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Source: Free Doesn’t Think He’ll Stay With Cowboys
Mike Fisher for 105.3 The Fan | CBSDFW.com
May 2, 2013 4:07 PM
IRVING (105.3 THE FAN) – It is a gigantic game of Chicken. It is also a gigantic game of Musical Chairs. And the two games involve gigantic sums of money and, because it’s all about offensive tackles, it involves gigantic men, too.
And beleaguered Dallas Cowboys tackle Doug Free is now a player in the game of Musical-Chair Chicken.
A source close to Free tells me the veteran “anticipates not being with the Cowboys’’ as of June 1 – an indication he is presently unwilling to accept Dallas’ proposal that would substantially reduce his $7 million salary and allow him to likely retain his job starting at right tackle.
June 1 is the day Dallas can release Free and suffer the least amount of cap damage, as his $10-million impact will be allowed to be spread over two seasons. It is clear Dallas prefers to retain Free (but at its desired price). That’s not just a matter of correcting an overpayment on him; it’s also a matter of freeing up cap space that can be used, for instance, to lock up linebacker Sean Lee with a rich extension.
We think that (Jeremy) Parnell and Free … put us in great shape at our tackles,’’ Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said this week, noting the two players who rotated at right tackle at the end of last season. “We have a way here that Doug could flourish …”
That “way’’ is to cease overpaying him.
If Free will not budge? That’s why this is a game of Musical-Chair Chicken.
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2013/05/02/source-free-doesnt-think-hell-stay-with-cowboys/
Mike Fisher for 105.3 The Fan | CBSDFW.com
May 2, 2013 4:07 PM
IRVING (105.3 THE FAN) – It is a gigantic game of Chicken. It is also a gigantic game of Musical Chairs. And the two games involve gigantic sums of money and, because it’s all about offensive tackles, it involves gigantic men, too.
And beleaguered Dallas Cowboys tackle Doug Free is now a player in the game of Musical-Chair Chicken.
A source close to Free tells me the veteran “anticipates not being with the Cowboys’’ as of June 1 – an indication he is presently unwilling to accept Dallas’ proposal that would substantially reduce his $7 million salary and allow him to likely retain his job starting at right tackle.
June 1 is the day Dallas can release Free and suffer the least amount of cap damage, as his $10-million impact will be allowed to be spread over two seasons. It is clear Dallas prefers to retain Free (but at its desired price). That’s not just a matter of correcting an overpayment on him; it’s also a matter of freeing up cap space that can be used, for instance, to lock up linebacker Sean Lee with a rich extension.
We think that (Jeremy) Parnell and Free … put us in great shape at our tackles,’’ Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said this week, noting the two players who rotated at right tackle at the end of last season. “We have a way here that Doug could flourish …”
That “way’’ is to cease overpaying him.
If Free will not budge? That’s why this is a game of Musical-Chair Chicken.
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2013/05/02/source-free-doesnt-think-hell-stay-with-cowboys/
