The Dallas Cowboys are riding high after their most electrifying performance of the 2025 NFL season—a total demolition of the Las Vegas Raiders on Monday Night Football that had fans buzzing from AT&T Stadium to the heart of Texas.
But even as the ‘Boys keep stacking wins and their defense levels up in Week 11, Jerry Jones and the front office aren’t resting on their laurels. On a shocking Tuesday afternoon, Dallas shook up the roster with a pair of defensive moves that scream “all-in” for a playoff push.
In a stunner, the Cowboys are cutting ties with linebacker Damone Clark, the hard-hitting vet who suited up as a starter in two games this year and racked up 26 starts over his four-season run in silver and blue. Remember 2023? Clark was an iron man, anchoring the linebacker corps with starts in all 17 games for America’s Team.
Why the bold axe? To clear space for the activation of defensive lineman Perrion Winfrey, the preseason phenom who exploded onto the scene like a freight train and quickly became a cult hero among the Cowboy faithful.
Winfrey’s been sidelined since a nagging back injury in late August, but his 21-day practice window cracked open in late October. Now, the beast is unleashed and ready to wreak havoc on opposing offenses.
Plugging Winfrey into an already stacked defensive tackle rotation—featuring studs like Quinnen Williams, Kenny Clark, Osa Odighizuwa, and Solomon Thomas—turns a formidable front into an absolute nightmare for quarterbacks and O-lines across the league. Good luck blocking that wall of destruction.
Perrion Winfrey’s Meteoric Rise
Winfrey earned his shot in Big D after dominating the UFL spotlight earlier this year, where he turned heads and piled up stats like a man on a mission.
Suited up for the Birmingham Stallions, Winfrey terrorized offenses with 29 total tackles, nine tackles for loss, four pass breakups, a forced fumble, and a sack across 10 games—earning him well-deserved All-UFL honors and a ticket back to the NFL.
Before his UFL revival, Winfrey had a cup of coffee with the New York Jets, grinding under the watchful eyes of current Cowboys defensive line coach Aaron Whitecotton and defensive assistant Tanzel Smart, while teaming up with new Dallas edge rusher Solomon Thomas.
So far in Cowboys colors, Winfrey’s impact has been limited to a jaw-dropping preseason showcase, but that’s about to change. He’s primed for his regular-season debut on a defense that’s surging with momentum, firing on all cylinders, and hungry for more chaos. Watch out, NFC—the monster is loose in Dallas!