Cowboys Goodbye: 'Stud Bar-Brawler' Signs With Coach Mike McCarthy's Steelers
Former Cowboy Brock Hoffman, known for his toughness, reunites with Mike McCarthy in Pittsburgh, signing a one-year deal after a controversial Dallas departure.
FRISCO - The much-rumored move of Brock Hoffman from the Dallas Cowboys to the Pittsburgh Steelers via free agency is now official, with the attraction an obvious one. Tough-guy O-lineman Hoffman is joining former Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy, now the head coach in his native Pittsburgh, where dad Joe McCarthy used to own a bar (in addition to serving as a policeman and a fireman). McCarthy used to glowingly refer to the undrafted Hoffman as the kind of guy you’d like to have on your side in a bar brawl.
And now Hoffman - who controversially to some was not given a tender offer by the Cowboys - is indeed on Big Mike’s side, having reportedly signed a one-year deal with the Steelers. Cowboys' CeeDee Lamb Reveals True Mike McCarthy Feelings Amid Steelers Move McCarthy is now the head coach in Pittsburgh, but CeeDee knows "Big Mike" played a huge role in making him the player he is today. That ends a run of four years in Dallas for Hoffman, who was undrafted in 2022 and was cut by the before signing with the Cowboys.
… where he became a part-time starter who can play guard or center. Hoffman (6-4, 302), 26, is part of an offensive line shuffle as the Cowboys opted to tender guard TJ Bass (at $5. 7 million) while passing on doing the same Hoffman.
Brock’s unhappy response to that decision was to tweet a Biblical note on betrayal. He wrote: “Psalm 41:9 - Even my close friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me. ” Cowboys Lineman Fires Biblical Shots At 'Trust' After Contract Snub The Dallas Cowboys are not retaining reserve offensive lineman Brock Hoffman, and he had some pointed comments shared on social media after the news.