MARCH 11: No communication between Odighizuwa’s camp and the Bengals has taken place, per Kelsey Conway of the Cincinnati Enquirer. She adds a trade just isn’t seen as likely on this case.
MARCH 10: Just one season after inking a lucrative four-year contract, Osa Odighizuwa might be on the move. In response to CBS Sports’ Jonathan Jones, “teams are keeping an eye fixed” on the Cowboys defensive tackle.
The Cowboys retained the previous third-round pick last offseason, signing him to a four-year, $80MM extension. Since then, the team has added loads of additional depth on the position. Kenny Clark was acquired as a part of the Micah Parsons blockbuster, and the Cowboys later traded for Quinnen Williams. Then today, the organization added a key depth piece in Otito Ogbonnia.
Outside of Ogbonnia, Odighizuwa is the youngest of the bunch and possesses probably the most upside of the grouping. Nevertheless, considering his contract and the increasingly crowded DT depth chart, Jones notes that rival teams imagine the player “can now be traded for.”
Odighizuwa has established himself as a mainstay on the Cowboys defense. The 27-year-old has only missed a single regular season game through his five seasons in Dallas, and he’s collected at the very least three sacks in each of the past 4 years. This features a 2025 campaign where he tallied 3.5 sacks to associate with 44 tackles and a career-high 23 QB hits. For his efforts, Pro Football Focus graded him forty second amongst 127 qualifying interior defenders.
On the flip side, Odighizuwa got here off the bench for 4 of the team’s final six games, a sign that the organization may view him as an equal to the likes of Clark and Williams. Further, there are some questions if the DT suits in Christian Parker‘s scheme, as the brand new DC tends to utilize longer defensive ends on the inside line of defense.
Ultimately, it’d be a surprise if the Cowboys are willing to bail on their former draft pick so soon after extending him. Nevertheless, if the team is comfortable with the remaining of their current grouping (and desires to open up some extra financial wiggle room), a trade could ultimately make sense.