniel Jeremiah noted:

PROSPECT YEAR HEIGHT WEIGHT WINGSPAN VERTICAL BROAD JUMP
Myles Garrett

2017
6-4

272

82 1/4″ 41″ 10′ 8″
Shemar Stewart

2025
6-5

267

84 3/4″ 40″ 10′ 11″
The glaring difference between Stewart, who also clocked a sub-4.6-second time in the 40-yard dash at this year’s combine, and Garrett as NFL prospects? Actual on-field results. As mentioned, Stewart finished his college career with just 4.5 sacks in three seasons, whereas Garrett came out of the same school — Texas A&M — with 32.5 sacks and seven forced fumbles over the course of three years.

According to Relative Athletic Score, which is a site that grades out NFL prospects’ combine performances relative to other players at their respective position, both past and present, graded Stewart as 9.99 overall with 10 being the highest possible score. That ranks as the third-highest relative athletic score among 1,802 edge rusher prospects since 1987.

Edge rusher prospects who scored similar RAS scores as Stewart include Garrett (9.99 RAS, first overall pick in 2017), three-time Pro Bowl edge rusher Jevon Kearse (9.97 RAS, 16th overall pick in 1999), three-time Pro Bowl edge rusher Jadeveon Clowney (9.76 RAS, first overall pick in 2014) and Miami Dolphins edge rusher Jaelan Phillips (9.88 RAS, 18th overall pick in 2021 draft).

Stewart is currently ranked as CBS Sports’ No. 23 overall prospect in the 2025 draft.