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The Cowboys are one of five teams jockeying to sign new free agent cornerback Stanford Routt. How large a contract would he command and what type of value would he represent?


I asked K.C Joyner for updated 2011 YPAs and got a near-complete number today of 6.1. That's very good, despite Routt's much-discussed 2011 penalty totals. Here are Routt's lines from 2010 and 2010, compared to one of last year's big-ticket cornerbacks:


Johnathan Joseph: 2010 - 7.2; 2011 -- 6.1
Stanford Routt: 2010 - 7.3; 2011 -- 6.1


Routt's numbers actually dropped last season, even though he lost cornerback partner Nnandi Asomugha to free agency, and saw his team's sack totals dip from 47 in 2010 to 38 last year. Routt has defended more than 50% of the passes thrown at him the last two season. No Cowboys corner has been close to 50% in either of the last two campaigns.


I did not see the Raiders very much last year, so I don't know what contributed to Routt's laundry pile. Was it the weaker rush? Was he targeted more? Was he injured? Did he show the early signs of aging?


Routt doesn't lack for suitors. The Texans, who signed Joseph to a 5-year, $48.75 million deal last spring, are one of the teams who will meet with Routt this week. Houston isn't swimming in cap space, so Routt may not command a Joseph-sized deal. If that's the case, Dallas should be in the running. If his price tag is smaller than a Brent Grimes or a Brent Carr's, he may fill the left corner spot and give Dallas greater positional flexibility come April.
 

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Not interested in signing a guy who was made an example of by a new regime.

Not sure what the other issues are, also not sure their new "regime" has any clue what they are doing yet.

If there arnt injury or off field issues involved he might be a quality veteran option if the price is right. Still has upside as well.
 

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I love how the 2010 season is the season everyone looks at out of 5-6 other seasons.

What if 2010 was the exception?

It's one thing to point to a guy who had a history of playing well for a couple of years and then had a lesser year but it's completely different to look at a guy who went from starter to back up for a couple of season, had his good year and then had a "debatable" year by being a flag machine and giving up a bunch of TDs.
 

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Unless someone here has seen all his games, I would recommend taking some of this excessive penalty thing with a grain of salt.

You dont have any idea how many of those calls were ticky tack or lousy. Kevin Smith was victimized by the refs repeatedly here at the end of his career. Mike Jenkins also got nailed a ton for penalties in 2010, and several of those were bogus.
 
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Unless someone here has seen all his games, I would recommend taking some of this excessive penalty thing with a grain of salt.

You dont have any idea how many of those calls were ticky tack or lousy. Kevin Smith was victimized by the refs repeatedly here at the end of his career. Mike Jenkins also got nailed a ton for penalties in 2010, and several of those were bogus.

Actually, flags would be the only thing you wouldn't have had to see most of his games to analyze. If he's called for 17 friggin penalties in one season, he's going to be known as a guy who is all over his man and he'll be watched closely and probably judged more unfairly than other DB's.. and if its 17 with the Raiders, it'll be 27 if he plays for the Cowboys.
 
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