The Indianapolis Colts made the rather shocking decision to cut veteran linebacker Shaq Leonard. And with the Dallas Cowboys a little bit light at the linebacker position following the injury to Leighton Vander Esch, it sounds like owner and general manager Jerry Jones isn’t rule out the possibility of pursuing Leonard.
Following the team’s win over the Washington Commanders on Thursday, Jerry Jones revealed that the team did have a “short meeting” about Leonard before the game and didn’t rule out the possibility of pursuing the veteran linebacker.
“We’ll see how we do with our evaluation and look at him pretty good,” Jones said. “[We’ll] look at some health things [with Leonard]. I know a lot of teams are looking at him, so I don’t want to give an indication of the degree of our interest with him.”
Jones did praise the team’s current linebackers but seemed to leave the door open for the possibility of adding Leonard if he thinks it’s the best move for the team.
“We’ll just evaluate that,” Jones said. “I sure like the way overall we’re playing – our linebackers are playing. I won’t be commenting right now whether Leonard is a viable alternative for us or not.”
