At one point during the early stages of NFL free agency, the Cowboys were the front-runners to land prized defensive back Nnamdi Asomugha. While Asomugha ended up with the division rival Eagles, Cowboys’ owner Jerry Jones told the Dallas Morning News the cornerback wanted to play in Dallas.

“We had known that he really wanted to be a Dallas Cowboy,” Jones said. “And that’s a fact. There, for about an hour, I thought he was going to be a Dallas Cowboy … We obviously wanted him or we wouldn’t have been in the $10 million and up range to get him.”

In the end, the Eagles were willing to go well above that range, offering the five-year, $60 million deal that Asomugha signed on July 29. The Cowboys play the Eagles in Week 8 (October 30) and Week 16 (December 24) this season.

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