Cowboys Ex DeMarcus Lawrence Gets Last Laugh, Inches Closer to Super Bowl

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• We here."And by here, he means the Pacific Northwest, where he signed a $32.5 million contract with the Seattle Seahawks and anchors a top defense that just beat down the San Francisco 49ers 41-6 to advance to the NFC Championship... AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementWhich means in Lawrence's one season with a new team, he's reached more conference titles games than his entire 11-year career in Dallas ...
• and more than the Cowboys' last 30 years overall. READ MORE: 'Hateful 8' Cowboys Rooting (Booing) Guide for NFL PlayoffsParsons' trade to the Green Bay Packers weeks after his feud with Lawrence would ultimately doom the Cowboys of ever fielding a competent defense for now-fired coordinator Matt Eberflus.
• Dallas ended 7-9-1 and out of playoff contention as the pass rush was nonexistent without Parsons or Lawrence. Micah then unfortunately tore his ACL, resulting in his Packers tumbling to the end of the season on a losing streak, barely making the playoffs but getting bounced in a comeback effort by their hated rivals from Chicago. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementSome Cowboys fans might still be rooting on Lawrence in Seattle.
• He is now teammates with DFW-bred wideout Jaxon Smith-Njigba and comeback story Sam Darnold. But others will read his final goodbye letter to "America's Team" as cleanup for what his honest thoughts revealed prior."I always knew there was more left in me," Lawrence added back in March.
• "Just thinking and wanting a Super Bowl, it doesn't all come together if all the pieces ain't there.