**[Dante Fowler](https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/F/FowlDa00.htm?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.profootballrumors.com&utm_campaign=2025-03-14_pfr)** delivered a production uptick in his age-30 season, giving the Commanders’ pass rush a significant boost. Washington, however, will lose its leading 2024 sacker.
Although Fowler has played for **Dan Quinn** on three teams, the two will separate once again. Fowler is going back to the Cowboys, per his agency. The veteran defensive end will return to Dallas on a one-year deal worth up to $8MM, NFL.com’s Mike Garafolo [tweets](https://x.com/MikeGarafolo/status/1900629439714877514).
Quinn had brought Fowler to Atlanta in 2020 and Dallas in 2022. After that even-year reunion pattern recurred via Fowler’s 2024 Washington arrival, the Commanders are losing a player who delivered strong value during an NFC runner-up season. Fowler is coming off a 10.5-sack slate. That marked his second-most in the NFL, but it did not drive a significant free agent market.
_More to come._