free agency look ahead

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Written by David Hiller

 

[Rock Slamdance]

I'm just not a fan of overpaying for a 30+ DL.

 

[sbk92]

If you just refuse to give out big FA contracts for any player 30 or older, you'll avoid a whole lot of mistakes.

Of course all that goes out the window if the new CBA has no salary cap.

 

[Cythim]

If you just refuse to give out big FA contracts for any player 30 or older, you'll avoid a whole lot of mistakes.

Of course all that goes out the window if the new CBA has no salary cap.

If you just refuse to give out big contracts to any player, you'll avoid a whole lot of mistakes.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

If you just refuse to give out big contracts to any player, you'll avoid a whole lot of mistakes.

I think there are positions like QB, OT and DE/OLB where if the guy is playing at a very high level and is less than 30 years old then the big contract is warranted.

 

[Midswat]

I think there are positions like QB, OT and DE/OLB where if the guy is playing at a very high level and is less than 30 years old then the big contract is warranted.

Free agency is often seen as a cure-all. But more times than not, it leads to overpaying players who never live up to their contracts.

Aside from Reggie White, Deion Sanders, Drew Bree's, and maybe 10 other names... what big contracts handed out in free agency have turned out to be worth a shat?

In a perfect world, you'd continually reload your own roster through the draft, and only use free agency to pick up blue collar role players at reasonable deals.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

Free agency is often seen as a cure-all. But more times than not, it leads to overpaying players who never live up to their contracts.

Aside from Reggie White, Deion Sanders, Drew Bree's, and maybe 10 other names... what big contracts handed out in free agency have turned out to be worth a shat?

In a perfect world, you'd continually reload your own roster through the draft, and only use free agency to pick up blue collar role players at reasonable deals.

Agreed, paying out those big contracts via free agency is absurd most of the time.

I think the same can be said to one extent or another when it comes to resigning players.

I cringe when I think of the Barber contract. I feel less angst for the contracts that Flozell Adams, Ken Hamlin and Terrance Newman signed only because it becomes the question "Well who is or was going to replace those guys once they left?" In some cases the Cowboys probably would have been OK, in others it may have become Rob Pettiti Part 2, when a young guy who wasn't prepared or wasn't good enough was simply tossed in there.

Many of the last contracts Jerry gave out to guys like Larry Allen, Emmitt Smith, Troy Aikman and Michael Irvin were one contract too many.

 

[Midswat]

Many of the last contracts Jerry gave out to guys like Larry Allen, Emmitt Smith, Troy Aikman and Michael Irvin were one contract too many.

Definitely. Paying money based out of loyalty and past performance.

I would prefer re-signing your own because you know them best, and you know how they'll perform in your system.