BREAKING: 'Starting Safety' To Visit Cowboys In NFL Free Agency

FRISCO - Sources tell CowboysSI.com that the Dallas Cowboys believe they will sign a "starting safety'' in NFL free agency in the coming days.

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Former Atlanta Falcons safety Demontae Kazee, who is coming off of a torn Achilles in 2020, could be that pinpointed guy.

Free agent FS Damontae Kazee is expected to visit Cowboys next week, source said. He’s coming off an Oct. 5 Achilles tear but tied for NFL lead with 10 combined interceptions in 2018-2019. DC Dan Quinn, secondary coach Joe Whitt Jr. know him well from time in Atlanta. pic.twitter.com/g0ZEdSogYU
— Michael Gehlken (@GehlkenNFL) March 19, 2021

There are a host of safeties still on the market. In fact, there are a host of Falcons DBs on the market, all of whom have a connection with the new defensive coordinator at The Star in Frisco, former Falcons head coach Dan Quinn.

That list includes Ricardo Allen, Keanu Neal, Darqueze Dennard and Kazee, who was drafted by Quinn drafted Kazee out of San Diego State in the fifth round 2017. Kazee - who the Dallas News reports has scheduled a Cowboys visit - mostly plays free safety, and while smallish (5-10, 185) has demonstrated ballhawking skills that are much needed in the Dallas secondary, where free agent Xavier Woods may be replaced.

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Kazee intercepted 10 total passes in 2018 and 2019 while starting 29 games. Dallas could use him at free safety next to young holdover Donovan Wilson, with just-re-signed Jourdan Lewis in the slot. Neal - big enough to by a hybrid player who could also line up at linebacker - joins the other aforementioned ex-Falcons who may still remain in play for the Cowboys.