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Dallas Cowboys linebacker Rashan Gary looks to make his mark after getting traded by the Green Bay Packers this offseason.
A former first-round pick and 2024 Pro Bowler, Gary has high expectations with his new team after seven seasons in Green Bay. Gary had 45 tackles, 7.5 sacks, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery last season in 16 games played.
"I'm trying to be great," Gary said via Joseph Hoyt of the Dallas Morning News. "That's my thing. I'm not just here to say I played in the NFL. I want to be a dominant factor.”
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Gary has been dominant at times in his career, with 7.5 or more sacks in four of his seven seasons. He hasn’t been a major force in creating turnovers with just seven forced fumbles and no interceptions in his career.
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When I hang up my cleats, I want people to say, 'Man, Rashan Gary was blah, blah, blah,' whatever the case may be. It's my legacy. It's what I'm going to leave my kids. It's bigger than me now,” Gary said.
Gary is joining a Cowboys defense in need of a turnaround after finishing at the bottom of the league last year. The Cowboys struggled after trading star linebacker Micah Parsons to the Packers last year, and Gary can help right the ship in Dallas now.
Gary won’t have to do it all himself either. The Cowboys added Dee Winters to the linebacking corps in a trade with the San Francisco 49ers.
Winters had 67 tackles and an interception last year. He and Gary can provide a boost to the linebacking corps.
It would be ideal if the Cowboys could see Gary match his best season of 2021. He had career highs of 9.5 sacks and 47 tackles, and that’s the kind of production the Cowboys need to see in the front seven during 2026.
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