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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.
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.