DeMarcus Lawrence was ready to walk away with the ring.
After 11 seasons chasing a championship that never came in Dallas, the former Cowboys standout finally got his Super Bowl moment with the Seattle Seahawks last season and briefly treated it like the end of the road. Instead, the 34-year-old is coming back for one more run, and this time he says the finish line is already set.
Lawrence told Seattle Sports he nearly retired this offseason, but his wife’s blessing changed the equation. The family piece mattered just as much as the football. Sasha and their six children stayed in Dallas while he played in Seattle, and that distance weighed on him after the title run.
“This will be my last year,” he said. “It was a tough process. But through the grace of God, I'm able to play another year and soak it all up one more good time before I hang it up.”
The original plan was even simpler: win the Super Bowl, then stop. Lawrence said, “I kinda had my mind made up that if I won, I was done,” but that thinking shifted once he got home. Sasha gave birth to their sixth child shortly after he lifted the Lombardi Trophy, adding another layer to a decision that already felt loaded.
On the field, Lawrence looked right at home in Seattle. Playing linebacker, he started 16 games and delivered six sacks, 11 tackles for loss and two defensive touchdowns as the Seahawks beat the New England Patriots 29-13 in the Super Bowl. It was the kind of season Dallas never quite got out of him, and it ended with the one thing that had eluded him for so long.
His final year with the Cowboys never had that kind of payoff. A Lisfranc foot injury limited him to just four games in 2024, closing the book on his Dallas run without a championship. He then signed a three-year, $32.5 million deal with Seattle in March 2025, and immediately got the ring that had stayed out of reach for a decade in Dallas.
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