Cowboys sign former Saints defensive lineman to one-year deal
Another Saints defensive lineman is moving on in 2026. With the 32-year old Jonathan Bullard becoming a Cowboy, the Saints defense is getting younger.
Another former New Orleans Saints defensive lineman will be playing elsewhere in 2026, per NFL Network's Mike Garafolo . We're still waiting on word from Cameron Jordan in free agency, but Garafolo reports that Jonathan Bullard is signing a one-year deal with the Dallas Cowboys worth up to $2. 5 million.
If he hits his incentives, that could be a nice pay raise over the $1. 4 million the Saints paid him last year. A former Chicago Bears third-round pick from the Florida Gators, Bullard has played for six different teams since turning pro in 2016: the Arizona Cardinals, Seattle Seahawks, Atlanta Falcons, Minnesota Vikings, and most recently the Saints.
Bullard, 32, logged 327 snaps on defense last season and didn't miss a tackle on 209 reps in run defense. But he didn't offer much on passing downs, notching just three passes and a couple of passes batted down at the line of scrimmage on 116 snaps. He was also penalized twice, once for defensive holding and later for a neutral zone infraction.
Now he'll be moving on and hope to elevate a Cowboys defense that met historic lows in 2025. It's an opportunity for the Saints to get younger. Of their five interior defensive linemen who saw 100-plus snaps last year, only Bryan Bresee was under 30 years of age.