CCBoy
03-05-2012, 07:33 AM
Spending Plan
'Boys Patient In FA But Have Spent Big Before
Rob Phillips
http://www.dallascowboys.com/news/news.cfm?id=D5B6F6C6-9839-D955-25D34B473FB439AD
IRVING, Texas - At the start of the offseason, Cowboys owner/general manager Jerry Jones made clear that he must field a more competitive team in 2012. To do that, he sounded willing to compete off the field, too – that is, bid for a top free agent if the money's right and the opportunity presents itself.
"(Executive vice president) Stephen (Jones) and a lot of the crew he works with regarding the cap, regarding the contracts and all of that, has given us a chance to have some room to improve this team this year," Jones said. "And we will use it. It's very important that we are highly competitive this year."
Estimations are the Cowboys can create upwards of $20 million in salary cap space if needed. They have decisions looming on two prominent unrestricted free agents of their own – outside linebacker Anthony Spencer, who quite possibly will receive the franchise tag by Monday's deadline, and wide receiver Laurent Robinson – and they are expected to tender restricted free agent fullback Tony Fiammetta at around $1.26 million...
... 2005: Motivated by a 6-10 finish – a major step backward from a 10-win season a year earlier – Jones handed $28 million in signing bonuses to cornerback Anthony Henry, guard Marco Rivera and nose tackle Jason Ferguson in a single day. It marked one of the most proactive free agent splashes in team history, done partly to arm head coach Bill Parcells with adequate personnel for his switch to a 3-4 defense. Waived quarterback Drew Bledsoe also signed a three-year, $14 million contract in February before free agency opened.
2006: Terrell Owens' name carried plenty of star power that year, but the Cowboys didn't exactly pay the controversial receiver like one. His three-year, $25 million deal included a mere $5 million signing bonus. The club also signed a pair of solid, under-the-radar starters: Linebacker Akin Ayodele and guard Kyle Kosier. They did splurge (by kicker standards) on Mike Vanderjagt for three years, $5.4 million...
'Boys Patient In FA But Have Spent Big Before
Rob Phillips
http://www.dallascowboys.com/news/news.cfm?id=D5B6F6C6-9839-D955-25D34B473FB439AD
IRVING, Texas - At the start of the offseason, Cowboys owner/general manager Jerry Jones made clear that he must field a more competitive team in 2012. To do that, he sounded willing to compete off the field, too – that is, bid for a top free agent if the money's right and the opportunity presents itself.
"(Executive vice president) Stephen (Jones) and a lot of the crew he works with regarding the cap, regarding the contracts and all of that, has given us a chance to have some room to improve this team this year," Jones said. "And we will use it. It's very important that we are highly competitive this year."
Estimations are the Cowboys can create upwards of $20 million in salary cap space if needed. They have decisions looming on two prominent unrestricted free agents of their own – outside linebacker Anthony Spencer, who quite possibly will receive the franchise tag by Monday's deadline, and wide receiver Laurent Robinson – and they are expected to tender restricted free agent fullback Tony Fiammetta at around $1.26 million...
... 2005: Motivated by a 6-10 finish – a major step backward from a 10-win season a year earlier – Jones handed $28 million in signing bonuses to cornerback Anthony Henry, guard Marco Rivera and nose tackle Jason Ferguson in a single day. It marked one of the most proactive free agent splashes in team history, done partly to arm head coach Bill Parcells with adequate personnel for his switch to a 3-4 defense. Waived quarterback Drew Bledsoe also signed a three-year, $14 million contract in February before free agency opened.
2006: Terrell Owens' name carried plenty of star power that year, but the Cowboys didn't exactly pay the controversial receiver like one. His three-year, $25 million deal included a mere $5 million signing bonus. The club also signed a pair of solid, under-the-radar starters: Linebacker Akin Ayodele and guard Kyle Kosier. They did splurge (by kicker standards) on Mike Vanderjagt for three years, $5.4 million...