The Cowboys’ offense is supposed to carry the load again in 2026, but the edges of that unit are still a problem. Dallas has real questions at both tackle spots, and that’s where the concern starts to creep in.
Tyler Guyton and Terence Steele have not given the Cowboys enough over the past few seasons. Steele’s run has been especially rough.
Over the last three years, he has given up eight sacks and 54 pressures in 2023, then nine sacks and 41 pressures in 2024, and six sacks and 52 pressures in 2025. The penalties have piled up too, with Steele drawing 21 during that stretch, including seven in each season, per Pro Football Focus.
Guyton hasn’t settled things down on the other side either. As a rookie in 2024, he allowed six sacks and 26 pressures in 15 games. Last season, in 10 games, he gave up two sacks and 31 pressures.
There has been some better news in the run game. Steele posted run-blocking grades of 78.9 and 70.2 over the last two seasons, while Guyton moved from a 51.3 in 2024 to a 64.9 in 2025. Even so, the third-year tackle still has room to climb.
The Cowboys were expected to create competition at both tackle spots, but that only really exists on paper at left tackle. Guyton has taken all of the first-team reps over Nate Thomas this spring, so it’s hardly a true battle.
That’s why adding more competition or insurance makes sense, and CBS Sports’ Bryan DeArdo connected Dallas to free-agent tackle Jonah Williams.
"Williams' recent injury history has undoubtedly hindered his market value," DeArdo wrote. "With that in mind, Williams' best bet might be joining a team that would use him as either a swing tackle or as a depth piece.
That brings us to Dallas, where the Cowboys could use some experience behind starters Tyler Guyton and Terence Steele. While he hasn't lived up to his draft stock, the former 11th overall pick has nonetheless been a solid pass protector who has started in each of his 79 NFL games."
Williams entered the league as the No. 11 overall pick, but his career has not matched that billing. He has started 74 games and logged several thousand snaps at both tackle spots, yet his overall play has never quite lived up to the draft slot.
He has had three seasons with more than eight sacks and 40 pressures allowed, including 2022, when he was charged with career highs of 12 sacks and 43 pressures.
The last two seasons have been interrupted by injuries. Williams played only six games in 2024 and nine in 2025.
Last season, he allowed four sacks and 22 pressures in nine games before a shoulder injury ended his year. The year before, he looked like he might put together a career-best stretch after not allowing a sack and giving up just seven pressures in six games, but knee injuries cut that short.
There’s not much excitement attached to Williams, but Dallas’ current alternatives aren’t exactly reassuring. Nate Thomas allowed three sacks and 23 pressures in 219 pass-block snaps last season and finished with PFF grades of 31.6 in pass-blocking and 52.9 in run-blocking. Rookie Drew Shelton is the other depth option, though the Cowboys have no real idea what they’re getting from the fourth-round pick in his first season.
If Williams is available for the very cheap, non-guaranteed deal he’s expected to get after two straight injury-hit seasons, Dallas has little downside in bringing him to camp.
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