Melton is a Cowboy - 1yr, multi-year club option

[Gaede]

Yeah, I think our DT rotation needs two more guys. Between Melton, Crawford, and hopefully two draft picks, THEN we have a solid rotation.

 

[Bigdog]

I think it is great signing but if Donald is there at 16, I would take him just to be safe. If you put both of them next to each other one of them will single covered and qbs hat getting pressured up the middle.Just my 2 cent.

 

[LatinMind]

I wound bite at a low price.

Colston had it twice, maybe even on his wrists IIRC. Reggie Bush supposedly had it.

Then again, kinda wonder if guys who go to that surgery earlier come out better. Waiting until there's no other option may be worse.

From what ive read on it involving NFL players its rare. And its had a little success with younger players. Lepsis OL from Denver had it in college and has some success in the NFL. Bruce Smith had it and had some success too as an older player. but most cases havent been good at all.

 

[Cowboy06]

Bears general manager Phil Emery expressed a desire to re-sign Melton for 2014, but also voiced concern about the defensive tackle's commitment to football. As Melton worked through the rehabilitation process, he was arrested in December for assault and public intoxication, stemming from an altercation with a bartender in his hometown of Grapevine, Texas.

http://espn.go.com/dallas/nfl/story...greement-former-chicago-bears-dt-henry-melton

I really hope he stays in check and controls this type of behavior except on the field between the whistles. Let's also hope the deal was responsible financially. Two more DEs and then the team can look at FS and then just BPA

 

[starfrombirth]

Hold your breath. Deal is not completely done yet. In principle but not concrete on numbers. Deal is expected to be done by morning. Cross your fingers.

 

[LatinMind]

Teams pay retail price in FA, and wholesale in the draft. If you're going to sign anybody worth a damn in FA you are going to have to spend. Get over it and enjoy a nice signing

 

[LatinMind]

Bears general manager Phil Emery expressed a desire to re-sign Melton for 2014, but also voiced concern about the defensive tackle's commitment to football. As Melton worked through the rehabilitation process, he was arrested in December for assault and public intoxication, stemming from an altercation with a bartender in his hometown of Grapevine, Texas.

http://espn.go.com/dallas/nfl/story...greement-former-chicago-bears-dt-henry-melton

I really hope he stays in check and controls this type of behavior except on the field between the whistles. Let's also hope the deal was responsible financially. Two more DEs and then the team can look at FS and then just BPA

Ok for those that continually bring this up, for those that have watched the video of this incident. Im sure Melton was being out of line in the bar and he was escorted out by security, as most drunks are. But you clearly see the owner jump over the bar and run at Melton as he;s being thrown out of the bar. Melton is a big man, drunk and the owner running at him. He just ate him up. The owner had no business going at Melton when the security gaurds were already doing what theyre paid to do. Melton isnt in the right, but neither is the owner. People are making it out to be like Melton attacked this guy. Not so.

 

[DTown214]

Sooo happy we got this deal done

Now we gotta go get Robert Ayers and stay put til the draft. Allen ain't comin' here, he wants the money.

 

[LatinMind]

We could win a Super Bowl and there are some who wouldn't give Jerry any credit.

They would somehow say its Jimmy Johnson

 

[Joe Realist]

The deal is for 1 year with an option

http://espn.go.com/dallas/nfl/story...greement-former-chicago-bears-dt-henry-melton

 

[ceerrece]

The Dallas Cowboys have finally scored big in free agency.

They’ve agreed to terms with Chicago Bears free agent defensive tackle Henry Melton on a one-year contract with a three-year club option, according to a source.

Melton let everyone know the news via his Twitter account, “Thank you Chicago for the best 5 years of my life!…. I can’t wait to begin the next chapter of my life… With a star on my helmet.”

The contract hasn’t been signed, but the two sides have agreed to terms and are in the process of finalizing the deal. The contract provides protection for the Cowboys in case Melton shows that he hasn’t fully recovered from his left ACL surgery.

Melton had finished a free agent visit to St. Louis when the final terms of the deal were agreed on by both sides. Melton also visited Minnesota and Seattle before spending most of Monday with Cowboys coaches and club officials.

Melton (6-3, 295), who played in high school at Grapevine and in college at Texas, played for Cowboys defensive coordinator Rod Marinelli while in Chicago. The Cowboys put the full-court press on recruiting Melton on Monday, including Marinelli going out to dinner with him on Monday night.

The 27-year-old Melton reached the Pro Bowl in 2012 under Marinelli, recording 44 tackles and six sacks for the Bears. Melton had seven sacks in 2011.

Last season, with Marinelli coaching the Cowboys’ defensive line, Melton played in only three games for the Bears before tearing his left anterior cruciate ligament. Melton, who is coming off of left ACL surgery, played last season as the Bears’ franchised player at $8.5 million.

The Cowboys view Melton as a logical fit for their 3-technique defensive tackle spot that’s crucial in their 4-3 Tampa 2 scheme. They value his speed and experience playing under Marinelli in a similar system.

If the Cowboys wouldn’t have signed either Melton or Allen in free agency, they would have almost certainly had to use their first-round draft choice in May on a defensive lineman. With Melton under contract, they can now shift to taking the best player available instead of following the often dreaded path of drafting for need.

 

[speedkilz88]

I do not like him as a person and NEVER want to hear the term 'right kind of guy' used again during the Garrett tenure. That said, I hope the deal makes good financial sense and the guy gets things turned around both on and off the field.

What he do, bite you or something?

 

[Chuck 54]

Sounds like a win-win to me.

Melton plays like a pro bowler and fits in, he gets paid like one in option years.

If Cowboys decide at any point that the option year is too rich, Melton renters free agency before 30.

I like the perceived concept.

 

[Little Jr]

Ok for those that continually bring this up, for those that have watched the video of this incident. Im sure Melton was being out of line in the bar and he was escorted out by security, as most drunks are. But you clearly see the owner jump over the bar and run at Melton as he;s being thrown out of the bar. Melton is a big man, drunk and the owner running at him. He just ate him up. The owner had no business going at Melton when the security gaurds were already doing what theyre paid to do. Melton isnt in the right, but neither is the owner. People are making it out to be like Melton attacked this guy. Not so.

well ive bounced before and thats how it works. especially a big guy like him. you get him out any way you can. its not always pretty. owners, managers or whoever get involved.

 

[Stash]

What he do, bite you or something?

Something like that...

 

[Mrdude108]

@fishsports 8m
Melton agent Woy designed the complicated 1+3 contract concept. #Cowboys were impressed. Both sides what those 3 option yrs picked up

Looks like the agent came up with it, very creative and a huge win/win if he performs well this season. Love it.

 

[kiheikiwi]

Very happy right now, it was the most logical move. I would not sign Allen, I will always look at him as Ware 2.0 and we jettisoned Demarcus - so no. And he wants Ware type money, hold onto it, pick up Ayers and move onto the draft. Donald or Jerigan who ever is there at 16. Then grab a DE in the second and start the rotations... plus I would pick up both another DT and DE later in draft. If we could pick up a G/RT in 3rd I would be smileing from ear to ear.

 

[waving monkey]

Typical Jerry fashion.......lure us fans all back in with a few sexy signings/picks.

I'm not buying it.

its a bad mad world huh

 

[fanfromvirginia]

It sounds like we may have in fact gotten a Marinelli discount. This 1 + 3 concept seems on the surface pretty team-friendly.

Good, if true. Another low-risk signing, which fits this offseason's pattern.

 

[casmith07]

It sounds like we may have in fact gotten a Marinelli discount. This 1 + 3 concept seems on the surface pretty team-friendly.

Good, if true. Another low-risk signing, which fits this offseason's pattern.

His agent is confident his client will perform. The team gets to say "show me."

Good for both sides. But of course Jerry sux.