Cowboys News: Dallas Continues to 'Monitor' Ex-Chiefs Safety Eric Berry

The Dallas Cowboys will continue to "monitor" the market for free-agent safety Eric Berry, vice president of player personnel Will McClay said Monday on 1310 The Ticket (h/t The Athletic's Jon Machota).

"We really believe in Xavier Woods and Jeff Heath and the depth that we have," McClay said about the team's current safeties.

Pro Football Talk's Charean Williams noted Berry visited Dallas in March after the Kansas City Chiefs released him.

Berry was a five-time Pro Bowler and three-time first-team All-Pro during his nine-year run in Kansas City. However, injuries have limited him to four games, including the postseason, over the last two seasons.

He appeared in just one game in 2017 after he ruptured his Achilles tendon in the season opener, and he did not debut until Week 15 last year as he had a heel deformity. He played in three of the Chiefs' final five games, though he missed the team's divisional-round tilt against the Indianapolis Colts.

Kansas City released the 30-year-old earlier this offseason just two years after it signed him to a six-year, $78 million extension.

When healthy, Berry has been among the top players at his position. He has been selected to the Pro Bowl in every season in which he made at least 15 appearances, including four times in a five-year stretch from 2012 to 2016.

However, he's played six games or fewer four times.

Teams may be exercising caution with Berry due to his recent injury history, though it's not clear if there are any lingering health concerns. Berry could wait to see if there are any openings around the league created by injury as the preseason goes on.

Dallas, meanwhile, has Woods and Heath slated to start at safety. The Cowboys also signed former Cincinnati Bengals safety George Iloka in March and used a sixth-round pick on former Texas A&M defensive back Donovan Wilson in April.