This year, the Cowboys have significant internal business to handle — specifically, trying to re-sign defensive tackle Osa Odighizuwa. And even though Micah Parsons still has another year on his rookie contract (so his deadline isn’t two weeks away),

NFL Scouting Combine is about to kick things up a notch with drills starting on Thursday. The Dallas Cowboys will be paying close attention throughout the entire process but will have a strong interest in the defensive linemen in Indianapolis.

Osa Odighizuwa joins "The Pat McAfee Show" and speaks about being teammates with Micah Parsons and exceptions for the 2025 season.

The Cowboys completed a contract with defensive tackle Osa Odighizuwa on Tuesday, signing him to a four-year deal worth up to $80 million with $52 million guaranteed.

The Cowboys entered the 2025 NFL offseason with two main priorities already on the roster. The most obvious is re-signing star pass-rusher Micah Parsons. But right alongside Parsons was signing a new deal for fourth-year defensive lineman Osa Odighizuwa.

Dallas has some big business to do in free agency, with some tough calls to make, from Micah Parsons and Osa Odighizuwa on down. But keeping KaVontae? That's an easy one.

Parsons is set to play on the fifth-year option of his rookie contract in 2025, which will pay him $24.007M. However, the 25-year-old has said he wants an extension.

The Dallas Cowboys made a huge investment in a remarkable defensive talent. No, not that guy. The other guy. Is Micah Parsons next?

Getting this deal done avoids the Cowboys needing to use the franchise tag on Odighizuwa, which would’ve been the seventh time in the past eight years they’d done so. The last two players Jerry Jones slapped the tag on were Tony Pollard in 2023 and Dalton Schultz the year before that. Neither would end up signing long-term deals to stay in Dallas.