Add one other ex-Cowboy to Dan Quinn‘s Commanders roster. After visiting Washington early in free company, Michael Gallup signed with the Commanders on Thursday.
Gallup also visited the Commanders last week and scheduled a Seahawks assembly, KPRC2’s Aaron Wilson reports. Gallup will make his comeback try for a staff rostering a number of former Cowboys. Noah Brown is amongst them, because the ex-Dallas wideout re-signed with Washington final week.
The Commanders’ receiver room is changing into crowded. Past the 2 former Cowboy cogs, the staff traded for Deebo Samuel and re-signed K.J. Osborn. Third-round choose Luke McCaffrey goes into his second season. Gallup might add an fascinating piece to the Commanders’ Terry McLaurin assist secure, however he had trended downward earlier than a 2024 retirement.
Signing with the Raiders after changing into a Cowboys cap casualty, Gallup didn’t find yourself taking part in in Las Vegas. He as a substitute stepped away from the sport before training camp. Whereas this did give Gallup a yr to relaxation up — nicely after an ACL tear got here to outline his profession — his latest exit might present an uphill battle concerning a spot on Washington’s 53-man roster. However Gallup has proven a gear Brown and the opposite batch of tertiary choices in Washington haven’t.
Gallup posted an 1,107-yard season with the Cowboys, shifting into four-digit territory (his solely such season) in 2019. This got here earlier than the Cowboys drafted CeeDee Lamb. Nonetheless, Lamb’s arrival didn’t diminish Gallup’s position an excessive amount of. Regardless of Dak Prescott taking place early within the 2020 season, Gallup totaled 59 receptions for 843 yards and 5 touchdowns. These two seasons enticed Dallas to re-sign Gallup on a five-year, $57.25M deal in 2022. Dallas re-signed Gallup fairly than preserve Amari Cooper for a 3rd season; that turned the incorrect determination, as the previous third-round choose couldn’t stay as much as his midlevel WR deal.
A December 2021 ACL tear sidetracked Gallup, who missed eight video games that yr as a consequence of a number of accidents. Though Gallup returned in Week 4 of the 2022 season, he has not flashed the identical kind for the reason that setback. After catching 39 passes for 424 yards and 4 TDs in 2022, the 6-foot-1 wideout totaled simply 418 yards and two scores in 2023. This prompted the Cowboys to maneuver on, as big-ticket Lamb and Prescott paydays loomed. Gallup will look to recapture a few of his pre-injury kind, and he’s operating out of possibilities.
Samuel will probably be in place as Washington’s No. 2 receiver subsequent season, leaving McCaffrey, Osborn and the ex-Cowboys to vie for auxiliary roles. Gallup brings success prior to now and impressed the Commanders finally week’s go to to ensure that the NFC runner-up to circle again and greenlight a comeback alternative.
