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Taken from "NFC East free-agent reports" - http://www.profootballweekly.com/PFW/Features/Free+Agency/2007/fanfceast.htm
Nov. 13, 2007
Editor’s note: The “potential UFAs” category lists players expected to become unrestricted free agents after the 2007 season, when their current contracts expire. Unrestricted free agents have completed at least four years in the NFL and are free to sign with any team, provided they have not been designated their team’s “franchise” or “transition” player, which would limit their options. Players in the UFA category who have an asterisk (*) following their names are believed to have voidable clauses in their contracts that will allow them to opt out of their pacts early, making them free agents. The “potential RFAs” category lists players expected to become restricted free agents after the season. Restricted free agents have completed three NFL seasons, and their movement is somewhat limited, as their current team generally has a chance to match any offer from another team. This is an unofficial list obtained through various NFL sources. The NFLPA does not release the “official” list until after the regular season.
Dallas
Potential UFAs: OT Flozell Adams, WR Patrick Crayton, S Keith Davis, S Ken Hamlin, RB Julius Jones*, CB Nathan Jones, CB Jacques Reeves.
Potential RFAs: RB Marion Barber, OG Joe Berger, DE Chris Canty, LS L.P. Ladouceur, DT Jay Ratliff, RB Tyson Thompson.
Analysis: By getting QB Tony Romo’s six-year, $67.5 million contract extension — patterned after Rams QB Marc Bulger’s deal — done now, the team takes the higher salary-cap hit this year and can turn its attention to other players: Marion Barber, Patrick Crayton and Chris Canty. Barber is due for a raise, especially if Julius Jones is not re-signed. Placing the first-and-third-round tender on him would cost the team $2.56 million next year and buy more time to work out a longer-term deal in the 4-5-year range. Team officials won’t say it, but they view Barber as the future at the position. Crayton has been pretty good, though a bit inconsistent, replacing Terry Glenn as the No. 2 wideout. If the emerging Crayton and his agent demand a signing bonus in the range of Drew Bennett, the top No. 2 WR signing last year, he could price himself out of Dallas, even with very little in terms of proven depth behind him. Canty has been better than your average fourth-round pick and will command a raise. He might be third on their priority list, though. That is, unless the team is thinking of redoing the contract of OLB DeMarcus Ware. With the recent signings of Bills DE Aaron Schobel (seven years, $50.5 million), Saints DE Charles Grant (seven years, $63 million) and Colts DE Dwight Freeney (six years, $72 million, $30 million in bonuses) — all 4-3 pass rushers in the same mold as Ware, a linebacker in the 3-4 defense — it might be wise to get Ware a new deal in the offseason when the price is still manageable and the cap space (potentially as much as $20 million under in ’08) is fairly ample. The early guess is that the team will let OLT Flozell Adams walk. There has been talk that Leonard Davis eventually will make his way over to left tackle
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Nov. 13, 2007
Editor’s note: The “potential UFAs” category lists players expected to become unrestricted free agents after the 2007 season, when their current contracts expire. Unrestricted free agents have completed at least four years in the NFL and are free to sign with any team, provided they have not been designated their team’s “franchise” or “transition” player, which would limit their options. Players in the UFA category who have an asterisk (*) following their names are believed to have voidable clauses in their contracts that will allow them to opt out of their pacts early, making them free agents. The “potential RFAs” category lists players expected to become restricted free agents after the season. Restricted free agents have completed three NFL seasons, and their movement is somewhat limited, as their current team generally has a chance to match any offer from another team. This is an unofficial list obtained through various NFL sources. The NFLPA does not release the “official” list until after the regular season.
Dallas
Potential UFAs: OT Flozell Adams, WR Patrick Crayton, S Keith Davis, S Ken Hamlin, RB Julius Jones*, CB Nathan Jones, CB Jacques Reeves.
Potential RFAs: RB Marion Barber, OG Joe Berger, DE Chris Canty, LS L.P. Ladouceur, DT Jay Ratliff, RB Tyson Thompson.
Analysis: By getting QB Tony Romo’s six-year, $67.5 million contract extension — patterned after Rams QB Marc Bulger’s deal — done now, the team takes the higher salary-cap hit this year and can turn its attention to other players: Marion Barber, Patrick Crayton and Chris Canty. Barber is due for a raise, especially if Julius Jones is not re-signed. Placing the first-and-third-round tender on him would cost the team $2.56 million next year and buy more time to work out a longer-term deal in the 4-5-year range. Team officials won’t say it, but they view Barber as the future at the position. Crayton has been pretty good, though a bit inconsistent, replacing Terry Glenn as the No. 2 wideout. If the emerging Crayton and his agent demand a signing bonus in the range of Drew Bennett, the top No. 2 WR signing last year, he could price himself out of Dallas, even with very little in terms of proven depth behind him. Canty has been better than your average fourth-round pick and will command a raise. He might be third on their priority list, though. That is, unless the team is thinking of redoing the contract of OLB DeMarcus Ware. With the recent signings of Bills DE Aaron Schobel (seven years, $50.5 million), Saints DE Charles Grant (seven years, $63 million) and Colts DE Dwight Freeney (six years, $72 million, $30 million in bonuses) — all 4-3 pass rushers in the same mold as Ware, a linebacker in the 3-4 defense — it might be wise to get Ware a new deal in the offseason when the price is still manageable and the cap space (potentially as much as $20 million under in ’08) is fairly ample. The early guess is that the team will let OLT Flozell Adams walk. There has been talk that Leonard Davis eventually will make his way over to left tackle
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