Just heard this about Hamlin

[dcfanatic]

I just tuned into Sirius and they had an update that he was on earlier today and said he had hoped to sign a long term deal by Tuesday.

I will see if I can get the interview from them.

 

[naldo21]

Tuesday is the deadline to sign a long term deal right?

 

[Pick6TerenceNewman]

I just tuned into Sirius and they had an update that he was on earlier today and said he had hoped to sign a long term deal by Tuesday.

I will see if I can get the interview from them.

Thanks DCFanatic. Hope Hamlin gets his deal done, he earned it!

 

[Pick6TerenceNewman]

Tuesday is the deadline to sign a long term deal right?

July 15th!

 

[Boysboy]

I just tuned into Sirius and they had an update that he was on earlier today and said he had hoped to sign a long term deal by Tuesday.

I will see if I can get the interview from them.

:cheers:

 

[Coakleys Dad]

great news

 

[Hostile]

Tuesday is the deadline to sign a long term deal right?

Yes sir, it is.

 

[ThreeSportStar80]

If Jerry Jones wants the guy he'll find a way to make it work by the deadline...

 

[Cajuncowboy]

If we could nail down Hamlin and Canty by the 15th it would be Christmas in July.

 

[DallasFanSince86]

Great, I hope it's true.

 

[sago1]

We don't have to sign Canty by July 15 -- just Hamlin unless he willing sign the franchise offer which would allow us to continue negotiations with him rest of this year. We can sign Canty during TC or wait until the mid season which gives us additional time to evaluate his performance.

 

[CrazyCowboy]

I hope it is true....where there is smoke.

 

[cowboyfan4life_mark]

In his hope of signing, did he sound as if it was only a hope or that something is in the works and hopes to finalize by Tuesday?

 

[skinsscalper]

We don't have to sign Canty by July 15 -- just Hamlin unless he willing sign the franchise offer which would allow us to continue negotiations with him rest of this year. We can sign Canty during TC or wait until the mid season which gives us additional time to evaluate his performance.

That is incorrect. Hamlin has until the 15th to sign a long term deal. If Hamlin signs a long term deal with the Dallas Cowboys after the 15th the Cowboys will lose the franchise tag for the length of Hamlin's deal.

The Cowboys won't let that happen. If Hamlin doesn't sign a long term deal before Tuesday, the Cowboys are looking at doing this whole thing again next year. There's a chance they let Hamlin walk and turn it over to Watkins (if he has progressed enough) or draft his replacement next season. The Cowboys have everything they need to sign Hamlin. They have the cap space, certainly th money, the need. It makes a person wonder why this isn't getting done. The answer lies in a couple of places.

The first is Hamlin's asking price. The Raiders have done a magnificent job of turning the market value for virtually every skill position on it's head. Now every agent in the landscape is out there demanding that every team display Oakland's level of stupidity in order to play ball in the FA market. There's no question that Hamlin is worth more than Gibril Wilson. The problem is that Gibril isn't worth his bloated contract. Yet that's the leaping point all of a sudden. All of a sudden Hamlin is worth "X" much more than an unrealistic contract.

Another factor that has to be crossing the Cowboy's minds is the future. We've all heard that "you can't have steak at every position". As it stands, the second most important player for the Cowboys (Ware) is two years away from reaching FA (fret not, he'll never see the light of day on the FA market). There's a chance that he signs the largest contract in the history of the NFL. HUGE CAP HIT. It's possible that there won't even be a cap. You can't operate under that assumption. Ware's contract is going to cost us the Hamlins and Brady James' of the world. Believe it. In order to afford a Demarcus Ware, you have to have a lot of Orlando Scandricks, and Pat Watkins, and Kyle Kosiers, and Chris Cantys. The Hamlins and Barbers become more scarce. Maybe the Cowboys see this season as a chance to make a big push with Hamlin on board (unless his contract demands become more realistic) and move on with his replacement next year.