The Cowboys have agreed to terms with defensive end Kony Ealy on a one-year deal, a source tells Mike Garafolo of NFL.com (on Twitter). Ealy spent last season with the Jets. 
Ealy met with Dallas on Tuesday and agreed to terms roughly 48 hours later. He’ll now help to back up starters Demarcus Lawrence and Tyrone Crawford, filling a role previously filled by Benson Mayowa.
Ealy, 26, was traded from the Panthers to the Patriots last offseason, but was cut by New England in the summer. The Jets picked him up him off of waivers, but the Cowboys also had a claim in on him. He went on to put together a solid season in New York, even though his stat line doesn’t jump off of the page.
For his work last year, Pro Football Focus rated him as the No. 61 edge defender in the league, which actually placed him ahead of former teammate Julius Peppers, despite Peppers racking up eleven sacks.
Draft day looking better now for the boys!
Need to get a linebacker and a safety.
Reid sitting there.
Unfortunately, he’s being Kaepernicked. I don’t see Jerry Jones being the one to take the plunge…
If Kony Ealy can ever recapture the lighting he had in his junior year at Missouri with nearly 10 sacks, he might supplant Crawford at DE. Ealy has had a muddling career while in the NFL however. Could be just that – a backup.