{"id":140956,"date":"2025-06-19T00:39:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T00:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/140956\/"},"modified":"2025-06-19T00:39:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T00:39:13","slug":"cowboys-to-sign-cb-robert-rochell-dt-perrion-winfrey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/140956\/","title":{"rendered":"Cowboys To Sign CB Robert Rochell, DT Perrion Winfrey"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cowboys are adding two potential depth pieces to their defense this week. Cornerback Robert Rochell<\/a> and defensive tackle Perrion Winfrey<\/a> are Dallas-bound, according to<\/a> KPRC2\u2019s Aaron Wilson<\/a>. To clear roster space, Dallas waived cornerback Luq Barcoo<\/a> and defensive tackle Justin Rogers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>A former Rams and Packers corner, Rochell is a fifth-year veteran who started five games for Los Angeles\u2019 Super Bowl LVI-winning team. A former Browns fourth-round pick, Winfrey saw action in two seasons but has not made much of an impact. The Chiefs released Rochell earlier this month; he worked out for the Cowboys recently, per Wilson.<\/p>\n

Rochell is the more notable name here, as he has four years\u2019 worth of experience and made some contributions on a Super Bowl winner. While the Rams did not use the former fourth-round pick in the playoffs in 2021, Rochell logged three postseason appearances with the Packers \u2014 the first an upset win over the Cowboys \u2014 over the past two seasons.<\/p>\n

The five rookie-year starts notwithstanding, Rochell\u2019s best chance to make the Cowboys\u2019 53-man roster would be as a special-teamer. He has played just 27 defensive snaps since 2022 but was on the field for more than 70% of the Rams\u2019 special snaps in 2022 and over 50% of the Packers\u2019 ST plays in \u201923.<\/p>\n

This marks Winfrey\u2019s first chance since the Jets placed him on IR in December 2023. No reserve\/futures deal commenced following that move, and Winfrey was out of the NFL in 2024. The Browns chose Winfrey 108th overall in 2022, after he earned Senior Bowl MVP honors, but quickly saw him run into trouble. He was arrested on a misdemeanor assault charge<\/a> in Texas involving his girlfriend at the time (the case was dismissed in 2023<\/a>). Cleveland did not see much from the Oklahoma alum on the field, using him as a backup as a rookie before waiving him in July 2023.<\/p>\n

Dallas will enter training camp with health issues at corner, having drafted Shavon Revel<\/a> after an ACL tear and having seen All-Pro Trevon Diggs<\/a> run into more knee trouble. Revel will not be ready for<\/a> the start of camp, while Diggs is a candidate to start the season on the reserve\/PUP list<\/a>. This leaves uncertainty around DaRon Bland<\/a> \u2014 who missed much of the 2024 season due to injury \u2014 at the position. The team added former first-rounder Kaiir Elam<\/a> in a trade and rosters backup-level options in Kemon Hall<\/a> and Troy Pride<\/a>. At D-tackle, Dallas signed Solomon Thomas<\/a> and drafted seventh-rounders (Tommy Akingbesote<\/a>, Jay Toia<\/a>) as potential options behind Osa Odighizuwa<\/a> and Mazi Smith<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cowboys are adding two potential depth pieces to their defense this week. Cornerback Robert Rochell and defensive…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":140957,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2066],"tags":[230,229,257,2461,7,10177,32808,6,31690,12348,3571],"class_list":{"0":"post-140956","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas-cowboys","8":"tag-cowboys","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-dallas-cowboys","11":"tag-dallascowboys","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-justin-rogers","14":"tag-luq-barcoo","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-perrion-winfrey","17":"tag-robert-rochell","18":"tag-transactions"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114707245696692264","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140956\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}