CCBoy
07-25-2011, 12:08 PM
One Attempt To Clear Cowboys' Cap
Posted by jellis at 7/22/2011 10:16 AM CDT on dallascowboys.com
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As most of you know, all our talk of Nnamdi Asomugha and a dozen other free agents this spring and summer appears to be quite a time-waste, as the Cowboys seemingly would be doing well just to get under the salary cap and still re-sign Doug Free, along with maybe one of their three defensive ends set to hit the market.
Well, Pat Kirwan of NFL.com, the former front office man who managed the New York Jets' salary cap a time back, has attempted to diagram how the Cowboys can create space for themselves.
To start with, Kirwan's plan calls for the Cowboys to release five players, including a few we hadn't really considered as potentially out the door - Montrae Holland, Keith Brooking and Martellus Bennett. Jerry Jones said after the draft that Brooking would be back, but things do change from time to time...
Posted by jellis at 7/22/2011 10:16 AM CDT on dallascowboys.com
http://www.dallascowboys.com/news/josh_ellis.cfm?plckController=Blog&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&userid=8ad9a5ae-68fd-47d1-a7d7-e4c8fcb84090&plckPostId=Blog%3a8ad9a5ae-68fd-47d1-a7d7-e4c8fcb84090Post%3a650949b0-141e-4102-a7a2-37e23c791071&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest
As most of you know, all our talk of Nnamdi Asomugha and a dozen other free agents this spring and summer appears to be quite a time-waste, as the Cowboys seemingly would be doing well just to get under the salary cap and still re-sign Doug Free, along with maybe one of their three defensive ends set to hit the market.
Well, Pat Kirwan of NFL.com, the former front office man who managed the New York Jets' salary cap a time back, has attempted to diagram how the Cowboys can create space for themselves.
To start with, Kirwan's plan calls for the Cowboys to release five players, including a few we hadn't really considered as potentially out the door - Montrae Holland, Keith Brooking and Martellus Bennett. Jerry Jones said after the draft that Brooking would be back, but things do change from time to time...