The Landry Hat » NFL Collective Bargainaing Agreement http://thelandryhat.com A Dallas Cowboys Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and more. Sat, 25 May 2013 20:00:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 New Collective Bargaining Agreement Could Put Cowboys in Tough Spot http://thelandryhat.com/2011/07/06/new-collective-bargaining-agreement-could-put-cowboys-in-tough-spot/ http://thelandryhat.com/2011/07/06/new-collective-bargaining-agreement-could-put-cowboys-in-tough-spot/#comments Thu, 07 Jul 2011 02:53:15 +0000 http://thelandryhat.com/?p=6791 In my mind, Roy is an expensive asset that fails the cost-benefit analysis. According to Watkins, the Cowboys can recover $12.9 million -- I'm assuming Calvin means a savings of this much, but he wasn't completely clear on that -- if they cut ties with Roy. Surely even his biggest supporters can see why the 'Boys need to make that move. The money they would save might allow them to sign a couple of solid players.

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]]> Earlier today, Calvin Watkins wrote that the Cowboys might have a problem getting under the proposed salary cap in the new CBA. Watkins was clear that this is mostly speculation since no one really knows what the new CBA will entail. Also, it should be noted that some of the salary Watkins is accounting for belongs to players that are going to be cut regardless of the Cowboys’ cap picture. Marion Barber and Marc Columbo come to mind. So, this isn’t exactly earth shattering news, but it is interesting material nonetheless.

No matter what the NFL salary cap is this year, the Cowboys are going to field a very different team from last season. Unfortunately, because of the lock-out, we have no idea what this team will look like. Also, if Jerry wants to be a player in the free agent market — and he probably does — he’s going to have to cut some overpriced veterans. That much we know for certain.


One of the biggest factors in this is how the new CBA affects Doug Free’s situation. If, under the new agreement, players in Free’s position — four year veterans — remain restricted free agents, the Cowboys will be able to sign Free at an affordable price. However, if he becomes an unrestricted free agent, his price tag is going to be quite a bit higher. Either way, he’ll remain a Cowboy, but it will impact the decisions the team must make when it comes to several veterans. (more…)

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