The Landry Hat » Myles Wade http://thelandryhat.com A Dallas Cowboys Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and more. Sun, 19 May 2013 20:00:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 QUICK OUT: Dead Zone (Pre-Combine) Notes on the Dallas Cowboys http://thelandryhat.com/2012/02/23/quick-out-dead-zone-pre-combine-notes-on-the-dallas-cowboys/ http://thelandryhat.com/2012/02/23/quick-out-dead-zone-pre-combine-notes-on-the-dallas-cowboys/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:00:03 +0000 Todd Toombs http://thelandryhat.com/?p=13831 If there exists a barrel which holds all of the interesting information and stories about the Dallas Cowboys and the NFL, then we’ve reached the bottom of that barrel.  Once the NFL Scouting Combine kicks into gear, the free agent signing period starts on March 13th, and then the draft in April, there will be [...]

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]]> If there exists a barrel which holds all of the interesting information and stories about the Dallas Cowboys and the NFL, then we’ve reached the bottom of that barrel.  Once the NFL Scouting Combine kicks into gear, the free agent signing period starts on March 13th, and then the draft in April, there will be a lot of interesting topics.  For a writer, it will be a “target rich environment”.  But, that’s not this week.  So, here is a collection of thoughts or ideas to help get you through this NFL death valley period.

Dec. 4, 2011; Glendale, AZ, USA; Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones prior to the game against the Arizona Cardinals at University of Phoenix Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-US PRESSWIRE

1.  GM Kudos (Not) - Although the Cowboys have somewhere around $20 million in cap space in 2012, they also reportedly enter this league year with $24.5 million in “dead money”.  That is money that counts toward the salary cap for players that are no longer on the team and is by and large a measure of the number of “mistakes” that have been made managing personnel and the salary cap.  The league average this year is somewhere around $4.65 million per team – the Cowboys are 5 times that.  Ouch!  Nice job Jerry!

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