Jerry Jones Lunch With Shaq Leonard: Signing 'Now' With Dallas Cowboys?

Former All-Pro linebacker Shaquille Leonard is at The Star in Frisco Tuesday, with Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones planning a lunch and a possible signing.

Coveted free-agent Shaq Leonard is at The Star in Frisco Tuesday. According to Jerry Jones, him becoming a member of the Dallas Cowboys might be easy because the equation isn't complicated.

"It's not real hard," Jones said on his weekly radio appearance on 105.3 The Fan. "You can look and see what kind of player and leader he's been. We just have to check his health and see where he's at. I'll have lunch with him afterward and see if we can get something worked out now."

Leonard, 28, was curiously cut by the Indianapolis Colts last week. The linebacker was an All-Pro his first four seasons and was seemingly still a productive player on a 6-5 team chasing a playoff spot.

The Cowboys - coming off a Thanksgiving blowout of the Washington Commanders that improved them to 8-3 - could use depth at run-stuffing linebacker in the wake of the season-ending injury to veteran linebacker Leighton Vander Esch. Cowboys Malik Hooker and Stephon Gilmore both played with Leonard in Indy.

"With a player like Shaq, you don't have any questions about his contributions away from field," Jones said. "He's been a big positive on a team and has great respect and experience. That's a given. And with as long and as well as he's played, it's not a hard scouting job at all."

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Jones laughed when presented with the old NFL mantra of "don't let him out of the building," with the NFC East rival Philadelphia Eagles reportedly also interested in signing Leonard.

"This thing probably doesn’t have the financial aspect to it as far as competition between the teams," he said. "(The Eagles) interest doesn't surprise me at all. And I don't know if you need to stop there. There are several competitive teams that he could make a contribution to. But we've got an attractive situation here. Not only with the way we are playing, but just the aura of the Dallas Cowboys."

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