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By Joel Corry | Former Sports Agent
January 13, 2015 4:38 pm ET
The Dallas Cowboys are one of the biggest surprises of the 2014 NFL season after winning the NFC East at 12-4 to finish in a five-way tie for the league's best record. After falling to the Packers 26-21 in the divisional round of the playoffs, Jerry Jones described the defeat as one of the most disappointing losses in his tenure as Cowboys owner. He thought the team could break the franchise's 19-year Super Bowl drought.
Jones has rebuilt the Cowboys through the NFL Draft and by exercising restraint in free agency. The five-year, $50.1 million contract (with $26.5 million in guarantees) that cornerback Brandon Carr received in 2012 is the team's last big free-agent signing. That restraint has been largely forced: It has been virtually impossible for the Cowboys to be aggressive in free agency given their need to consistently restructure multiple contracts in order to create salary cap room just to be compliant with cap rules at the start of each new league year.
Surprisingly, the Cowboys, who have become synonymous with unsound salary cap management, are not among the teams with the worst cap situations heading into the 2015 league year, which begins March 10. With more financial flexibility than usual, and Jones believing he has a legitimate Super Bowl contender, it remains to be seen if he reverts back to his old ways with a spending spree on bad, high-priced free agents or if he continues his newfound financial discipline.
Read the rest: http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on...for-the-cowboys-dez-bryant-and-demarco-murray
January 13, 2015 4:38 pm ET
The Dallas Cowboys are one of the biggest surprises of the 2014 NFL season after winning the NFC East at 12-4 to finish in a five-way tie for the league's best record. After falling to the Packers 26-21 in the divisional round of the playoffs, Jerry Jones described the defeat as one of the most disappointing losses in his tenure as Cowboys owner. He thought the team could break the franchise's 19-year Super Bowl drought.
Jones has rebuilt the Cowboys through the NFL Draft and by exercising restraint in free agency. The five-year, $50.1 million contract (with $26.5 million in guarantees) that cornerback Brandon Carr received in 2012 is the team's last big free-agent signing. That restraint has been largely forced: It has been virtually impossible for the Cowboys to be aggressive in free agency given their need to consistently restructure multiple contracts in order to create salary cap room just to be compliant with cap rules at the start of each new league year.
Surprisingly, the Cowboys, who have become synonymous with unsound salary cap management, are not among the teams with the worst cap situations heading into the 2015 league year, which begins March 10. With more financial flexibility than usual, and Jones believing he has a legitimate Super Bowl contender, it remains to be seen if he reverts back to his old ways with a spending spree on bad, high-priced free agents or if he continues his newfound financial discipline.
Read the rest: http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on...for-the-cowboys-dez-bryant-and-demarco-murray
