News: BTB: Cowboys 2015 Free Agents: Contracts Are All In The Timing

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Cowboys 2015 Free Agents: Contracts Are All In The Timing
By neithan20000


http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2015...5-free-agents-contracts-are-all-in-the-timing

...What's It Mean?


There is a method to the Cowboys madness. Looking at past years a pattern emerges. January is when the team puts its coaching staff in place. February is a dead month, reserved for smaller signings, and for cuts needed to clear salary cap space for free agency. March of course is when free agency begins, and is subject in part to the whims of the players. But at least in the Jason Garrett era, (2011-2015), we can see a sort of pattern. The team looks to sign its own free agents early, (in 2011 contracts were tendered to Doug Free, Stephen Bowen, Jason Hatcher and Alan Ball on the 1st), then the 'Boys have a cooling off period before signing second-tier free agents. The earliest outside free agent signing in the Garrett era happened on March 12, 2014, a good four days after free agency started.

After free agency the Cowboys will look at contract extensions for current players. You may see some small signing or cut after that, but nothing major happens between contract extensions at the end of free agency, and the signing of draft picks during the summer.

In other words Cowboys faithful, relax. There is a reason Dez and DeMarco haven't signed contracts yet, and it has nothing to do with videos, or the front office playing mind games, or Adrian Peterson. The reason is because it's February, and the Cowboys don't conduct major business in February. That's a hard pill to swallow in a world of 24-hour updates and instant gratification I know. But it's the plain and simple truth.
 

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I knew not much happened in February, and was surprised we got as much news as we did. However with 23 FA's, something had to happen. Though minor compared to what is coming up.
But nice to see an article explain this and comparing it with past off seasons.
 

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Someone needs to sit Dez down and explain this to him. He needs to step away from twitter and try to handle his negotiation like DeMarco.
 

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I knew not much happened in February, and was surprised we got as much news as we did. However with 23 FA's, something had to happen. Though minor compared to what is coming up.
But nice to see an article explain this and comparing it with past off seasons.

I dont think they take February off.
I think they use the time between January and March intensivly to build a strategy of how the roster should look like and how much they want to spend on a particular position/player. After that they start to sign players.

I think there happens alot internally in Februar. Actually i think this is (and should be) the time where the management is working the most of the year.

When they actually start to giving out contracts most of the work is already done. It just seems for us to be a busy time because all those signings have a public effect.
 

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I knew not much happened in February, and was surprised we got as much news as we did. However with 23 FA's, something had to happen. Though minor compared to what is coming up.
But nice to see an article explain this and comparing it with past off seasons.

The Cowboys also like to wait until late in the process to sign draft picks. They've mentioned in the past that having some type of dead line helps to gets things done. They basically said that agents like to play games when the dead line is far into the future and often won't get serious until the dead line is approaching.
 
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