Back in March 2025, after DeMarcus Lawrence signed with the Seattle Seahawks, the 12-year veteran took one final shot at his former team, the Dallas Cowboys. Lawrence spent those same 11 seasons in Jerry World and 11 seasons without even a Super Bowl appearance.
In his first season in Seattle, Lawrence finally captured what he knew he would never experience with the Cowboys. Lawrence was special in Dallas, and in Seattle, he never changed. He was the veteran that the Seahawks' defense followed and took example from; he made some massive, game-changing plays during the season.
Now, Lawrence is a Super Bowl champion, and it capped off a regular season in which he dominated with the same grit and toughness he showed in Dallas, but his past drive-bys toward the Cowboys will always be a memorable moment in Lawrence's Seahawks tenure.
Seahawks' DeMarcus Lawrence finally gets his ring, leaving the Cowboys further in the dust
Shortly after Lawrence signed a three-year, $32.5 million contract with the Seahawks, he gave a few interviews in which he spared no words in expressing how he felt about his time in Dallas. In an interview with Brian Nemhauser of Hawkblogger, the aforementioned shot by Lawrence hit his target. While admitting Dallas was still home, he knew he would never reach the mountain top there.
“Dallas is my home,” Lawrence said. "I made my home there, my family lives there. I’m forever gonna be there. But I know for sure I’m not gonna win a Super Bowl there.”
Almost a year later, Lawrence followed up those comments with another dig at the Cowboys franchise when Josina Anderson of Exhibit News Network asked him if he had a message for his former fanbase now that he's won the Super Bowl.
"I appreciate all my fans that supported me through it all, but at the end of the day, players win championships," Lawrence said, "not logos. Don't ever get it twisted."
Of course, the biggest logo in sports is the Cowboys star, having been made famous by past legends such has Emmit Smith, Deion Sanders, Troy Aikman, Michael Irving, and Roger Staubach. A lot of the credit also has to go to Jerry Jones. No matter your opinions on the man or how he conducts business, he built the Cowboys into what they are today with his own bare hands, laying the foundation.
The Cowboys will always be "America's team," but today, a different team is the newly enshrined Super Bowl champions, and Lawrence did it with them, not the Cowboys. Furthermore, Lawrence is locked up for another two seasons, which means the Seahawks will have plenty of time to glean all they can from the veteran.
What echoes Lawrence's comments further is the team aspect, because that's exactly how the Seahawks won, as completle team, and overall well-rounded, solid roster. If the Coybows can figure out how to focus only on playing football, maybe they, too, can experience what Lawrence and the Seahawks are experiencing today.