To put it plainly, the Dallas Cowboys were banking on Terence Steele’s improvement in 2024. The man they had signed to an $82,500,000 contract extension was coming off a down year. His recovery from offseason knee surgery was a slow burn, with Steele struggling to regain his pre-injury form. 2024 was to be a full year removed, making a bounce-back campaign a fairly logical plan.
In some ways Steele achieved those 2024 expectations. Of the qualifying offensive tackles with at least 900 offensive snaps last season, Steele ranked in the top 10 in run-blocking grades.