{"id":984716,"date":"2026-08-27T16:06:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T16:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/984716\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T16:06:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T16:06:16","slug":"dallas-cowboys-once-again-predicted-to-sign-free-agent-lb-bobby-wagner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/984716\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Cowboys once again predicted to sign free agent LB Bobby Wagner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1bij9g78 _1mt21p01\">When it comes to big names left on the market, there is none bigger than Bobby Wagner. The future Hall of Famer is a six-time first-team All-Pro who has racked up 2,000 tackles over 14 seasons. He also remains a starting-caliber off-ball linebacker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1bij9g78 _1mt21p01\">Wagner, who is the reigning Walter Payton Man of the Year, started all 17 games for the Washington Commanders last season and finished with 162 tackles, 4.5 sacks, eight tackles for loss, and two interceptions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1bij9g78 _1mt21p01\">There is no shortage of teams that could use a defensive leader of Wagner\u2019s caliber, but the Dallas Cowboys might make the most sense. Dallas has taken an aggressive approach to rebuilding its defense this offseason\u2014one that has included adding Miller\u2014and head coach Brian Schottenheimer spent time with Wagner with the Seattle Seahawks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1bij9g78 _1mt21p01\">\u201cYou\u2019re looking at one of the biggest Bobby Wagner fans in the world,\u201d Schottenheimer <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/UpAndAdamsShow\/status\/2039020094978720119\" rel=\"nofollow\">told Kay Adams<\/a> of Up &amp; Adams in March. \u201c&#8230;I love that guy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When it comes to big names left on the market, there is none bigger than Bobby Wagner. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":984717,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2066],"tags":[230,229,257,57463,5355,2461,7,6],"class_list":["post-984716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas-cowboys","tag-cowboys","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-dallas-cowboys-rumors","tag-dallas-cowboys-free-agency","tag-dallascowboys","tag-football","tag-nfl"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/117168333395040457","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/984716","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=984716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/984716\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/984717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=984716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=984716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=984716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}