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Free agents the Cowboys might sign to bolster the safety position
https://www.bloggingtheboys.com/201...ign-to-bolster-the-safety-position-post-draft
#OptimisticJoey @JoeyIckes
If DAL is gonna make a FA move at either S or NT, it probably won’t come until after May 12.
That’s the day FAs no-longer impact the Comp pick formula
11:46 AM - Apr 29, 2018
...Kenny Vaccaro (27)
Vaccaro has been seen as a top name for Dallas since the beginning of free agency. He is one of the younger ones on the market, but also has injury concerns. Here is a writeup from Sportsday. Vaccaro just completed his fifth season with the Saints, where he was a starter ever since New Orleans drafted him in the first round. He has eight career interceptions. The Cowboys’ top four safeties on their roster last season have a combined 10 career interceptions. Vaccaro, 27, has 283 tackles, 7½ sacks and 30 pass breakups in his five seasons. His season ended early for New Orleans in December. He had a torn groin muscle and a hurt wrist and had surgery on both injuries in late December.
Eric Reid (26)
Another player still in the prime of his career, Reid seems a good choice. The national anthem protest controversy is apparently still following him, but there is no denying his talent. Here is an excerpt from a free agency scouting report on Reid. Never one to shy from contact, Reid is a physical player that is effective throwing two-hand jams in catch man against backs and tight ends. He takes good angles into coverage and has excellent quickness, hip fluidity, and route anticipation to play basketball with athletic backs in space. He drops to his spot quickly in zone and plays with his eyes to the quarterback. He recognizes routes in front of him well and plants and drives to blow up underneath routes. Reid can locate the ball from press or off and can close and get a free hand in to deflect the catch. He’s recorded 10 career interceptions.
Tre Boston (25)
Boston is the youngest of the crop. He also has a social activism past, and he also reportedly has some high salary demands after ending last season on IR. Boston has some quality stats over the last few years and is perplexed by the very soft free agent market for safeties in 2018. He cites the low deals for Tyrann Mathieu and Morgan Burnett and what he’s been hearing on the market. “Just like a few of the other guys, we’re just not hearing anything near what we want to hear or even close,” Boston told co-host Ed McCaffrey and me Thursday on SiriusXM NFL Radio. “We’re closer to veteran minimum than we are to the $7-, $8-, $9-million players we wanted to be two months ago or even eight months ago.”...
https://www.bloggingtheboys.com/201...ign-to-bolster-the-safety-position-post-draft
#OptimisticJoey @JoeyIckes
If DAL is gonna make a FA move at either S or NT, it probably won’t come until after May 12.
That’s the day FAs no-longer impact the Comp pick formula
11:46 AM - Apr 29, 2018
...Kenny Vaccaro (27)
Vaccaro has been seen as a top name for Dallas since the beginning of free agency. He is one of the younger ones on the market, but also has injury concerns. Here is a writeup from Sportsday. Vaccaro just completed his fifth season with the Saints, where he was a starter ever since New Orleans drafted him in the first round. He has eight career interceptions. The Cowboys’ top four safeties on their roster last season have a combined 10 career interceptions. Vaccaro, 27, has 283 tackles, 7½ sacks and 30 pass breakups in his five seasons. His season ended early for New Orleans in December. He had a torn groin muscle and a hurt wrist and had surgery on both injuries in late December.
Eric Reid (26)
Another player still in the prime of his career, Reid seems a good choice. The national anthem protest controversy is apparently still following him, but there is no denying his talent. Here is an excerpt from a free agency scouting report on Reid. Never one to shy from contact, Reid is a physical player that is effective throwing two-hand jams in catch man against backs and tight ends. He takes good angles into coverage and has excellent quickness, hip fluidity, and route anticipation to play basketball with athletic backs in space. He drops to his spot quickly in zone and plays with his eyes to the quarterback. He recognizes routes in front of him well and plants and drives to blow up underneath routes. Reid can locate the ball from press or off and can close and get a free hand in to deflect the catch. He’s recorded 10 career interceptions.
Tre Boston (25)
Boston is the youngest of the crop. He also has a social activism past, and he also reportedly has some high salary demands after ending last season on IR. Boston has some quality stats over the last few years and is perplexed by the very soft free agent market for safeties in 2018. He cites the low deals for Tyrann Mathieu and Morgan Burnett and what he’s been hearing on the market. “Just like a few of the other guys, we’re just not hearing anything near what we want to hear or even close,” Boston told co-host Ed McCaffrey and me Thursday on SiriusXM NFL Radio. “We’re closer to veteran minimum than we are to the $7-, $8-, $9-million players we wanted to be two months ago or even eight months ago.”...
