BRUTALLY TRADE: Cowboys sign one of their key player back to the team today.
CB Stephon Gilmore Desires to Join the Cowboys Again.
After playing for four different teams in as many years, veteran cornerback Stephon Gilmore recently finished his 12th season in the NFL. According to Jon Machota of The Athletic, Gilmore has expressed his desire to stay in Dallas for the 2024 season despite his recent shifting around.
On a local radio program, Gilmore declared, “I want to come back.” “That’s the plan, but we can’t talk until March. I think we have the pieces to get there, and I want to be a part of that.”
Even though his season statistics might not indicate it, Gilmore, 33, has had injury struggles in the past few years. Following five games missed in 2020 due to a partially torn quad, including the final two, Because of the injuries from the previous season, Gilmore would miss the first seven weeks of the 2021 campaign. He would bounce back nicely in 2022, starting all but the season finale in Indianapolis, but again in 2023 injuries would rear their ugly heads.
It was announced three weeks before to Super Wild Card weekend that Gilmore discovered he had injured his labrum in his right shoulder. That kind of injury would definitely warrant season-ending surgery at that point in the competition.
But Gilmore deliberately chose not to have surgery, choosing instead to tough it out in the hopes of making it to his second Super Bowl appearance. In Dallas’ defeat to the Packers, Gilmore played every defensive action while donning a shoulder harness. If he had been given the chance, he would have done that three more times.
Gilmore had surgery shortly after the Cowboys’ season ended in a loss to the Packers, as reported by ESPN’s Todd Archer. After surgery, Gilmore should recuperate in four to six months, so he should be ready to return in time for training camp, regardless of where he signs. Whether Gilmore’s stated restricted communication until March was self-imposed or not
