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[SIZE=+2]Hamlin, Dallas Cowboys try to finalize deal
[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]10:40 PM CDT on Monday, July 14, 2008
[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]By TODD ARCHER / The Dallas Morning News
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[/SIZE]IRVING – With the deadline to sign a long-term extension today at 3 p.m., Pro Bowl safety Ken Hamlin's agent decided to make time for face-to-face meetings.
Kennard McGuire arrived in Dallas late Monday afternoon to meet with Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones in an attempt to finalize a multi-year agreement for Hamlin, the Cowboys' franchise player.
If the two sides cannot come to an agreement by 3 p.m., then Hamlin cannot sign a long-term deal until after the season.
The Cowboys have done well beating deadlines this off-season. They kept Flozell Adams off the market the day before free agency began. They signed Terence Newman and Marion Barber shortly before future salary cap rules in May and got an extension done with Terrell Owens before he was due a roster bonus last month.
Without a deal, Hamlin, who set career highs in tackles (102) and interceptions (five) in 2007, would make $4.396 million this season.
Last year, Chicago's Lance Briggs and New England's Asante Samuel played for the franchise tender only after they were assured they would not be tagged in 2008 provided they reached certain play-time incentives. Briggs eventually re-signed with Chicago, while Samuel left the Patriots to join Philadelphia.
[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]10:40 PM CDT on Monday, July 14, 2008
[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]By TODD ARCHER / The Dallas Morning News
tarcher@***BANNED-URL***
[/SIZE]IRVING – With the deadline to sign a long-term extension today at 3 p.m., Pro Bowl safety Ken Hamlin's agent decided to make time for face-to-face meetings.
Kennard McGuire arrived in Dallas late Monday afternoon to meet with Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones in an attempt to finalize a multi-year agreement for Hamlin, the Cowboys' franchise player.
If the two sides cannot come to an agreement by 3 p.m., then Hamlin cannot sign a long-term deal until after the season.
The Cowboys have done well beating deadlines this off-season. They kept Flozell Adams off the market the day before free agency began. They signed Terence Newman and Marion Barber shortly before future salary cap rules in May and got an extension done with Terrell Owens before he was due a roster bonus last month.
Without a deal, Hamlin, who set career highs in tackles (102) and interceptions (five) in 2007, would make $4.396 million this season.
Last year, Chicago's Lance Briggs and New England's Asante Samuel played for the franchise tender only after they were assured they would not be tagged in 2008 provided they reached certain play-time incentives. Briggs eventually re-signed with Chicago, while Samuel left the Patriots to join Philadelphia.
