There are certain players who live rent-free in the minds of Cowboys fans as the ones that got away, stars who could’ve/should’ve/would’ve worn the star except for some simple twist of fate. The ones that hurt the most are the ones who were right there for the taking… until someone in the front office just couldn’t bring themselves to pull the trigger.
Hall of Famer Randy Moss comes to mind, famously passed over by Dallas in the 1998 draft after a very public courtship. T.J. Watt, last season’s Defensive Player of the Year, is a more recent example; the Cowboys left him on the board in 2017 so they could instead select Taco Charlton.
Now Cowboys Nation can add eight-time Pro Bowl linebacker Bobby Wagner to that list.
The ten-year veteran signed a $65 million contract to join the Los Angeles Rams in free agency last week, but the former Seahawk has revealed that he nearly came to Dallas after weeks of widespread speculation.
“That was a real thing,” Wagner told CNBC’s…