This desire to acquire a second-level difference maker has linked the Cowboys to the Dolphins in the past, <\/a>with reports coming out that Dallas had interest in Jordyn Brooks, who is entering the last year of his contract and has broken out into a top-end player at his position.<\/p>\nBrooks is one of three notable Dolphins who are looking for extensions this offseason, along with De\u2019Von Achane and Aaron Brewer. He also is the oldest of the three (at exactly one week older than Aaron Brewer) and will turn 29 in October.<\/p>\n
Notably, Brooks also was the only one of the three players to not receive a cap restructure this offseason.<\/p>\n
THE COWBOYS COMING BACK FOR BROOKS?<\/p>\n
This brings us back to Dallas. The reported interest in linebackers across the board gives them an array of options, but one that will slowly deteriorate in and after the draft. If the Cowboys can\u2019t move up for Styles or secure another top talent, could they come back around and sweeten the deal on Brooks?<\/p>\n
That, of course, is a decision that relies on many factors. However, one that can\u2019t be overlooked is in the aforementioned Dane Brugler segment. Brugler specifically said that the Cowboys \u201cdon\u2019t have a player they feel comfortable wearing that green dot.\u201d<\/p>\n
The dot that Brugler is referring to is the one that identifies which helmets have direct lines to the coaching staff. Being tagged as the green-dot player means yelling out calls to teammates and being tasked with an extra responsibility on top of already trying to diagnose what\u2019s happening on the other side of the line of scrimmage.<\/p>\n
Brooks, throughout his six-year career, has only donned the green dot for one season: 2022 when he was with the Seattle Seahawks.<\/p>\n
Miami\u2019s previous coaching staff had stated that not placing that responsibility on Brooks allowed him to play more freely, and thus, it was primarily in the hands of Tyrel Dodson over the last two seasons.<\/p>\n
This isn\u2019t necessarily a knock on Brooks, who led the league in tackles in 2025, but it is a preference that could impact how much the Cowboys are willing to offer. If the green-dot report from Brugler is accurate, Dallas would either have to vault Brooks back into that role or potentially acquire someone else to occupy that spot.<\/p>\n
Either way, whether this hypothetical will materialize will be determined relatively soon. The NFL draft begins April 23, and it may behoove Dolphins fans to keep a close eye on what Dallas is doing when it’s on the clock.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the worst-kept secrets of the 2026 NFL Draft cycle is the Dallas Cowboys\u2019 desire to acquire…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":865733,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2066],"tags":[230,229,257,2461,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-865732","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-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116399357707892767","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865732","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=865732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/865733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=865732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=865732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=865732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}