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In the first four parts of this series, we examined the Cowboys' offseason philosophy (use FA to draft BPA); examined their laundry list of roster holes (its a lotta laundry); developed an offensive plan of attack; and did the same on the defensive side of the ball. One thing each NFL front office does is to establish a set of priorities and, extrapolating from those, decide what should happen when, and in what order. In this, the series' fifth and final installment, I want to do just that, taking a harder look at the delicate balance between needs and resources and, from this, devise a step-by-step roster building schematic. In assessing how I might respond to the team's many roster holes, I based all of my decisions on the multiple public declarations by Jason Garrett and the various Joneses, that the organization's goal is to use free agency as roster spackle, filling holes rather than bringing glitzy big-name types aboard. The governing idea, then, is that this offseason will look much like 2014's, when the Cowboys brought in three low-rent guys - Brandon Weeden, Terrell McClain and Jeremy Mincey - and got a couple of high-rent dudes (Henry Melton and Rolando McClain) for one-year "show me" deals at bargain prices
link/http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2015...-where-and-when-to-allocate-limited-resources
link/http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2015...-where-and-when-to-allocate-limited-resources
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