Might Have Some Rookie Signings Today

[Hostile]

I got an e-mail from someone who certainly thinks so. Expect it to be the day 2 guys going first. They usually go in almost reverse order.

Here's hoping.

 

[Vintage]

So basically, a bunch of guys signing for 3-4 year deals at near minimum salaries

 

[Yeagermeister]

It would be nice to see some signings. I'll never understand why Jerry and Stephen wait so long.

 

[Hoofbite]

It would be nice to see some signings. I'll never understand why Jerry and Stephen wait so long.

I think they do it just because thats how they do it.


No real rush to sign a guy early when you can see what comparable picks are getting.

 

[Yeagermeister]

I think they do it just because thats how they do it.


No real rush to sign a guy early when you can see what comparable picks are getting.

I guess I can understand them letting the market set itself first as a reason. It just makes it seem like we will have holdouts every year. lol

 

[Vintage]

I guess I can understand them letting the market set itself first as a reason. It just makes it seem like we will have holdouts every year. lol

I mean really, what kind of market needs to be set for 7th round picks?

 

[Yeagermeister]

I mean really, what kind of market needs to be set for 7th round picks?

I'd take the money a 7th rd pick makes.

 

[Doomsday101]

I feel confident that Jones will get everyone signed as normal before the start of camp.

 

[Vintage]

I'd take the money a 7th rd pick makes.

Well, duh. Most of the country would take a 250,000 salary.

But what kind of market needs to be set for 7th round picks? They generally get the minimum. A market doesn't need to be set for them. Its usually the minimum, no?

 

[dogunwo]

I got an e-mail from someone who certainly thinks so. Expect it to be the day 2 guys going first. They usually go in almost reverse order.

Here's hoping.

If I remember correctly, the late round guys get signed rather quickly, even multiple getting done a day. The first round guys for the Cowboys usually dont get done until the last couple days before camp.

 

[CoCo]

It would be nice to see some signings. I'll never understand why Jerry and Stephen wait so long.

As I understand it the Jones' believe they need that leverage of camp opening, and most other teams picks being signed to avoid prolonged negotiations. Its not a bad thought.

They want urgency. Their thinking is that if they start negotiating in June its still going to be a few days from camp opening before they sign so why put everyone through that agony.

 

[Danny White]

I guess I can understand them letting the market set itself first as a reason. It just makes it seem like we will have holdouts every year. lol

Yet we hardly ever seem to have rookie holdouts. Maybe a guy misses the morning workout on the first day of camp, but I don't recall an extended holdout for a rookie in quite a while.

The pressure and urgency of camp looming makes for productive negotiations. Any negotiations in June would be totally worthless, as neither side is willing to strike a deal at that point, not knowing what the market is going to end up at.

I think Jerry/Stephen really knows what he's doing here and has developed a system that he's confident in, even though it seems "last minute" to us fans.

 

[Yeagermeister]

Yet we hardly ever seem to have rookie holdouts. Maybe a guy misses the morning workout on the first day of camp, but I don't recall an extended holdout for a rookie in quite a while.

The pressure and urgency of camp looming makes for productive negotiations. Any negotiations in June would be totally worthless, as neither side is willing to strike a deal at that point, not knowing what the market is going to end up at.

I think Jerry/Stephen really knows what he's doing here and has developed a system that he's confident in, even though it seems "last minute" to us fans.

I doubt they wait until the last minute to start talking. I'm sure Stephen has been talking numbers with the agents.

 

[AbeBeta]

I doubt they wait until the last minute to start talking. I'm sure Stephen has been talking numbers with the agents.

I think the team has said repeatedly that they like to have a short window for completing deals - there really isn't much to negotiate with most picks -- pretty much everyone knows what they are going to get -- I expect Stephen is talking more to the GMs in Carolina and NO to confirm how much of an increase everyone is expecting over last years salaries for the slots. With these late round guys, I doubt that there is much back and forth - standard deals with a standard increase over the previous year's pick in that spot. They probably spend more time collecting signatures than negotiating with the late round guys.

 

[cowboyjoe]

ok, here is the deal, we should sign all of our draft picks except the first one and maybe our 3rd round pick today because of several reasons.
First, all picks above the cowboys picks slots from 4th to 7th round and below are signed by another team, so in that regards, the cowboys pay scale for their draft picks are slotted already.
Here is a list, if you go through it, you will see, most of all picks above the cowboys 4th to 7th rounders are signed.

[Bills] SIGNED:
3.(92) QB Trent Edwards, Stanford
7.(239) DE C.J. Ah You, Oklahoma
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[Dolphins] SIGNED:
3.(71) RB Lorenzo Booker, Florida St.
4.(108) DT Paul Soliai, Utah
6.(181) FB Reagan Mauia, Hawaii
7.(219) LB Kelvin Smith, Syracuse
7.(225) P Brandon Fields, Michigan St.
7.(238) DE Abraham Wright, Colorado
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[Patriots] SIGNED:
5.(171) OT Clint Oldenburg, Colorado St.
6.(180) LB Justin Rogers, SMU
6.(202) CB Mike Richardson, Notre Dame
6.(208) RB Justise Hairston, Central Connecticut
6.(209) OT Corey Hilliard, Oklahoma St.
7.(211) LB Oscar Lua, USC
7.(247) C Mike Elgin, Iowa

[Jets] SIGNED:
6.(177) OT Jacob Bender, Nicholls St.

AFC NORTH
[Ravens] SIGNED:
3.(86) OT Marshall Yanda, Iowa
4.(134) LB Antwan Barnes, Florida International

[Bengals] SIGNED: None


[Browns] SIGNED: None


[Steelers] SIGNED
4.(112) P Daniel Sepulveda, Baylor
4.(132) DE Ryan McBean, Oklahoma St.
5.(156) OG Cameron Stephenson, Rutgers

AFC SOUTH
[Texans] SIGNED: None


[Colts] SIGNED: None


[Jaguars] SIGNED:
3.(79) WR Mike Walker, Central Florida
4.(101) P Adam Podlesh, Maryland
4.(113) DE Brian Smith, Missouri
5.(150) S Josh Gattis, Wake Forest
5.(149) OG Uche Nwaneri, Purdue
7.(229) WR John Broussard, San Jose St.
7.(251) S Chad Nkang, Elon College
7.(252) OT Andrew Carnahan,, Arizona St

[Titans] SIGNED:
4.(115) C Leroy Harris, NC State
5.(152) DT Antonio Johnson, Mississippi St.
6.(206) CB Ryan Smith, Florida


AFC WEST
[Broncos] SIGNED:
4.(121) DT Marcus Thomas, Florida

[Chiefs] SIGNED:
5.(148) RB Kolby Smith, Louisville
7.(231) TE Michael Allan, Whitworth

[Raiders] SIGNED:
3.(91) OT Mario Henderson, Florida St
4.(110) CB John Bowie, Cincinnati
5.(138) DE Jay Richardson, Ohio State
6.(175) RB Oren O'Neal, Arkansas St.


[Chargers] SIGNED:
4.(129) TE Scott Chandler, Iowa


NFC EAST
[Cowboys] SIGNED: None
UNSIGNED:
1.(26) DE Anthony Spencer, Purdue
3.(67) OT James Marten, Boston College
4.(102) QB Isaiah Stanback, Washington
4.(122) OT Doug Free, N. Illinois
6.(178) K Nick Folk, Arizona
6.(195) RB Deon Anderson, Connecticut
7.(212) CB Courtney Brown, Cal Poly
7.(237) CB Alan Ball,, Illinois
[Giants] SIGNED:
3.(81) DT Jay Alford, Penn State
4.(116) LB Zak DeOssie, Brown


[Eagles] SIGNED:
3.(87) LB Stewart Bradley, Nebraska
3.(90) RB Tony Hunt, Penn State
5.(159) S C.J. Gaddis, Clemson
5.(162) TE Brent Celek, Cincinnati
6.(201) CB Rashad Barksdale, Albany
7.(236) RB Nate Ilaoa, Hawaii

[Commanders] SIGNED:
5.(143) LB Dallas Sartz, USC
6.(179) LB H.B. Blades, Pittsburgh
6.(205) QB Jordan Palmer, UTEP
7.(216) TE Tyler Ecker, Michigan

NFC NORTH
[Bears] SIGNED:
1.(31) TE Greg Olsen, Miami
3.(93) RB Garrett Wolfe, Northern Illinois
3.(94) LB Michael Okwo, Stanford
4.(130) OG Josh Beekman, Boston College
5.(167) S Kevin Payne, Louisiana-Monroe
5.(168) CB Corey Graham, New Hampshire
7.(221) CB Trumaine McBride, Mississippi
7.(241) OT Aaron Brant, Iowa St.

[Lions] SIGNED:
4.(117) OG Manuel Ramirez, Texas Tech
5.(158) LB Johnny Baldwin, Alabama A&M
7.(255) CB Ramzee Robinson, Alabama
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[Packers] SIGNED:
3.(89) S Aaron Rouse, Virginia Tech
4.(119) OT Allen Barbre, Missouri Southern St.
5.(157) WR David Clowney, Virginia Tech
7.(228) RB Deshawn Wynn, Florida
7.(243) TE Clark Harris, Rutgers


[Vikings] SIGNED:
5.(146) WR Aundrae Allison, East Carolina
6.(176) LB Rufus Alexander, Oklahoma
7.(217) QB Tyler Thigpen, Coastal Carolina
7.(233) WR Chandler Williams, Florida International

NFC SOUTH
[Falcons] SIGNED:
4.(109) LB Stephen Nicholas, South Florida
4.(133) TE Martrez Milner, Georgia
6.(203) S Daren Stone, Maine
7.(244) RB Jason Snelling,, Virginia


[Panthers] SIGNED:
3.(83) DE Charles Johnson, Georgia
4.(118) WR Ryne Robinson, Miami (OH)
5.(155) TE Dante Rosario, Oregon


[Saints] SIGNED:
3.(66) DB Usama Young, Kent State
3.(88) OG Andy Alleman, Akron
4.(107) RB Antonio Pittman, Ohio St.
4.(125) OT Jermon Bushrod, Towson
5.(145) CB David Jones, Wingate
7.(220) LB Marvin Mitchell, Tennessee

[Buccaneers] SIGNED:
4.(106) CB Tanard Jackson, Syracuse
5.(141) DE Greg Peterson, N. Carolina Central
6.(182) LB Adam Hayward, Portland St.
7.(245) CB Marcus Hamilton, Virginia
7.(246) RB Ken Darby, Alabama


NFC WEST
[Cardinals] SIGNED:
5.(142) WR Steve Breaston, Michigan
7.(215) TE Ben Patrick,, Delaware

[49ers] SIGNED:
1.(28) OT Joe Staley, Central Michigan
4.(104) DE Jay Moore, Nebraska
4.(135) DT Joe Cohen, Florida
5.(147) CB Tarell Brown, Texas
6.(186) RB Thomas Clayton , Kansas St.

[Seahawks] SIGNED:
4.(124) OG Mansfield Wrotto, Georgia Tech
5.(161) LB Will Herring, Auburn
6.(197) WR Courtney Taylor, Auburn
6.(210) WR Jordan Kent, Oregon
7.(232) OT Steve Vallos, Wake Forest

[Rams] SIGNED:
3.(84) CB, Jonathan Wade, Tennessee
5.(139) C Dustin Fry, Clemson
5.(154) DT Clifton Ryan, Michigan St.
6.(190) OT Ken Shackleford, Georgia
7.(248) DT Keith Jackson, Arkansas
7.(249) WR Derek Stanley, Wisconsin Whitewater

 

[CrazyCowboy]

Basically, that is how the majority of the league does it.

 

[WoodysGirl]

Draft picks


The Cowboys are in the process of finishing up some deals with some of their draft picks. The team is trying to get their seventh-round picks, Alan Ball and Courtney Brown, finished first then move on. Rookie fullback Deon Anderson and his agent were talking to the Cowboys last week, so that deal might get done soon.

The team hasn't started talks with rookie wide receiver Isaiah Stanback.

Don't expect things to get done with first-round pick Anthony Spencer until early next week.

That's how it goes in the NFL. Slow.

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[Hostile]

Draft picks


The Cowboys are in the process of finishing up some deals with some of their draft picks. The team is trying to get their seventh-round picks, Alan Ball and Courtney Brown, finished first then move on. Rookie fullback Deon Anderson and his agent were talking to the Cowboys last week, so that deal might get done soon.

The team hasn't started talks with rookie wide receiver Isaiah Stanback.

Don't expect things to get done with first-round pick Anthony Spencer until early next week.

That's how it goes in the NFL. Slow.

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Woohoo, confirmation that deals are in process.

I gotta feel good today.

 

[StonetheCrow77]

I'm pretty sure that I heard that they wait on the contracts because of injury concerns, as well... if a player has a serious injury in the offseason after signing his contract, then the Cowboys are obliged to give more compensation contractually... if they get hurt without a contract, then they have much more latitude in compensation...

 

[AbeBeta]

I'm pretty sure that I heard that they wait on the contracts because of injury concerns, as well... if a player has a serious injury in the offseason after signing his contract, then the Cowboys are obliged to give more compensation contractually... if they get hurt without a contract, then they have much more latitude in compensation...

i don't think if that is correct. if it were you would never have guys attend minicamps - after all, that is where they would most likely get hurt, right?